Liberty Global has revealed that Severina Pascu will join UK multiplay operator Virgin Media as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Deputy Chief Executive Officer (CEO) effective February 1st, 2020. Pascu is currently CEO of Liberty Global’s Swiss operations, UPC Switzerland, and will be succeeded in that role by Baptiest Coopmans, Senior Vice President Operations for […]
Findings from research firm Parks Associates suggest that the value of pirate video services accessed by pay-TV and non-pay-TV consumers will exceed $67 billion (€60bn) worldwide by 2023. The report, Video Piracy: Ecosystem, Risks, and Impact, estimates that if just 10 per cent of pay-TV subscribers discontinued pay-TV services in favour of video delivered by […]
The C-Band Alliance (CBA, comprising Intelsat, SES and Telesat) filed a Fact Sheet on January 14th that – in essence – urges the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to move more quickly in the “monumental task of transitioning C-band spectrum from satellite transmissions to 5G mobile”. The Fact Sheet pulls no punches in its message to […]
LaLigaTV, the UK’s first dedicated channel showing all live matches and 24/7 content from LaLiga, is now available on Sky, and will launch on Virgin Media’s TV platform on January 16th. The channel is being offered with a two-week free trial period. This will cover two full matchdays, with every game being watchable. After that […]
Several European countries experienced sizable gains across multiple services on December’s Netflix ISP Speed Index, a monthly update on which Internet Service Providers (ISPs) provide the best prime time Netflix streaming experience. The final month of 2019 saw upticks in Bolivia, Hungary and Poland. Bolivia had the largest increase as Entel jumped 0.73 Megabits per […]
During 2019, Discovery’s portfolio outperformed the TV market in the UK, increasing its audience by +7 per cent, in a market that declined by -4 per cent. Discovery UK achieved an average portfolio share of 4.2 per cent (A16+) over the year, which was an increase of 11 per cent YoY. It celebrated its biggest […]
Hong Kong is to give all its low-income households a free digital TV ahead of the government’s analogue TV switch-off. Hong Kong says that some 92 per cent of all its homes have converted to digital transmissions but this still left around 100,000 homes still needing to convert. Commerce and Economic Development Secretary Edward Yau […]
Comcast NBCUniversal has announced the launch of SportsTech, a global accelerator for sports technology startups. SportsTech will feature a partnership of three of Comcast NBCUniversal’s sports brands – NBC Sports, Sky Sports and Golf Channel – alongside NASCAR and two US Olympic sports organisations: US Ski & Snowboard and USA Swimming. Comcast Ventures, the company’s […]
In what was another record-breaking year, investments in the UK tech sector soared to £10.1 billion (€11.8bn) in 2019 – a £3.1 billion increase on 2018’s very strong figures and the highest level in UK history. Research prepared by technology entrepreneur network Tech Nation with Dealroom for the Digital Economy Council shows that between January […]
BBC Studios has announced the consolidation of its Europe, Middle East and Africa distribution businesses and the appointment of Nick Percy as Executive Vice President, EMEA, both with effect from April 1st. Percy’s enhanced remit, having formerly been responsible for Western Europe, will give him oversight of BBC Studio’s distribution activities across the expanded region, […]