EuroMedia March/April 2020 The deployment of 5G has the potential to be a whole new disruptor for the media and entertainment business. Colin Mann spoke to a range of industry insiders to find out what are the opportunities for media on the move. Log in or Register Free to read
Facebook has launched a new, live streaming app in a bid to take on the likes of video game streaming platform Twitch. The coronavirus lockdown has led to an increase in popularity for gaming, giving live streamers a much larger audience to entertain and keep invested. As such, Facebook decided to release the app earlier […]
All 4, the VoD service owned by Channel 4, has achieved its highest number of quarterly views ever across Q1 of this year, driven by titles including Friday Night Dinner, Gogglebox, The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer, Hollyoaks, Celebs Go Dating and Brooklyn Nine-Nine. This record breaking period includes All 4’s […]
International subscribers boosted Canal+ revenues in Q1 taking turnover to €1.37 billion. Revenues from international operations were up by 35.3 per cent (8.7 per cent in constant currency) against a 1 per cent uplift over all. The results also included an upturn in individual subscriptions in France, where it added 62,000 year-on-year. The subscriber base, […]
Total online video weekly streaming minutes on mobile grew 60 per cent in aggregate across Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Singapore between January 20th and April 11th 2020, according to a report published by Media Partners Asia (MPA). With the disruption and subsequent lockdown measures enforced during the Covid-19 pandemic, total online video streaming weekly […]
Synamedia has appointed digital TV software pioneer Nick Thexton as Chief Technology Officer (CTO). Synamedia says that Thexton will drive its “ambitious agenda of technology innovation and investment, and lead the development and delivery of new system solutions that help customers transform their business models and accelerate their transition to IP”. Thexton will be in […]
The British government unveiled plans for a new “Future Fund” designed to help start-ups receive enough investment to remain viable during the coronavirus crisis. Initially, the government is pledging a total of £250 million (€286m) of taxpayer’s money to the new fund (delivered via the British Business Bank). To unlock the investment — which looks […]
Parrot Analytics reports that the share of demand for Disney+ is up 7.54 per cent in France since March 11th, when the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared the Coronavirus a global pandemic. While Disney pushed back the launch of its SVoD service in France to April 7th, demand for the service registered the largest growth […]
In view of a high data consumption due to the Covid-19 lockdown, Movistar is offering free unlimited data capacity its 3 million+ Fusión covergent customers in Spain. Subscribers to Fusión Total and Fusión Total Plus will have unlimited data, calls and SMS messages at no extra cost as a way “to mitigate the effects of […]
Ofcom has appointed Kevin Bakhurst, Ofcom’s Content and Media Policy Group Director, to its Board. Bakhurst joined Ofcom in 2016 and has overseen work on content standards and policy, including taking on regulation of the BBC and preparations to become the regulator for video sharing platforms in the UK. He will join as an Executive […]