Newly released insights from Kantar Media’s futurePROOF study on the ownership and use of digital technologies and media in Britain reveal that, whilst most people currently prefer to watch “must-see TV” at the time of broadcast, the signs are that this will soon change. According to the futurePROOF study, half of the British adult population […]
Ofcom has revealed an enforcement action it has taken against a VoD adult service “Jessica Pressley.” The website, which provided free-to-view pornographic content without a robust paywall, was referred to Ofcom by the Authority for Television on Demand (ATVOD) – which is responsible for regulating the editorial content of certain on-demand programmes services. On October […]
Spain’s largest cable operator, Ono, continues losing subs but achieved profit in the third quarter of the year. The company’s residential cable customer base declined by 1.7 per cent year-on-year to 1.7 million users. Around 95.5 per cent of Ono’s customer base use voice services, up from 95.2 per cent a year earlier, with the […]
US sports industry revenue will grow at a compounded annual rate of 4.8 per cent to $67.7 billion by 2017, according to a report by PwC. PwC New York, analyzed four key revenue streams – gate receipts, media rights, sponsorship and merchandise – for professional, college, minor league and some individual sports properties. Media rights […]
According to research from TDG, more than half of US consumers with a connected TV have increased their use of OTT TV sources in the last year, with 24 per cent reporting a sizeable increase. Only 8 per cent of connected TV users report a decline in OTT TV viewership during the last year, meaning […]
Canal+ Group announced that at the end of September its channels had reached almost 14 million subscribers, up a million year-on-year, thanks to last year’s Polish merger between its Cyfra+ unit and TVN Group’s ‘n’ pay-TV platform. In its nine months numbers parent Vivendi revealed Canal+ Group growth was also delivered good numbers in Africa […]
Italian public broadcaster RAI, via its Strategic Technologies unit, has teamed up with Eutelsat Italia on a project to experiment with recording in the 4K Ultra-HD standard. ”Rome, Naples, Venice … in a Rossini Crescendo” is the name of a documentary that will be shot in Ultra-HD, which will explore thecultural beauties of Italian cities […]
Comcast is planning to start selling films directly through its cable boxes in the US, according to reports. Comcast will offer newly released and older movies for sale as part of its cable service’s VoD menu, which now offers movies only for rental. Major film studios see electronic sales of movies as a potentially big […]
International kids network KidsCo is closing down following NBCUniversal’s move to buy all of preschool network Sprout. The decision has been made to stop broadcasting the channel due to the “challenging” nature of the crowded kids TV channels business and “problems growing the net. “As a result, both shareholders – NBCUniversal and Corus Entertainment – […]