Pay-radio operator SiriusXM enjoyed a 2 per cent rise on its share price after it announced that ‘shock-jock’ Howard Stern had renewed his contract with the operator. Stern has signed on for another five years while Stern’s archive of audio and video material will be exclusive to SiriusXM for seven years. “As the leading audio […]
Iris Knobloch, recently named as Country Manager for WarnerMedia France & Benelux and Germany/Austria/ Switzerland (GAS) has announced her leadership teams, bringing together a group of accomplished executives to serve these markets. Olivier Snanoudj, Eric Broet, Caroline Lang, Guillaume Coffin and Gregory Schuber take on leadership responsibilities for France & Benelux; and Willi Geike, Steffen […]
Research from Parks Associates finds 47 per cent of US broadband households subscribe to Amazon Prime Video, second only to Netflix among subscription-based OTT video services in the US. “The surge in online
According to a report from investment bank Berenberg, future ARPU growth at Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT) will largely be non-linear and from its Viaplay SVoD platform. NENT’s ARPU has been hit hard by the cancellation of sporting events this year due to the pandemic, and its forecast revenues of cSEK114 per month (€11.12) for FY […]
Eleven Sports Belgium will continue to offer La Liga football live and exclusively to fans for the next five seasons. Belgian football fans will be able to watch the best action from Spain’s top tier across Eleven’s linear and digital platforms, until 2025-2026. A minimum of five games will be broadcast live each matchday, with […]
Satellite operator SES has signed a new contract with German auction shopping channel 1-2-3.tv. SES says that, under a new long-term partnership agreement, 1-2-3.tv will continue broadcasting its SD and HD live auction programme on SES satellites, and online. 1-2-3.tv is Germany’s leading omnichannel auction platform that reaches over 2 million viewers via TV, online […]
Modern Times Group (MTG) has acquired Hutch, a developer and publisher of free-to-play mobile games focused on the racing genre in the midcore segment. MTG says the acquisition enables strong growth opportunities within a new and highly attractive game category for MTG while also further diversifying the group’s games portfolio. The up-front consideration amounts to […]
Broadpeak, a provider of content delivery network (CDN) and video streaming solutions for content providers and pay-TV operators worldwide, is powering StarHub TV+, a new converged IPTV and OTT TV service offered by StarHub, one of Singapore’s leading telcos. Using a complete CDN, content packaging, storage, and origination solution from Broadpeak, StarHub is able to […]
Insight TV, the millennial-focused global channel provider and content creator, has launched four of its channels on Samsung TV Plus in Brazil. Samsung TV Plus Brazil is making lifestyle channel Insight TV, action sports-focused channel inTrouble, science/technology channel inWonder and the new nature and wildlife channel InWild available to Samsung TV owners with 2018 – […]
3SS (3 Screen Solutions), a provider of software solutions for STB and multiscreen entertainment, has announced the appointment of Adam Nightingale as Chief Commercial Officer. He will now have overall responsibility for commercial and sales strategy for 3SS’ TV and video business. Thilo Herbst has transitioned from CSO to his new leadership role spearheading emerging […]