With an additional nine TV operators joining SES’s Ultra HD trials, a total of 30 US pay-TV providers, with a combined audience of more than 10 million subscribers, are now testing SES’s 4K content delivery platform across their distribution networks. The latest wave of pay-TV system operators to ink Ultra HD trial agreements with SES […]
Pay-TV subscriptions for 522 operators reached 839 million in 2016 – or 87 per cent of the 959 million global subscribers. The top 50 operators accounted for two-thirds of the world’s pay-TV subscribers by end-2016. At that time, 15 operators had more than 10 million paying subscribers, according to the Global Pay TV Operator Databook […]
The Q1 (January-March) 2017 Australian Video Viewing Report – from audience research bodies Regional TAM, OzTAM and Nielsen – shows video viewing behaviour continues to shift with growing content, device and platform choices. The report examines the times of day when Australians watch video as well as the amount of time they devote to doing […]
Pay-TV and digital entertainment services protection specialist Conax has agreed a reseller agreement with ZTE Corporation, a major international provider of telecommunications, enterprise and consumer technology solutions. A key aspect of the partnership is bundling Conax’s Connected Access next-generation IPTV security client with ZTE’s complete offering targeting the global IPTV market. The reseller agreement strengthens […]
Service providers and content owners from the APAC region participating in the Pay-TV Innovation Forum 2017 have agreed that the pay-TV industry in the region is entering a transitional period during which operators will need to adapt their business models and technology platforms in order to thrive in the changing environment. The Forum is a […]
Telefónica’s IPTV platform is launching a channel dedicated to Disney•Pixar content that will be running from July 14th to July 30th. The launch coincides with the cinema release of Cars 3. The pop-up channel will broadcast popular Disney•Pixar movies including Toy Story, Finding Nemo, Monsters Inc and Wall-E.
Mobibase, a TV channel and VoD provider that distributes content globally to any connected device, is powering the distribution of Arabic and Turkish ethnic TV packages for MAXtv, an IPTV platform based in Bosnia and Herzegovina. MAXtv provides more than 100 thematic TV channels through its service www.maxtv.ba available on IPTV set-top boxes. Aside from […]
Europol and the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) have called for concerted, cross-border action in response to intellectual property crime. The call follows the publication of the 2017 Situation Report on Counterfeiting and Piracy in the European Union, a joint project between the two bodies. The report establishes that organised criminal groups are involved […]
The video and TV market is changing, but not as fast as many people are suggesting, according to analyst firm Strategy Analytics. In its report, Subscription Video and TV Forecast – North America, Strategy Analytics predicts that: Overall annual spending on subscription video and TV services in the US will peak at $130.3 billion(€117bn) in […]
Thirty leading content creators and on-demand entertainment companies from around the world have launched the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE), a global coalition dedicated to protecting the dynamic legal market for creative content and reducing online piracy. The worldwide members of ACE are Amazon, AMC Networks, BBC Worldwide, Bell Canada and Bell Media, Canal+ […]