An in-depth review of the commercial television broadcasting business by research and consultancy firm BIA/Kelsey indicates that the investment large and medium market US TV stations are considering making in the ATSC 3.0 standard would be recouped within three years. The report, The Business Case for ATSC 3.0, examines ATSC from a business perspective by […]
UK free-to-air digital terrestrial TV platform Freeview and CE vendor Panasonic have unveiled the next generation of Freeview Play devices. The new range of Panasonic TVs will feature the first implementation of Freeview Play’s 2017 specification. The new Search and Recommendations features will make it even easier for viewers to find content to enjoy subscription-free. […]
Discovery Communications has confirmed that it will launch a second free-to-air channel in the UK later this year. CEO David Zaslav revealed the plan during an earnings call with reporters, commenting: “While we never look forward to potential carriage standoff, the negotiation with Sky reaffirmed the strong value of our brand portfolio and the passion […]
Indian cable TV giant DEN Networks has launched its OTT service, DEN+, with 144 free-to-air channels. Describing the debut as a “soft launch” and available to consumers using Android or iOS devices and operating systems, the service is currently available to DEN subscribers. The portfolio of offerings includes TV channels as well as VoD entertainment […]
Music channel 4Music has launched on Freesat – the UK’s subscription-free satellite TV service. The launch takes place ahead of the UK premiere of the 59th Grammy Awards which will broadcast on 4Music on February 13th. 4Music joins Freesat’s other music channels, including Kiss and Magic, and replaces The Box on channel 509. The arrival […]
With Andrus Ansip, EC Vice-President in charge of the Digital Single Market, describing it as “a new important step” in breaking down barriers in the Digital Single Market, Europeans will soon be able fully to use their online subscriptions to films, sports events, e-books, video games or music services when travelling within the EU, following […]
Hit Tom Hardy drama Taboo and psychological thriller Apple Tree Yard will become the first of a new run of boxsets on BBC iPlayer. All episodes of each show will remain on iPlayer until the last episode is broadcast. The full series will then be available to watch as a boxset for 30 days. The […]
World Rugby has announced details of an extensive broadcast partnership with UK commercial broadcaster ITV that will see it exclusively showcase World Rugby’s biggest 15s properties. Under the deal, ITV will perform the role of UK rights holding broadcaster for Rugby World Cup 2019 in Japan and Rugby World Cup 2023. The agreement also features […]
ProSiebenSat.1 Media has signed a long-term agreement with Vodafone for the distribution of its free, paid, HD, and VoD content. Starting at the end of February, Vodafone customers in Germany will be able to directly order and use maxdome via Vodafone’s new GigaTV entertainment platform. With this agreement, maxdome will be distributed via all major […]
The BBC has performed well in collecting the licence fee, having increased the amount of revenue it collects, reduced collection costs and improved its reputation overall. It has, however, performed less well in reducing evasion, according to the National Audit Office (NAO), which it estimates cost the Corporation between £251 million (€294m) and £291 million […]