Amazon’s LOVEFiLM has launched its new LOVEFiLM Instant app for iPhone and iPod touch. This enhanced app allows members in the UK to stream the latest films and TV series from the LOVEFiLM Instant catalogue on their iPhone and iPod touch for the first time. Along with a slick new design, the updated app also […]
YOU On Demand, a multi-platform entertainment and VoD company in China, has released its unaudited operating results for the three-month period ended September 30th 2013. On November 5th, the company announced that C Media Limited, a China-based mobile video service provider, raised its aggregate strategic investment in YOU On Demand to $6 million, with an […]
The Eurosport Group has signed exclusive live TV and digital rights in 36 of its European territories for the next two editions of the annual FIFA Club World Cup, held on 11-21 December 2013 and 10-20 December 2014 in Morocco. All matches, of both tournaments, will be broadcast on Eurosport France and Eurosport 2 in […]
Worldwide pay-TV subscriber base surpassed 886.5 million at the end of 3Q 2013; a 6 per cent YoY increase, generating $ 62.6 billion service revenue in the third quarter, according to ABI Research’s new Pay TV ARPU and Revenues Market Data . “Emerging markets are key drivers of global growth in pay-TV subscribers as developed […]
The planet still has some 23,182 channels broadcasting in Standard Definition. Of this total, says Northern Sky Research, 73 per cent are still transmitting in MPEG-2 or similar SD systems. In other words, MPEG-4, a newer compression system, has yet to make any progress in some key markets. Even amongst markets considered to be classified […]
A coalition of content interests in China comprising Youku Tudou, Sohu Video, Tencent Video, LeTV, MPA, the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), CODA, Wanda Films, Enlight Media and Letv Films have issued a joint declaration (see below) to fight online video infringement and piracy both on PC and mobile Internet in China. Meanwhile, the […]
Pace has announced his Management Statement for the period July 1st 2013 to November 13th 2013. Trading in the period has shown good progress with continued momentum across the business. Key wins have been achieved in the period giving further confidence for 2014. Project delivery for the new wins is well underway and the underlying […]
Cisco Systems has forecast a steep drop in revenue. The company said that it expected an 8-10 per cent fall in current-quarter revenue. Cisco reported lower-than-expected revenue for the quarter ended October 26th mainly due to a fall in sales to telecom and cable service providers and in emerging markets. Cisco Chief Financial Officer Frank […]
Viacom said earnings rose in the fourth quarter as revenues rose at its cable networks. Net earnings were $804 million compared to $650 million a year ago. Revenues rose 9 per cent to $3.7 billion. “Viacom’s commitment to creative and operational excellence, and our continued investment in content, delivered an outstanding quarter and strong fiscal […]
The audiovisual industry, working with the European Commission, has made a number of pledges designed to overcome problems European citizens may face in four areas: cross-border access and portability of services; user-generated content and micro-licensing; audiovisual heritage and text and data mining. The pledges came at the conclusion of the Licences for Europe stakeholder dialogue, […]