OTT provision is now part of the mainstream – but is also still evolving rapidly. All TV providers, pay and FTA, now feel obliged to supply catch up and back catalogue services. Mainly they are cost centres without much prospect of becoming profit centres. What next? And where will the money come from? Advanced Television […]
Hot on the heels of announcing a global launch and the addition of 130 countries to its operations, streaming giant Netfllix is taking steps to reduce the usage of proxies that enable ‘subscribers’ to access content only available outside their licensed territory. Writing in the company blog, David Fullagar, Vice President of Content Delivery Architecture, […]
Love him or hate him – and, like most, I have a chronically schizophrenic attitude – you have to hand it to Keith Rupert Murdoch. If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again: 84 years-old, three marriages down, let’s just give it one more (bets anyone?) go. Ripper. I for one don’t want to […]
The acquisition by Telefonica’s Movistar of the exclusive rights to La Liga over the next three years threatens to cause a new football TV war in Spain. Telefonica’s main rivals Vodafone and Orange have demanded access to La Liga rights over the next three seasons. The companies argue that the dominant operator should open up […]
More than 8,500 new TV and SVoD programme concepts were launched in 2015 in the 44 countries monitored by NOTA, Eurodata TV Worldwide’s unique tracking service. More than half of these new programmes are original and local creations. Series spearhead the new programming figures (40 per cent ) followed by factual programmes – magazines, documentaries […]
Cable and satellite programmer UKTV has revealed details of W, a flagship subscription entertainment channel. Watch will relaunch as W in February 2016 with what the broadcaster describes as a “dazzling new look” themed around its glossy and geometric jewel-shaped logo, offering compelling entertainment. Brand new launch shows will include a mix of channel-defining originals […]
Ahead of the launch of Sky Q later this year, the next-generation streaming platform has signed content deals with digital video producers Barcroft TV, Electus and Funny Or Die to expand the catalogue of short-form content that users will be able to access via its EPG. Barcroft, which has attracted 1.7 million subscribers and 1.6 […]
Al Jazeera America is to close its cable TV and digital operations by April 30th of this year. According to AJAM CEO Al Anstey, the decision by the AJAM board was driven by the fact that its business model was “simply not sustainable” in light of the economic challenges in the US media marketplace. “I […]
In a move that it describes as “transformational” and which significantly enhances its content portfolio, Canadian integrated media and content company Corus Entertainment is to acquire Shaw Media, the television broadcasting division of Shaw Communications from the telco in a C$2.65 billion (€1.70bn) cash and stock deal. The transaction will give Corus ownership of all […]
Atresplayer, Atresmedia’s streaming and VoD platform, has launched its LG app in a move to strengthen its presence in the smart TV market. The launch comes soon after a similar move from its largest competitor, Mediaset, which launched its online platform Mitele on Samsung smart TVs in December. Atresplayer’s LG app delivers Atresmedia’s content on-demand […]