Trading Standards Scotland, Police Scotland and the City of London’s Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit (PIPCU) have joined forces to target a major illegal distributor of premium TV content. The distributor, based in the West of Scotland, is believed to have provided illegal access to premium TV, sports and movie content to dozens of separate […]
ITV’s premium advanced advertising platform, Planet V, has gone live. After almost 50,000 hours of development work customising and configuring this unique advertising proposition, ITV says Planet V will allow both advertisers and agencies control over the planning, purchasing and reporting of their campaigns across the ITV Hub. Deployed as a wholly self service solution, […]
Cinema chain Cineworld has announced that it will be closing all of its 663 cinemas – 127 of which are in the UK, and 536 in the US – from October 8th. The decision puts some 45,000 jobs in limbo. The news came on the back of the latest James Bond movie, titled No Time […]
Telefónica is increasing penetration in the pay-TV market in Latin America with its Movistar Play streaming platform, the third most widely watched service on the continent (excluding Brazil) after Claro Streaming and DirecTV. According to El Economista, Movistar Play is leading pay-TV in Peru with a share of 62 per cent and 1.6 million subscribers […]
A report from Juniper Research forecasts that video games service platforms, such as EA Play and PlayStation Now, will grow to an $11 billion (€9.3bn) sector by 2025, up from an estimated $6.6 billion this year. These platforms represent a strong new revenue stream for an industry
Charlie Ergen has filed documents with the US Securities & Exchange Commission to create a public company called Conx. Ergen is using Conx as a SPAC (a Special Purpose Acquisition Company) as the shell vehicle for his move. Conx is offering 100 million shares (and possibly up to 115 million) at $10 each as part […]
UK digital network infrastructure provider Openreach is announcing a further 51 exchange locations across the UK, covering around 0.51 million premises, where it is planning to stop selling its legacy analogue services and instead focus on providing people with a modern, futureproof Full Fibre connection. This brings the total number of exchange locations where it […]
French media company Canal+ has taken a 6.5 per cent stake in South Africa-based pay-TV provider Multichoice. Canal+ said that the move was a long-term financial investment a testament to the confidence that Vivendi has in MultiChoice and the African continent. Canal+ is owned by Vivendi, which is also the owner of Universal Music Group […]
A report from investment bank Jefferies on Netflix says that 90 per cent of the streamer’s Indian subscribers would pay at least an extra $1.32 per month, and thus generating a future potential beneficial revenue tail wind for APAC revenue growth. Indeed, the Jeffries survey shows 35 per cent of India respondents would happily pay […]
In the last seven months, around 2,700 Italian municipalities have benefited from TIM’s work to expand ultra-broadband coverage and allow an increasing number of households and businesses to access a fast Internet service. In September, the company continued to intensify its FTTC technology cabling work, mainly concentrated in the so-called “white areas” of the country, […]