In a move that will help combat Internet piracy and further differentiates it from free-to-air services, Australian pay-TV provider Foxtel has agreed a new output deal with premium US content producer HBO that will deliver new shows to Australian screens sooner. The new agreement gives Foxtel exclusive first run of all HBO content as well […]
The UK has ended more than 70 years of analogue broadcasting today with the completion of digital television switchover. Olympic gold medallist Dame Mary Peters switched off the last analogue signals at the Divis transmitter, just outside Belfast and Freeview signals were boosted across Northern Ireland. Prime Minister David Cameron said: ‘The UK’s switch to […]
At Telco TV this week, Parks Associates will share new research in video services, which shows telcos will lead the next stage in pay-TV services as the number of IPTV subscribers in the US will exceed 18 million in 2017. The research shows that telcos are leveraging their fibre-based broadband offerings to attract new customers: […]
Telenor Broadcast CEO Patrik Hofbauer reported a “strong quarter” for his division, which includes Canal Digital’s DTH operation, Conax ‘smart cards’ sector, Telenor Satellite Broadcasting and transmission division Norkring. Telenor Broadcast has three consecutive quarters of improved results, compared to the same quarters in 2011. Lower costs in the third quarter of 2012 is one […]
Sky Deutschland is launching a kid’s channel on its on demand service. Programmes such as SpongeBob SquarePants and Ben 10 will come to Sky Go through partnerships with four children’s channels: Cartoon Network, Boomerang, Nickelodeon and net Junior. Peter Schulz, VP of on-demand programming at Sky Deutschland, said the service would provide a “secure environment […]
Pay-radio service Sirius-XM Radio has announced that CEO Mel Karmazin will be leaving the company on February 1, 2013, following the expiration of his current employment agreement and after a transition period. Karmazin will also leave the Board of Directors at that time. The move comes as John Malone’s Liberty Media is looking to take […]
UK viewers can access Muslim TV live from October 26th on Freeview and Roku Streaming Players through Vision247’s Vision TV Network. Broadcast in both Arabic and English, Muslim TV offers a mix of five cultural and religious channels of programming, from Qur’anic recitation to cookery shows, all provided live and 24/7 from across the Middle […]
GlobeCast Australia has announced a major upgrade that will allow the company to deliver its customers the first high-quality MPEG-4 services on the Optus D2 DTH satellite platform. GlobeCast Australia is the leading provider of broadcast services for Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands and is part of the worldwide GlobeCast group. GlobeCast Australia’s […]
AMC’s premiere of Season 3 of The Walking Dead in October provided its international broadcaster FOX International Channels (FIC) with impressive ratings performance around the world. Single broadcast premiere runs delivered 8.5 million Total Viewers, up 20 per cent from its Season 2 debut. Within a week of its premiere in the US, The Walking […]
The iconic advertising campaign featuring Olympic gold medallists Mo Farah and Usain Bolt helped Virgin Media boost the number of new cable customers. Virgin said it added 39,500 customers in the three months to end-September, compared with 6,300 for the same quarter last year. Revenue was up 2.8 per cent to £1.03 billion (€1.27bn) for […]