The Danish TV audience measurement steering committee has awarded Kantar Media and TNS Gallup the new contract for the provision of TV Ratings. The service will run for five years initially from 2017, with the option to extend until 2024. From 2017 the TV currency in Denmark will include major enhancements to measure TV content […]
Fabrizio Salini will step down from his role as managing director of FOX International Channels (FIC) Italy at the end of next month, with industry veteran Kathryn Fink lined up to replace him. Salini, who has worked with FIC Italy since 2003, is leaving the company to pursue a new opportunity. The executive headed up […]
Effective immediately, Sling TV’s live and on-demand Internet TV app for Android and iOS devices supports Google’s Chromecast. As part of the launch, new customers in the US who prepay for three months of Sling TV’s “Best of Live TV” are eligible to receive a free Chromecast device. Alternatively, Chromecast owners new to Sling TV […]
Al Jazeera English is amongst the first wave of news outlets available on the newly launched Apple TV, providing the global news and programmes live and on demand. Users will be able to save videos for later viewing, access all saved content from the Watch List, have 24-hour access to Al Jazeera’s live video stream […]
4C, a data science company, has revealed the results of its Rugby World Cup tracking on television and social media, providing insight into the behaviour of 1.5 billion unique social media users across 250,000 interest categories, 50,000 brands, 6,000 TV programmes, and 41 languages. Additional data was analysed through 4C’s Teletrax global TV monitoring network, which monitors […]
Ericsson has signed a multi-year news captioning contract with ANC, the Australian news service provider. Ericsson will provide live captioning services for Sky News Live and Sky News Business, which are broadcast to 2.8 million homes across Australia on subscription television provider Foxtel. As part of the contract, Ericsson will also provide captioning services for […]
Intelsat has announced that Brian Jakins has been named as the company’s Regional Vice President of Sales in Africa, effective immediately. Jakins will be based in Johannesburg, South Africa and report to Jean-Philippe Gillet, Vice President, Europe, Middle East and Africa. With over two decades of experience in the technology sector, including services to enterprises […]
Responding to recently-launched Netflix’s 4K capabilities, Telefónica’s IPTV platform Movistar Plus is launching 4K transmissions, with the first Ultra HD broadcasts of football matches from La Liga and Formula One races on the channels Canal + Liga and Canal Moto GP. Telefónica is using a bitrate three times more than in HD, with 30 Mbps […]
OTT video markets in Asia-Pacific (AP) differ largely due to demographic and economic factors and the telecom landscape. Markets with high adoption rates of pay-TV, fixed broadband and mobile broadband see the most robust and innovative OTT ecosystems. In South Korea and Singapore, where smartphone and pay-TV penetration rates exceed 80 per cent, there are […]
Discovery Communications has reported financial results for the third quarter ended September 30th. “Discovery’s unique portfolio of assets and global brands drove yet another quarter of strong worldwide viewership and financial results,” commented David Zaslav, President and CEO of Discovery Communications. “Discovery is like no other media company, propelled by our unmatched global infrastructure, local […]