Executives at UK news producer ITN say that the company’s increased focus on third-party productions will drive higher revenue levels in the coming years, proving that ITN is not simply “the news department of ITV”. In conversation with the Broadcasting Press Guild at ITN’s central London HQ, John Hardie, ITN’s CEO, made the assertion, suggesting […]
Mexico’s telecoms regulator has launched a tender for 148 television channel concessions across the country, in a bid to open up the market, provide greater coverage options, and drive competition. The 148 concessions are spread across 124 separate coverage zones in Mexico, and provide access to channels 7-13 and 14-36 on the free-to-air network, the […]
UK subscription-free DTT platform Freeview has revealed that Freeview Play, its catch-up and on-demand TV service, will launch on Blaupunkt, Hisense, Sharp AQUOS, and Toshiba devices in the coming months. Since its debut in October 2015, some 20 leading brands including Panasonic, Humax, LG and JVC have launched Freeview Play TVs and set-top boxes. According […]
Mediaset Spain, operator of Tele 5 and Cuatro, has reached an agreement with Paramount Pictures to broadcast premiere films free-to-air. Films such as Mission Impossible, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Star Trek, among others, are included in the deal. With this deal, Mediaset strengthens its strategy to rely on premiere films to attract ratings and […]
To mark World Television Day – the UN’s celebration of the global cultural impact of television – TV companies from around the world have compiled facts and stats to bring the scale and popularity of TV to life as it continues to live at the heart of the world’s media consumption. Today, like every other […]
As rumoured in recent days, Viacom has agreed a deal with Spanish telco Telefónica to acquire Televisión Federal (Telefe), one of the main free-to-air channels in Argentina, by Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN). The transaction has been concluded for a total amount of $345 million (€321.6m) in cash. The transaction adds one of Argentina’s most […]
The UK’s largest commercial broadcaster, ITV, has delivered “tepid” 9-month results, and equity analysts are concerned as to the broadcaster’s revenue and profitability prospects for 2017. ITV itself, in its November 10th numbers, admitted to being cautious about 2017. “In recent weeks the political and economic uncertainty has increased and we are currently seeing more […]
The Indian Broadcasting Foundation (IBF) has welcomed the order passed by the Honourable Delhi High Court dismissing the nine petitions dealing with the time extension for implementing digital addressable system (DAS) in certain areas of Karnataka, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana and Uttar Pradesh under Phase III, the deadline for which had expired on 31 […]
UK commercial public service broadcaster Channel 5 Broadcasting has reported record turnover and profits as well as claiming the first consecutive years of profitability in its 20-year history. For the 12 months to September 30th 2016, the Viacom-owned company recorded an operating profit of £58.4 million (€65.6m) against £14.9 million for the previous financial year. […]
Freeview has launched a new mobile app, Freeview FV, allowing Australian viewers to watch live streaming of 16 TV channels and catch-up content from the free to air networks on the go. Live-streaming channels available at launch include: ABC, SBS, Seven, Channel 9, TEN, ONE, ABC2/ABC KIDS, ABC ME, ABC News 24, 7TWO, 7Mate, 7Flix, […]