The number of videos viewed every day on social-messaging app Snapchat has tripled since May this year to six billion according to figures published in FT. However, the data doesn’t reveal the average viewing time per video. Last week, Facebook said it was now registering eight billion views a day of video material posted on […]
By the end of 2018, 231 million installed devices are expected to be connected to the Internet and able to deliver apps to TVs, representing 82 per cent growth from 2014 to 2018, according to the Connected Home Entertainment Forecast report from global information company The NPD Group. “The two largest drivers of growth will […]
US pay-TV broadcaster Dish Network has reported revenue totalling $3.73 billion (€3.45bn) for the quarter ending September 30th 2015, compared to $3.68 billion for the corresponding period in 2014. Subscriber-related revenue increased to $3.7 billion from $3.65 billion in the year-ago period. Net income attributable to Dish Network totalled $196 million for the quarter, compared […]
Windows 10 users are set to get an exclusive BBC Store app. Launched last week, BBC Store makes it easy for UK audiences to buy and keep digital copies of their favourite BBC shows including recently broadcast programmes; television favourites and lost gems from the BBC archive. Using the BBC Store app Windows 10 users […]
Research and analysis by the Arab Advisors Group reveals that as of October 2015 the four satellite pay-TV operators, broadcasting from the region, offered a combined total of 280 channels. OSN is the leader in terms of the number of offered channels. Four satellite pay-TV providers broadcast from the Arab World. Namely: Orbit Showtime Network […]
With consumers across the Middle East and Africa (MEA) becoming more connected and tech-savvy than ever before, the complex issue of content piracy is showing no sign of letting up, according to the latest insights from International Data Corporation (IDC). The global ICT consulting firm asserts that the use of illegal set-top boxes, unauthorised VPN […]
Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) last week destroyed more than 500 “illegal” DTH set-top boxes that were allegedly used to tune into Indian broadcasts. This batch of 500 boxes are the last in a total of 2500 units seized during October by PEMRA on a nationwide clamp-down against cable MSOs in Rawalpindi and other […]
Lebanon-based Arabic all-news channel al-Mayadeen has been taken off the air by Arabsat. The channel’s stated main aim has to be to counter-balance what it describes as the bias of the Saudi Arabian-owned Al Arabiya and Qatari-backed Al Jazeera news channels. However, the Beirut channel has been a frequent critic of Saudi Arabia. Programme director […]
Communications technology specialist Ericsson and Australian telco Telstra have announced the world’s first demonstration of 1 Gbps capability with five carrier LTE-Advanced Carrier Aggregation integrated on a live end-to-end mobile network. Download speeds of up to 1 Gbps will deliver more reliable performance and user experience across a wide range of applications and media streaming. […]
Al Jazeera has launched new mobile and tablet apps on the iOS and Android systems bringing the latest Al Jazeera news and programmes live together with on-demand personalisation. The apps, which are available for Al Jazeera English and Al Jazeera Arabic, will provide breaking news alerts and special coverage notifications with a curated home screen […]