The damage of low cost promotions to Spanish telcos’ revenues is forcing them to renege on the hugely discounted promotions they have been offering. Movistar has decided to withdraw its 50 per cent discount for a year for its convergent packages Movistar Fusión + Ocio Total and Fútbol Total. The company’s rationale is that the […]
AT&T, the US telco giant, has confirmed the launch of Xandr, its new advertising company led by CEO Brian Lesser. Xandr encompasses all aspects of the existing AT&T advertising & analytics businesses, including AT&T’s advanced TV business, AT&T AdWorks; AT&T’s data and analytics business; ATT.net and AppNexus, which will continue to support its US and […]
The current TV football war in Spain, with operators dropping prices and offering low cost promotions, is having a very negative impact on the financial results of the companies. The president of Vodafone Spain, Francisco Roman, has warned that the Spanish football war “is undermining the value” of the content to the detriment of financial […]
Spanish telco Telefónica is reportedly finalising the sale of its subsidiary firms in Mexico and Central America in its plans to pull out of those markets to reduce its debt. Newspaper El Economista reveals that the company could announce a deal in the next weeks to divest telco operations affecting up to 11 Central American […]
A major report from Paris-based Euroconsult says that the satellite industry will see revenues shift more towards telco and data-based traffic and revenues, and away from video and DTH income. Based on the latest market projections, wholesale capacity revenues from telecom applications will surpass video applications by 2021. The growth is largely supported by the […]
Vodafone UK has plans to switch on 1,000 5G sites by 2020, as it seeks to position itself as leading the country towards the next generation of mobile technology. Vodafone reiterated its intention to trial 5G in seven cities from next month, and revealed plans to commercially launch 5G services in Cornwall and the Lake […]
Reliance Jio has continued adding subscribers to its Indian talk/video 4G/LTE telephone system at a phenomenal rate. July saw another impressive growth of 5 percent (month on month) to 227 million (from 215 million in June). Since December 31st Jio has grown by 66.9 million (41.8 per cent). Jio is India’s largest cellular telco, having […]
Brightcove, a provider of cloud services for video, and Evergent Technologies, a provider of cloud-based, user lifecycle management solutions for video service providers, has announced its engagement with BBC Studios, enabling the company to seamlessly integrate and authenticate its BBC Player products with telcos globally. With the addition of the TV-everywhere integration from Brightcove and Evergent, BBC […]
Corporate statements tend not to be quite so brutal, and rarely can one read phrases such as “disastrous management” – in this case uttered by Vivendi – towards Telecom Italia (TIM), with Vivendi adding: “The stock market performance is dramatic: TIM’s share price dropped about 35% since May 4, 2018, and is at its lowest […]
The Spanish Government will finance DTT migration with grants – to be specified in 2019 – to citizens and TV operators. State Secretary for Digital Advance, Francisco Polo, said the grants will be included in the next State Budget. The migration will start in January 2019 and will be initially completed in 2020 if no […]