French-based home entertainment technology specialists Netgem impressed the market with further steady gains in revenues for its Q3 trading. The company has seen steady gains in total revenue over the course of the year rising from €18.4 million in Q1 to €19.8 million in Q2 and €20.1 million in Q3. The previous quarter also saw […]
Shazam, the media engagement company, has formed a partnership with Adforce.ie, Ireland’s multi-platform advertising network, to launch Shazam for TV and be the primary distributor for Shazam for TV advertising for the Republic of Ireland. Shazam has 250 million subscribers globally with over 500,000 in Ireland and is the ninth most downloaded app of all […]
Netflix, the Internet subscription service for films and TV programmes, has launches in Sweden the monthly price of 79kr (€9.10) A free, one-month trial of Netflix is available to everyone in Sweden by visiting Netflix.com. An extended trial is available for a limited time to Spotify paying subscribers as part of a launch partnership with […]
YahLive has announced it has won 6 HDTV channels from Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Information. YahSat is the UAE-owned satellite that is focusing on exclusive HDTV broadcasting over the Middle East. YahLive is its DTH operation, and where SES Astra has the marketing rights for television. By any measure this is a major coup for […]
Mexico used a technology expo in Tijuana to start its digital terrestrial transmissions. Tijuana has about 1.7 million inhabitants, and initial tests started on October 11th, although formal transmissions will not start until 2013. Mexico’s president Felipe Calderón told delegates that Tijuana, because of its proximity to the US border, would be the nation’s first […]
Signal and smart card piracy is badly affecting Latin American broadcasting, says a study from Dataxis. According to their report, there are some 11.4 million illegal pay-TV users, or a huge 27.4 per cent of the total in seven key markets that were analysed. The total market (legal and illegal) amounts to some 53.2 million […]
India is to include TV channels into its existing ‘Indecent Representation of Women Act’ and to widen scope of the 1986 legislation to cover both satellite TV and even Internet activity. There have been examples of India’s censor getting involved in some TV programming, especially when movies are shown, and this has led to a […]
Russia’s international radio and TV company Mir says it will launch an all-news channels no later than that January 1st. The company’s head Radik Batyrshin said: “We are broadcasting now in a test mode,” he told a news conference in Moscow on October 11th. Mir 24 will include satellite transmission, he added. Speaking about the […]
Modern Times Group (MTG) has announced the appointment of Anna Settman to the new role of Executive Vice President of the Group’s Nordic pay-TV broadcasting operations with effect from March 1st 2013, as well as the promotion of Joseph Hundah to the new role of Executive Vice President of the Group’s African operations with effect […]
ECS European Communication Services and OH TV has announced that they have expanded their cooperation by launching the OHTV channel throughout all of Africa. The channel can now viewed in every region of the continent by viewers who can downlink the channel with small antennas from 1.8 metres. ECS’ Turnkey solution for OH TV includes […]