Sixty-five SVoD platforms are currently available in France, a three-fold increase over 2010, according to a joint study released at the Cannes Film Festival by TV regulator CSA and funding body CNC. However, the more successful platforms are those who invest important financial means into content. Accordingly, the dominant platforms are Netflix with 3,5 million […]
CBS and Nielsen are working on a collaboration that will deliver Dynamic Ad Insertion (DAI) in live linear national broadcast television in the US, helping to actualise and progress addressable advertising. Powered by Nielsen Gracenote ACR (Automatic Content Recognition), the solution will use frame-accurate video recognition technology for precise ad detection and content insertion in […]
India’s latest high-capacity GSAT-11 satellite was recalled from its launch site in French Guiana on April 25th, and an expected launch date of May 25th scrubbed. The satellite, the heaviest-ever Indian craft, was returned to India for further testing with a focus on its electrical systems after an expensive in-orbit failure on March 29th by […]
Almost 12 million DAB receivers were sold in 2017 in Europe and Asia Pacific, a new record for yearly sales. Almost half (5.9 million) of the sales were for automotive devices, with key markets showing a significant increase in the number of cars sold with DAB fitted as standard. Cumulative sales for DAB receivers have […]
Worldwide spending on telecommunications and pay-TV services reached $1,662 billion (€1,389 bn) in 2017, an increase of 1.4 per cent year over year (in constant dollar terms), according to market intelligence firm the International Data Corporation’s (IDC) Worldwide Telecom Services Database. IDC believes that the growth rate will accelerate to 1.6 per cent in 2018, bringing […]
New research from analyst firm Parks Associates shows that 6 per cent of US broadband households are highly likely to subscribe to an online pay-TV service within the next 12 months, which would more than double the number subscribing today. “In 2017, 14 per cent of non-pay-TV households were
The Canal + Group is now offering Apple TV 4K as a set-top box alternative to its subscribers in France. Customers can choose Apple TV 4K as a set-top box and access their programmes, including an ever-expanding choice of 4K and HDR content, the App Store, Apple Music, Siri, and more. The broadcaster says that […]
The top 10 television service providers in the US lost over 200,000 subscribers between them in the first quarter of 2018, as reported by the informitv Multiscreen Index. Among the top 10 services there were 373,000 fewer satellite subscribers and 245,000 fewer cable television customers. Meanwhile online television services DirecTV NOW and Sling TV gained a total […]
Calvo Mawela, the CEO of South Africa’s MultiChoice pay-TV service, is arguing that OTT newcomers such as Netflix and Amazon Prime should have value-added tax added to their subscription costs, as well as being forced to contribute to other South African media-related services, and pay licence fees.
Revenues from pay-TV in Spain increased by 14 per cent in 2017, according to Spain’s competition and markets watchdog, the Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia (CNMC). Pay-TV brought in €564 million with free-to air TV earning €560 million in the fourth quarter of 2017, according to the latest data available on the […]