Last week the European Commission published its proposals to enhance cross-border content portability for TV, radio and online access to programming and entertainment when outside the country of origin. Deutsche Bank’s media analyst Laurie Davison, in a report on the proposition, described the potential benefits as: “In theory, this would allow a SkyGo user to […]
Last week saw His Holiness Pope Francis perform the ceremony of the Holy Door, opening a normally bricked up portal to St Peter’s Basilica in Rome. The special event which starts an extraordinary ‘Jubilee of Mercy’ year for the Catholic Church was captured in Ultra-HD by the Vatican Television Centre (Centro Televisivo Vaticano) and with […]
Global satellite operator Intelsat’s share price slide continued December 8th, falling a further 5.67 per cent to finish the day at just $3.83. December 9th saw it recover by almost the same amount, but the past 5 days have seen trading in Intelsat stock fluctuate between $4.48 and down to the current $4.05, and pushing […]
Europe seems set for a head-to-head battle with TV rights’ holders such as the Hollywood studios and sports organisations by insisting that its citizens are permitted to watch content when abroad from their home market. December 9th should see more details emerge of the European Commission’s outline proposals. The EC proposals, if implemented, would mean […]
Eutelsat celebrated the 10th Anniversary of its listing on the Paris bourse by holding an Investors Day in Paris on December 1st. The mood was decidedly upbeat , and presentation followed presentation in outlining the opportunities – and obvious challenges – ahead. Outgoing CEO Michel de Rosen told analysts that the company had grown significantly […]
Intelsat’s share price fell on November 30th a thumping 10.06 per cent to a mere $4.65 a share. The collapse means that Intelsat’s market capitalisation is now down to $490 million (according to Bloomberg), and this is considered far too close to a market capitulation. This, in financial terms, implies that many shareholders have simply […]
The Walt Disney Company cheekily filed its latest regulatory 10K statement to the Security & Exchange Commission after the market had closed on November 25th and when many analysts and observers were travelling to family and friends for Thanksgiving. The filing date was wholly allowable, but reported was some worrying bad news: Some of Disney’s […]
In a ‘battle of the billionaires’ it seems Amazon’s Jeff Bezos has the edge over Pay-Pal founder Elon Musk in the important ability to successfully land a rocket after launch. Musk, and his SpaceX company, has been trying to re-land a launched rocket for about two years. Yesterday, Jeff Bezos tweeted that his Blue Origin […]
Last week, Sky CEO Jeremy Darroch stated that Sky in the UK would start Ultra-HD transmissions later in 2016. Documentation issued at his press conferences talks about UHD at 3840 x 2160 pixels. He declined to give a specific start date, but he was enthusiastic in saying that Sky’s introduction of its all-new Sky Q […]
A couple of recent polls have revealed that Quality of Experience is an important factor in satisfaction and subscription renewal with OTT services. You may feel this falls into the ‘You don’t say?’ or even the ‘Do bears use wooded areas as lavatories?’ category of surveys. But behind the obvious are challenging technology questions and […]