Conviva’s Q1 2019 State of Streaming TV report shows that while adoption of streaming is increasing in the US, so is the complexity of achieving the goal of seamless video delivery at scale. Maintaining a high-quality viewer experience across content and advertising is critical as streaming TV providers look to increase viewer retention and monetisation. […]
Airbus Defence & Space has won orders for three geostationary satellites. In a complex series of contracts, two of the orders are carried out with Thales Alenia Space and the end customer is Spain’s Ministry of Defence. The third craft is for Malaysia’s Measat commercial operator. The orders were extremely well received by the industry […]
Back in July 2014 China’s StarTimes Group carried out a ground-breaking ceremony in the Nairobi suburb of Karen. Since then progress has been painfully slow. However, at an event in Beijing on May 17th the company’s Group VP, Guo Ziqi said plans to construct the Ksh6.9 billion ($68.2 million) African hub were still on course. […]
BT is making the 2019 UEFA Europa League Final and the UEFA Champions League Final available for anyone in the UK to watch whether on TV, online or on mobile. Both finals will be available for free on the BT Sport website, on the BT Sport YouTube channel and via the BT Sport App for […]
Italian broadcaster Sportitalia will expand its FTA offer on DTT from July, with the launch of four new thematic TV channels. Sportitalia HD, SI Solo Calcio, SI Motori and SI Live24 will all be available on the same multiplex on channel 60. In order to watch the new SI Smart offer, viewers will need a […]
Video streaming has expanded its lead over subscription TV service in terms of customer satisfaction, rising 1.3 per cent to a score of 76 on the American Customer Satisfaction Index’s (ACSI) 100-point scale, according to the ACSI Telecommunications Report 2018-2019. Subscription TV service sits stagnant at 62, tied with internet service providers (ISPs) for last […]
Despite the lukewarm reception to the eighth and final season, the last ever episode of Game of Thrones drew19.3 million viewers for HBO in the US on May 19th, making it the most-watched live broadcast in the network’s history Season eight of the fantasy behemoth averaged 44.2 million viewers per episode when accounting for catch-up […]
Following successful legal action taken by Sky, Atlantic Ocean Sands Hotel Limited, the licensee of Ocean Sands Hotel, Enniscrone, in the Republic of Ireland, has been ordered to pay damages of €14,616 for infringing Sky’s copyright by showing Sky Sports programming illegally in the premises. The company was also ordered to pay costs. Sky was […]
Canal Algerie is an Algerian French-speaking public television channel, owned by EPTV (Algerian Public Television), who also owns A3 (available on BADR-6), Terrestrial TV, Tamazight TV and Coran TV. Canal Algerie broadcasts its programmes 24/7 via different platforms all over the world. It is now being carried by Arabsat on its 5C (at 20 degrees […]
Amino is enabling Dutch cable and internet service providers DELTA and Caiway to provide TV services from these brands on a shared platform, integrated via AminoTV. This move comes a year after both DELTA and Caiway were acquired in separate deals by Swedish private equity group EQT and merged into DELTA Fiber Netherlands. Amino is […]