The planned GB News TV channel and digital services, proposed as an alternate to the BBC News and Sky News, is now fully funded. Reports say the 24-hour channel, fronted by veteran BBC journalist Andrew Neil, has now received anchor commitments from Discovery International, hedge fund manager Sir Paul Marshall and Dubai-based investor Legatum Group. […]
If the bids registered on January 5th are a guide, then the 57 registered telcos are easing off their enthusiasm. Only $1.96 billion was entered in the five dedicated sessions for the FCC’s Auction 107. But this still took the overall gross total to a thumping $78.468 billion. Indeed, some outsiders are questioning as to […]
The number of daily TV viewers in Portugal increased by 349,000 in 2020, taking the total number of viewers to 2.3 million. According to daily Diário de Notícias, of the total 196,000 relate to new pay-TV viewers (+123,000 year-on-year) and streaming content users (+73,000). The growth is obviously largely due to the Covid-19 pandemic, which, […]
With a rocky road ahead for their core offerings, triple play operators are having to weaponise customer care in order to keep a hold on their revenues, according to research from Rethink TV. Traditional OSS/BSS offerings are not up to the job, which has given rise to a new breed of vendors, focused on improving […]
Despite a ferocious consumer appetite for on-demand experiences – live sport streaming, bet-in play options, online gaming – a third (32 per cent) of UK businesses in the media and gaming sectors admit they can’t guarantee an ‘always-on’ IT experience for customers. The stats were revealed in a survey of IT decision-makers by Veritas Technologies, […]
The BBC has seen record-breaking year-on-year growth of BBC iPlayer and BBC Sounds over the Christmas holidays, as more people consumed its content digitally. On iPlayer, new dramas The Serpent and Black Narcissus, the Christmas antics in EastEnders and Call The Midwife – together with the Spider-Man: Homecoming movie helped smash records for viewing, with […]
fuboTV, the sports-first US TV streaming platform, has announced preliminary Q4 revenue and subscriber results. Both metrics are expected to exceed previously issued guidance in a record quarter and year for fuboTV. Q4 total revenue is expected to be between $94-$98 million, a 77 per cent to 84 per cent increase year-over-year. Prior guidance was […]
Discovery has announced a strategic partnership with STARZPLAY to launch discovery+ – the non-fiction, real life subscription streaming service – across the Middle East and North Africa. StarzPlay subscribers can now watch discovery+ content within a dedicated branded area across all existing StarzPlay platforms. The partnership was announced at a virtual launch broadcast from Dubai. […]
YouTube has allowed TalkRadio’s channel to return to its platform just hours after saying it had been “terminated” for breaking the tech firm’s rules. The Google-owned service issued a statement explaining its U-turn: “TalkRadio’s YouTube channel was briefly suspended, but upon further review, has now been reinstated,” it said. “We quickly remove flagged content that […]
The BBC is to deliver what it says is the biggest education offer in its history across more of its platforms. It will bring together BBC Two, CBBC, BBC Red Button, BBC iPlayer and online to deliver a new education offer to children, teachers and parents as a third national lockdown begins. Reacting quickly to […]