Eminent academic Patrick Barwise, emeritus professor of management and marketing at London Business School, and a renowned commentator on media and broadcasting, has suggested that moves to replace the BBC licence fee with a form of subscription would result in “a car crash”. Barwise made his comment in a panel discussion on ‘The Future of […]
Following the announcement of BT and Sky’s new sports bundles, multiplay operator Virgin Media says it remains the cheapest and most convenient way for UK football fans to watch all the action in one place. This is when customers bundle broadband with their TV bundle. According to Virgin Media, its Bigger + Sports bundle, currently […]
ViacomCBS has revealed it will revamp the CBS All Access streaming service to better compete with the likes of Netflix and Disney Plus in the SVoD market. CBS All Access is set to absord content from the likes Comedy Central, Nickelodeon, MTV and Paramount. The changes will roll out later this year, CEO Bob Bakish […]
Network intelligence solutions provider Sandvine has released the 2020 Mobile Internet Phenomena Report, which analyses how applications are consuming the world’s mobile Internet bandwidth. Report highlights include:
Amazon Prime Video has overtaken Netflix to become the fastest-growing SVoD platform in the UK, according to figures from UK TV ratings body BARB. Prime Video saw
Robert Strayer, the US deputy assistant secretary for cyber and communications, has said that the Trump administration has not given up on its fight to stop the UK using Huawei for its 5G networks. Strayer said he did not believe the UK government’s decision to give the Chinese firm limited access was final. “Our understanding […]
WarnerMedia and YouTube TV have agreed what they say is a comprehensive distribution relationship that will deliver the media company’s entertainment, sports and news network portfolio to YouTube TV members in the US. The pact expands upon the existing carriage agreement between the two companies for WarnerMedia networks TBS, TNT, truTV, CNN, HLN, Turner Classic […]
The on/off merger talks between Essel-backed Dish TV and Bharti’s Airtel Digital TV are definitely off. Reportedly the talks ended with basic differences over each company’s valuations. The talks have rumbled on for some 8 months, with Dish said to be unhappy with the terms on the table from Airtel. Airtel was looking to merge […]
The US Federal Communications Commission’s Office of Economics and Analytics (OEA) has released updated data which it suggests shows that the digital divide substantially narrowed during the first two years of Chairman Ajit Pai’s leadership of the FCC. Specifically, from December 2016 to December 2018, the number of Americans without any options for at least […]
Joe Markowski, Executive VP of DAZN North America, offered his thoughts on the OTT media company’s approach in the region at the SportsPro OTT Summit USA in Atlanta. One of DAZN’s bolder moves was to acquire the rights to the KSI v Logan Paul boxing rematch. The YouTube stars’ huge reach created a unique opportunity […]