Advanced Television

LTN Global delivers SportsGrid

LTN Global, an industry player in transformative media technology and video transport network solutions, has announced a multi-year agreement with SportsGrid. The agreement provides SportsGrid with advanced cloud-based automation products optimizing operational efficiency and dependability. LTN supports SportsGrid with automated production services, including the delivery of live programming support managed from the state-of-the-art production facility […]

November 13, 2020

Proximus and Technicolor Connected Home deliver Pickx decoder

Technicolor has announced that Proximus has begun deployment of the new V7 decoder Proximus Pickx – equipped with the Android P operating system — to Belgian subscribers, allowing viewers to enter the Proximus Pickx experience and access applications such as YouTube, Netflix, Spotify and Disney+. Technicolor Connected Home’s expertise and deep industry experience was leveraged […]

November 13, 2020

Buckmire named host of Law&Crime Daily

Brooklyn public defender Brian Buckmire has been named host of Law&Crime Daily, Law&Crime and Litton Entertainment’s nationally syndicated legal news program. The first-run daily news programme features coverage of the day’s most intriguing real-life court cases and true-crime events through exclusive footage, interviews, and analysis from the top legal experts in the country. From high-profile […]

November 13, 2020

RTL TV ads recover, streaming boost

RTL has reported better than expected TV advertising revenue across the Group down by just 2.1 per cent, and total revenue down by 1.5 per cent to €1.4 billion. From January to September 2020, group revenue was down 11.8 per cent to €4.053 billion. In the same period, the Group saw gains in net TV […]

November 12, 2020

Report: Sport a third of Nordic pay-TV revenues

The market for Nordic TV sports rights has been dynamic all through 2020, with several major rights being out for tender, reports Mediavision. This week, ice hockey and the Bundesliga have been the centre of attention. Telia extended its rights to the major Swedish hockey league (SHL), and NENT extended its Nordic NHL ownership – […]

November 12, 2020

ITV Q3 revenues hit by pandemic

ITV, the UK commercial broadcaster, has published its Q3 trading update for the 9 months to September 30th. Total external revenue was down 16 per cent at £1.86 billion (€2.08bn). Total ITV Studios revenue was down 19 per cent at £902 million. Broadcast revenue was down 13 per cent at £1.27 billion with ITV total […]

November 12, 2020

Italy-led action shutters 5,500 pirate sites

A Europe-wide operation headed by Italy’s Guardia di Finanza (Financial Police) has led to the closure of over 5,500 illegal live streaming sites and more than 350 Telegram channels. The operation, named ‘The Perfect Storm’ and coordinated by the Naples Public Prosecutor’s Office, targeted a network that broadcast football matches and sports events via illegal […]

November 12, 2020From Branislav Pekic in Rome

Nielsen: CNN wins election week

US viewers watched CNN in record-breaking numbers during election week as news networks topped primetime and total day charts, says Nielsen. CNN drew a network record 6.1 million viewers in primetime during the week to top all networks. Fox News and MSNBC also drew big numbers for the week, averaging 5.9 million and 4.7 million […]

November 12, 2020

Italy sees highest TV audience in 5 years

Italy registered the highest TV audience ratings in the past five years in October 2020, a trend that continued into the first week of November. Data published by Studio Frasi shows that the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic has once again increased TV consumption throughout the country. In the week November 1st to 7th, […]

November 12, 2020From Branislav Pekic in Rome

Alchimie files for IPO

Alchimie, the French OTT content aggregator, has filed for an IPO on Euronext Growth in Paris. The company, founded by Nicolas d’Hueppe, aims to raise its capital by €20 million in order to accelerate its development in France and on the international market. The process is set to close on November 23rd. Alchimie currently boasts […]

November 12, 2020From Pascale Paoli-Lebailly in Paris