Espial MediaBase has brrn selected by Otelco to provide premium VOD services to its IPTV customers in Alabama,. Using Espial MediaBase Otelco is now providing pay-per-view and video-on-demand (VOD) services to its IPTV and cable users. Since the initial launch of the new services, they are averaging 3 VOD sessions per subscriber per month. This […]
Europe’s biggest commercial broadcaster RTL Group has posted a lift in third-quarter operating profit driven by strong performance in Germany, France and the Netherlands and said the fourth quarter has started well. The Luxembourg-based company reported that EBITA was E133 million, up 47.8 per cent. Group revenue rose 8.8 per cent to E1.16 billion. RTL […]
VOD in the form of catch-up has been the growth curve of recent years. But the uphill struggle to make it pay was confirmed by speakers at Westminster Media Forum. David Cockram of Oliver & Ohlbaum said research showed UK public broadcasters will make only a combined £46 million (E53.3m) with a gross margin of […]
From December 11th, 3D VOD will be available on Orange TV. In partnership with Studiocanal and Warner Bros.Digital Distribution, Orange will be offering 3D VOD exclusives on movies “Around the world in 50 years” and “The Clash of the Titans.” This service is available to Orange broadband customers with High Definition TV, equipped with a […]
AT&T’s U-verse has launched the AT&T U-verse Mobile app for Windows Phone 7 devices and is allowing any AT&T Windows Phone user to use the app watch hit TV shows for free for 30 days. Customers will be charged $9.99 a month once the free trial ends. The application will be initially available on the […]
According to an NSR study, the global economic crisis did little to slow down the worldwide commercial satellite capacity leasing market. NSR estimates the industry picked up over $400 million in new leasing revenues in 2009, reaching $9.7 billion as of the end of the year. Further, results so far in 2010 indicate the sector […]
SES World Skies has signed a capacity agreement with Vizada Networks for reliable telecommunications network back-up across Africa’s Sub Saharan region. A full 36 MHz transponder aboard SES World Skies’ NSS-5 satellite is delivering GSM backhaul restoration service, supporting a leading African telecom provider’s voice network in the event of a terrestrial outage. It is […]
Reporting as a unit of media conglomerate Prisa for the first time, pay-TV operator Digital + played up the success of its PVR proposition, the increase in ARPU and a slowing loss of subscribers. In September, Digital + had 1,772,677 subs, down 73,100 in the nine month period reported compared with a loss of 135,600 […]
Canada’s Telesat has confirmed it is looking at a possible IPO, as well as evaluating other potential options for the company. Indeed, either way, it looks like another handsome pay day is in the offing for CEO Dan Goldberg who has considerable experience of migrating satellite operators to a ‘next level’ owner. For example Goldberg […]
UK digital satellite platform Sky has reached its target of 10 million TV customers, equivalent to 36 per cent of households in the UK and Ireland. BSkyB set the target in August 2004, since when a further 2.6 million customers have subscribed. Sky TV now reaches more than 25 million people. Around a third of […]