Extreme E, the new electric off-road racing series, has confirmed a partnership with Virgin Media Television to broadcast its sport in Ireland. The live race action from the five-event Season 1 race calendar commencing in March 2021, and taking place in incredible environments including arctic, desert, rainforest, glacier, and coastal, will air on Virgin Media […]
Before the Covid-19 pandemic emerged in early 2020, the idea of working and socialising from home was mainly a theoretical proposition. But less than a year later, that reality is suddenly the new normal for many of the world’s office workers. In the latest Ericsson IndustryLab study, The Dematerialized Office, early adopter white-collar employees in […]
Smithsonian Channel, a network dedicated to the factual genre in Latin America, has expanded its presence in Brazil by launching on BluTV. “It’s an extraordinary time for the world, and our entertaining and informative range of premium factual content has never been more valuable to people,” said David Royle, EVP, Chief Programming Officer, Smithsonian Channel. […]
3 Screen Solutions (3SS), a provider of software solutions for STB and multiscreen entertainment, and Skyworth Digital, a manufacturer of connected home products and solutions, have integrated their technologies to create a new STB platform optimised to enable faster Android TV service launches. The Skyworth HP40A STB (with embedded Amlogic chipset) and middleware are now […]
Euromedia September/October 2020 With most sports having to take place behind closed doors since March, clubs, governing bodies and rights holders have been taking advantage of technical innovations to give viewers a level of engagement and immersion. Colin Mann looks at some recent fan-friendly initiatives… Log in or Register Free to read Read the article […]
BT has published its results for the half year to September 30th. The telco described its revenue as being “relatively resilient” at £10.59 billion (€11.74bn), down 8 per cent – largely attributed to the impact of Covid-19 including reduced BT Sport revenue and a reduction in business activity in its enterprise units, and declines in […]
The European Connected TV Initiative, a move focused on exploring the advertising opportunities emanating from the growth of connected TV (CTV) in Europe, has launched with support from Google, Roku, Fincons Group and IPONWEB. Working and collaborating
Comcast has reported its best ever increases in broadband subscribers in Q3 2020. The cable company added 633,000 broadband customers, exceeding its previous record of 586,000 additions set in Q1 2007. But video customers declined by 273,000 in the period, an improvement over the 427,000 it lost in Q2 and slightly higher than the 222,000 […]
Figures from the latest Advertising Association/WARC Expenditure Report forecast slower growth in 2021 than previously expected, with any gains made in 2021 unlikely to offset this year’s losses, meaning the UK’s ad market is not expected to have fully recovered until 2022. The report downgrades July’s 2020 forecast from a return-to-growth of 16.6 per cent […]
A video insights report from Futuresource Consulting shows that although Russia’s SVoD market is underdeveloped, it is undergoing a rapid transformation. SVoD doubled in size last year to achieve RUB 6.6 billion (€71.2 million), exceeding the digital transactional market for the first time, and is on track to develop at a similar rate in 2020. […]