Charter Communications, the disappointed bidder for TWC, has filed legal documents contesting the proposed merger between Time Warner Cable and Comcast claiming that the deal has been subject to a “flawed process”. Charter told Securities and Exchange Commission: “TWC’s process for negotiating and approving the merger was flawed because of the failure of the TWC […]
A report by IHS Technology reveals that the market share of 3D movies has fallen for the fourth year in a row. On average during 2013, 3D titles generated just 41.4 per cent of their total revenues from 3D screens. More than half of titles failed
SQAD, the largest independent source in the US for TV, radio and digital costs and analysis, has announced the results of its in-depth study of 2013 advertising costs for TV and the Internet. For the first time ever, SQAD has created a comparison of four of its Media Databases from a CPM perspective: Display, Cable […]
Rights collection society the SACD says audiovisual distribution rules must be reformed to cope with the arrival of Netflix in September. The Société des Auteurs et Compositeurs Dramatiques says the current rules for the distribution of films are outdated and have failed to keep pace with the changes in consumption patterns or with the need […]
The number of digital TV connections in the Netherlands grew one percent during the fourth quarter of 2013 to 6.66 million, according to Telecompaper’s quarterly report on the Dutch TV market. The total TV market (including analogue TV subscribers) increased to 7.74 million at the end of 2013 with digital TV being used by 86.1 […]
Thomson Video Networks is to debut TimePlanner, a new application that is part of the XMS Network Management System, at the 2014 NAB Show. Enabling the scheduling and automation of complex service plan changes, TimePlanner not only gives XMS users the flexibility they need to manage rapid service plan changes, but also greatly simplifies headend […]
Imagine Communications, a leader in media software and networking solutions, has introduced its TV Everywhere vision and portfolio. Leading the portfolio are SelenioNext adaptive bit rate (ABR) transcoding technology and the SelenioEdge content delivery network (CDN) software, which combine to create an end-to-end, TV Everywhere solution to meet growing demand for optimized live video stream […]
David Zaslav, President and CEO of Discovery Communications, has said that the broadcaster’s pending acquisition of a controlling interest in pan-European sports channel Eurosport has given it the opportunity to create a bigger and better service, and admitted that it will consider acquiring premium sports rights. Speaking at the FT Digital Media Conference in London, […]
The BBC and other broadcast partners are set to drop their annual contribution to the YouView set top box venture by 85 per cent to around £750,000, (€883,000) leaving BT and TalkTalk to plug the funding gap. ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5 and the BBC have been concerned that a platform originally created to give […]