Bell Media has signed a deal to become the exclusive Canadian home of all HBO programming on all subscription platforms into the next decade. Under the long-term agreement, the first of its kind for HBO in Canada, Bell Media will have the ability to deliver current-season, past-season, and library HBO programming exclusively on its linear, […]
Honyee Media’s Chinese version of BBC’s Top Gear has taken the world’s most populous country by storm, with the first 5 episodes of the second season accumulating a combined audience of 217 million across TV and online. The show, which launched on Shanghai Dragon TV on October 19th, was the number one programme in its […]
Casa Systems, a specialist in next-generation cable edge technology, has announced that Wave Broadband, a gigabit fibre and broadband services company serving the Pacific Northwest, is deploying the C100G CCAP from Casa Systems to provide subscribers with gigabit broadband speeds. While improving customer quality of experience (QoE) with ultra broadband, Wave will also be able […]
Spanish satellite telecommunications operator Hispasat, and Mediapro, through its audiovisual service provider Overon, will broadcast tomorrow’s Liga match between Real Madrid and Fútbol Club Barcelona in 4K, or Ultra High Definition, technology. The match will be shown live in the best quality available in every country of the world. Hispasat will provide contribution services through […]
As the prices of HD satellite set-top boxes have become more affordable in Asia, larger numbers of viewers are demanding and switching over to HD services. With Direct-to-Home (DTH) TV platforms in Thailand expected to add more than 2.5 million new subscribers in the next 10 years, Intelsat S.A (NYSE: I), the leading global provider […]
UK regulator Ofcom has ruled that Sky is no longer obliged to offer its all-important Sky Sports 1 and Sky Sports 2 channels on a regulated wholesale basis. Ofcom says: “The ‘wholesale must-offer’ regulation was introduced in 2010 to promote choice and innovation for consumers through greater competition in pay TV. Last year, Ofcom began […]
Nearly 9 out of 10 US pay-TV subscribers (86 per cent) want a single app for all of their video watching, according to data from Altman Vilandrie & Company’s sixth annual survey on consumer video habits. The survey also revealed that 70 per cent of consumers have not downloaded any network or cable channel apps, […]
For the third consecutive year, digital video continues to accelerate in Europe and shows no signs of stopping according to AOL’s 2015 State of European Video Industry Report. Fuelled by online consumer behaviour, we are witnessing an unprecedented and explosive growth in mobile and digital advertising. Over $35 billion (€33 billion) has been spent on […]
Telefonica is threatening to halt investments in fibre optic after the antitrust watchdog CNMC ruled that it must open up its FTTH network in some areas. The CNMC has required “the operator with significant market power” to open up its fibre network to rival players in municipalities where there are fewer than three players rolling […]
Telefonica’s pay-TV platform Movistar+ will air this weekend’s El Clásico match between Real Madrid and Barcelona in 4K for some of its fibre pay-TV subscribers. The pilot broadcast, the first time the match has been aired to the ounlic in 4K, will be available to FTTH subscribers owning a Samsung Ultra HD smart TV that […]