RTL Group has raised its full-year revenue guidance, bossted by the positive impact of exchange rates, its digital business and a growing German television ads market. The Europeanbroadcaster, which is controlled by German media conglomerate Bertelsmann, expects annual revenue to rise by between 2.5 and 5 per cent, compared with a previous forecast for an […]
Twelve European companies feature in the 2014 ranking of the top 50 major world audiovisual groups. Five of these are Public Service Broadcasters (ARD, BBC, France Télévisions, RAI and ZDF). Even if top European companies do get a limited fraction of their revenues outside Europe, their cumulated turn-over already accounts for an increasing share of […]
International Launch Services (ILS) manages the Russian Proton rocket launch system. Proton has had more than its fair share of problems this past year or two but Nov 11 saw it receive a significant 5-launch contract from Intelsat. The deal, which runs until 2023, is a major confidence booster for ILS, and is bad news […]
There are now 2,677,000 Australians (14+) who have Netflix in the home, with the number of households with a Netflix subscription rising again in October to 1,039,000 (11.4 per cent), subscription VoD data from Roy Morgan Research shows. For the majority of Netflix subscribers, this is their first time paying for TV. In the year […]
Last month an international arbitration court awarded $672 million to Indian satellite facility company Devas. The award was judged as compensation for lost contracts with its then partner the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). Now it seems the Indian government is seeking any sort of loophole in which to avoid paying the penalty. One idea […]
After the successful completion of customer and employee trials, US triple-play operator Cox Communications has launched the latest version of Contour to its customers in San Diego. The new Contour is the latest version of Cox’s premier video product which leverages the X1 platform from Comcast. In addition to the television, the cloud-based interface will […]
Dedicated companion TV apps have slowly but surely made a name for themselves, with gamification opportunities making them even more compelling and easy to adopt and use for consumers. A study from the Connected Home UX (CHX) group at Strategy Analytics has found
Following the acquisition of primacom, Tele Columbus, the third largest German cable network operator, has published for the first time consolidated results of the combined Tele Columbus and primacom Group. In the third quarter 2015, affected by the primacom results for August and September, Tele Columbus reached revenues of €73.9 million. In the same period, […]
VideoAmp, a screen optimisation platform for the TV and video ecosystem, has announced a $15 million (€13.9m) Series A funding round led by RTL Group, the European entertainment network. This investment brings VideoAmp’s total funding to $17.2 million and will help the company rapidly accelerate development and drive adoption of its unique platform. “Video consumption […]
Telenor suspended its CFO and three other senior figures as part of a corruption investigation into VimpelCom, the Russian telecoms group in which it has a large stake. Telenor, 54 per cent owned by the Norwegian state, has already ousted Svein Aaser, Telenor’s chairman, and forced its former chief executive, Jon Fredrik Baksaas, to sever […]