Most of the main pay-TV operators in Sub-Saharan Africa lowered their prices during 2016 to ward off competitors. The knock-on effect was that other platforms lowered their fees, according to findings from Digital TV Research’s Sub-Saharan Africa Pay-TV Forecasts report. “With a limited number of DTT licences on offer,
The British Association for Screen Entertainment (BASE) and Bauer Media launches phase two of their successful Movie Weekender campaign. The campaign is a continuation of the cross-industry campaign from the video category in 2016, which bought together BASE home entertainment distributor members to promote new release titles on Blu-ray, DVD and Digital formats. The activity […]
January 11th saw officers from the City of London Police’s Intellectual Property Crime Unit (PIPCU) visit organisations found to be advertising on websites involved in digital piracy. Officers from the unit visited eight organisations including brands, advertising agencies and networks, as part of a multi-agency initiative known as Operation Creative, which sees the police working […]
Jo Johnson MP, the UK’s Minister of State for Universities, Science, Research and Innovation in the Department for Education, has added Intellectual Property to his portfolio of responsibilities. The role will be shared with the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. He takes over from previous incumbent Baroness Lucy Neville-Rolfe, who was appointed Commercial […]
According to research and knowledge-based consulting company Futuresource Consulting, announcements of global roll-outs in the video space at the start of 2016 and 2017 respectively by Netflix and Amazon are indicative of
German commercial broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 Group is continuing to internationalise its online video business and is building up a strategic partnership with its European media partners TF1 Group (France) and Mediaset (Italy) in the field of multi-channel networks (MCN). Both media corporations are investing in ProSiebenSat.1’s premium MCN – Studio71 – by way of a capital […]
France’s Canal+ Group is to broadcast a match in Ultra HD from the country’s leading football league – Ligue 1 – from the end of January at 21hrs and every Sunday thereafter. The first such fixture is PSG-Monaco on January 29. Canal+ has decided to launch production of matches in Ligue 1 in collaboration with […]
From a nail-biter World Series matchup and breathtaking Summer Olympics Games to some of the highest-rated political debates in history, 2016 provided no shortage of must-watch television. To provide insights about consumer television viewing activity, cable MSO Altice USA has released its first Altice USA Data Flash Review, which analysed 2016 viewing trends of its […]
BBC Worldwide, Access Entertainment and Lookout Point are undertaking an initiative to fast-track production of premium quality scripted drama for television audiences around the world. The partners intend to offer world-renowned writing and producing talent a new route to production, with an independent funding model enabling producers to have their scripted television series greenlit without […]
BBC Director-General Tony Hall has said the corporation needs to reinvent its on-demand iPlayer service to make the leap from a catch-up service to a “must-visit” destination in its own right in the face of rapid growth by its competitors such as Netflix. In a wide-ranging New Year message to BBC staff on ‘Reinventing the […]