The last screening on the BBC of The Great British Bake Off, controversially set to move to commercial public service broadcaster Channel 4, has recorded its highest overnight audience ever. An average of 14 million people tuned in to BBC One to watch the winner revealed. Wednesday evening’s finale episode peaked just before 21:00 BST, […]
The QYOU, a curator of Internet video for the TV Everywhere market, has expanded its global footprint by partnering with Tata Sky, India’s leading pay-TV service. This partnership will make QYOU’s content available to all subscribers through the Tata Sky mobile app followed by availability in the On-Demand catalogue. This deal is the first time […]
The audio-visual landscape is changing when analysed from a young adult’s perspective (15-34 years), reports French audience measurement company Mediametrie. This target audience spends less time in front of the television than the rest of the population. However, what is especially interesting is that they do not necessarily watch the same channels and programmes as […]
Sandvine, a provider of intelligent broadband network solutions for fixed and mobile operators, has released its latest Global Internet Phenomena Report focusing on Africa, Asia-Pacific and the Middle East. The report is based on data from a selection of Sandvine’s 300-plus communications service provider (CSP) customers. Report highlights include: Video on mobile networks in Africa […]
Pakistan police and agents of the country’s media regulator started seizing ‘illegal’ DTH dishes and satellite set-top boxes in and around the capital Islamabad. The Associated Press of Pakistan news agency, and reported by BBC Monitoring, says the inspection teams confiscated 1762 “illegal instruments” in their raids. The equipment was being used in “illegal business” […]
In the latest in its series of exclusive Home Truths reports, the Digital Production Partnership (DPP) cuts through the vast amounts of data generated in the course of content creation to find where the true value lies. Home Truths No.6: Could Content Data Make You Rich? reports on the findings of a DPP AT HOME […]
SPI International / FilmBox Channels Group launched its usual “8 channel pack” on Zip TV, a new IPTV platform in Africa, according to an agreement which the global TV operator signed with Broadband Home. The pack is comprised of eight movie and thematic channels: FilmBox, FilmBox Art House, FightBox, Fast&FunBox, FashionBox, DocuBox, 360TuneBox and Gametoon.
A study from Juniper Research has found that the popularity of Pokémon GO is inspiring app developers to incorporate AR technologies into their applications. It forecasts that the AR market will rise to 2.3 billion apps by 2021, representing a 380 per cent increase from an estimated 482 million in 2016. The launch of the […]
The Board of the English Football Association (FA) has ratified what is described as a “hugely significant” overseas broadcast rights deal that will ensure The Emirates FA Cup’s status as the world’s original and greatest domestic cup competition. After an extremely competitive bidding process for the international rights to televise The Emirates FA Cup for […]
Pirate DTT channels are proliferating in the South of Spain with 66 per cent of all DTT stations in the region of Andalucia being illegal. The Andalucia Audiovisual Council (CAA) has revealed that up to 124 local DTT stations in the region out of 198 are operating without a legal licence. The number of