WWE helped make USA Network the #1 cable entertainment network in key demos for 2019. WWE Monday Night Raw was the #1 cable entertainment programme on Monday nights and the #1 most social primetime series in all of television. Straight Up Steve Austin was the #1 unscripted cable series for men (18-49, 25-54) and Miz […]
Synamedia has announced that E-Vision, a subsidiary of Etisalat Group, has selected the Infinite platform, powered by Synamedia’s video network technologies, for its new multi-country, multi-tenant OTT service. The platform is already live in Egypt and will launch soon in Saudi Arabia. Additional markets will follow in due course. E-Vision’s new, fully managed, multi-tenant cloud-based […]
Kaltura, the video technology provider, has expanded its executive team by appointing Nuno Sanches to lead the company’s media and telecom business unit as General Manager. Sanches brings to Kaltura over 15 years in telecom, pay-TV and media industries with broad experience in leading product and technology development. Being a pay-TV innovator and pioneer, Nuno […]
ViacomCBS Networks UK is to elevate its new stablemate brand, Smithsonian Channel, by over 40 slots up the Freeview EPG effective immediately, utilising an existing vacant LCN (Logistical Channel Number). Smithsonian Channel launched in the UK in February 2019 on Sky, Virgin, Freeview and Freesat. The Channel became part of a combined ViacomCBS after last […]
The Great British Bake Off will get the celebrity treatment once more as stars from across the worlds of acting, comedy, entertainment and sport come together to do their bit in the fight against cancer. Competing against each other in The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer they will be showing off […]
D-Link, the market leader in connectivity solutions, will unveil the latest additions to its networking and surveillance portfolio at CES 2020. This includes a new generation of mydlink cameras that harness intelligent AI technology, as well as a range of home networking solutions featuring the latest in Wi-Fi Mesh and Wi-Fi 6 technologies. The new […]
Ampere Analysis predicts that 2020 will be the year of Advertising supported Video on Demand (AVoD) as free ad models start to build scale and roll-out internationally. The firm admits this prediction may seem optimistic given the low use of the current AVoD services in the US (at between 3 per cent and 6 per […]
Africa will have 47.26 million pay-TV subscribers by 2025, up from 30.70 million at end-2019, according to Digital TV Research. Nigeria will contribute 10 million subscribers by 2025 – having overtaken South Africa in 2020. African subscriber numbers will climb by 54 per cent between 2019 and 2025, but pay-TV revenues will rise by only […]
Tremor International, a global player in video advertising technologies, has reached an agreement to acquire Unruly, News Corp’s programmatic video marketplace. News Corp is receiving 6.91 per cent of Tremor International stock, subject to an 18-month lock up period and to certain adjustments, along with a total minimum revenue guarantee for News Corp of £30 […]
Game of Thrones once again earned the dubious honour of being the most-pirated show on TV in 2019, with millions of downloads per week during its eighth and final season, according to BitTorrent data reported by TorrentFreak. Game of Thrones, which took a break in 2018, was also the most pirated show in 2017, 2016 […]