The BBC has confirmed that its iPlayer service is coming to the new Apple TV. The catch-up app is not ready to launch alongside the revamped set-top box when it goes on sale this week, but the Corporation said that it would be available “in the coming months”. “Available on over 10,000 devices, BBC iPlayer […]
A Dataxis report reveals there is a total of 53 TV Everywhere (TVE) platforms up to the second quarter of 2015 in South America and Mexico (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela), 15 corresponding to programmers and 38 belonging to pay-TV operators. Besides, the “TV Everywhere Market in Latin […]
Satellite giant Intelsat has reported its Q3 numbers (covering the three months to September 30th) and specifically highlighted that its 2016 launch schedule is firmly on track. The company needs the extra capacity to help drive new revenues, and Intelsat said it has signed up 6 fresh contracts for the additional craft. “Today we announced […]
Gilles Pélisson, 58, will succeed TF1 Chairman and CEO Nonce Paolini and take up office on February 19th, one day after TF1 releases its 2015 results. Pélisson is the former CEO of Euro Disney and French hotel group Accor. Pélisson has been an administrator at TF1 since 2009 and knows the Bouygues Group from the […]
The BBC Trust has published a new framework that sets out the principles and requirements that the BBC must follow when it looks to make its services on TV, radio and online widely available to audiences. The Distribution framework brings together in one place, and for the first time, the requirements set by the Trust […]
Eutelsat is to build a new High-Throughput Satellite especially for sub-Saharan Africa, and to be in place during 2019. The satellite will be a multiple spot-beam craft delivering up to 75 Gb/s of bandwidth, and targeting SMEs in Africa. Moreover Eutelsat has an option with sat-builder Thales Alenia to double up and so accelerate the […]
Time Warner Cable reported its seventh straight quarter of improved basic video subscriber losses, shedding just 7,000 in the third quarter, its best since 2006. “I’m very excited about the operating momentum reflected in our third-quarter results. Subscriber growth was the strongest in years; revenue growth accelerated; and we continued to make significant investments in […]
The BFI, the UK’s lead organisation for film, has launched its brand new subscription service, BFI Player+. It launched the BFI Player in October 2103 with a mix of free (approximately 60 per cent) and pay-per-view (40 per cent) content. Costing just £4.99 (€6.95) a month, with a 30-day free trial for all users, BFI […]
National broadcaster Vietnam Television (VTV) has revealed will disinvest from the pay-TV market by selling most of its stakes in three major providers, whose combined market share is almost 73 per cent. VTV will sell 49 per cent stake in VTVcab, which boasts two million subscribers mainly in the northern region, Hoang Ngoc Huan, CEO […]
ARRIS Group has announced preliminary and unaudited financial results for the third quarter 2015. “Our third quarter results were in line with our expectations and are lower than the third quarter of last year when we were launching an unprecedented number of new products. We continue to encounter headwinds, in particular, those related to telco […]