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TiVo: UK viewers ‘overwhelmed by choice’

TiVo has found that UK users are overwhelmed by the rising amount of video providers, adding to increased viewer irritation when deciding what to watch. According to the latest 2024 TiVo Video Trends Report: UK, only 16 per cent of viewers know what they want to watch when they start browsing, resulting in ‘habit browsing’ […]

November 6, 2024

ORF/ORS extend SES deals

SES says it has extended its multi-year contracts with Austria’s largest media provider and public broadcaster ORF and its content distribution subsidiary ORS Group on SES’s prime TV neighbourhood at 19.2 degrees East. The news completes a triple set of announcements this week from SES on recent contract extensions including Warner Bros Discovery, and Telekom […]

November 6, 2024By Chris Forrester

A look at the most popular UK casino TV commercials

Since television advertising became such an effective medium to reach a wide audience, this method of advertising became highly popular in the online casino industry within the UK alone. Because of the growing competition to lure players with the growth of digital gambling, this has led to the creation of some noteworthy casino ads. These […]

November 6, 2024

Ethiopia: MwareTV rolls out IGADO+

MwareTV, a cloud-based multi-tenant platform providerMwareTV, a cloud-based multi-tenant platform provider, has implemented a video streaming service dedicated to the Ethiopian market. The service, called IGADO+, works in conjunction with Ethio Telecom, the national provider, to deliver the service over broadband and mobile. IGADO+ has gone live with 125 live television channels and thousands of […]

November 6, 2024

Don’t Move at Netflix #1 for second week

Don’t Move, starring Yellowstone’s Kelsey Asbille, and Finn Wittrock, held its #1 spot on Netflix’s English Films List with 28 million views in the week commencing October 28th, making it the most-watched title for a second week. Y2K slasher thriller Time Cut, starring Outer Banks’ Madison Bailey, debuted at #2 with 22.9 million views and […]

November 6, 2024

Missing You debuts Jan 1st on Netflix

Missing You, the next thriller series from Harlan Coben starring Rosalind Eleazar in the lead role, will arrive on Netflix globally on January 1st 2025. The five-episode limited series focuses on Kat Donovan (Eleazar), a detective specialising in Missing Persons. Eleven years ago, her fiance Josh, the love of her life, vanished without a trace, […]

November 6, 2024

Netflix: Tax raids in France

Investigators have searched the offices of Netflix in France and the Netherlands as part of a preliminary investigation into tax fraud, a French judicial source had told Reuters. The French investigation is beingn carried out by the PNF (National Financial Prosecutor’s Office). Dutch authorities were simultaneously searching the company’s European headquarters in Amsterdam, the French […]

November 5, 2024

France: Disney ending Canal+ exclusivity

Disney has announced its distribution deal with French media group Canal+, which includes movie releases six months after their theatrical release, and access to Disney TV channels and streaming service Disney+, will not be renewed at the end of the current contract on December 31st 2024. The deal, signed in 2019, allowed a first window […]

November 5, 2024From Pascale Paoli-Lebailly in Paris

Digi rolls out quad-play services in Portugal

Romanian low-cost operator Digi has entered the Portuguese market with a quad-play offer focused on “flexibility and affordability”. The company offers a range of fixed internet, mobile, TV, and landline services, allowing customers to create their own personalised packages. There is no loyalty contract for mobile services and a maximum of three months for fixed […]

November 5, 2024From Branislav Pekic in Rome

SES, WBD renew deal

SES will unveil its latest quarterly results on November 7th and on top of its renewal and expansion capacity announcement for Telekom Srbija comes a similar deal with Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) in a multi-year contract renewal. Under the agreement, SES will provide playout services and satellite capacity to deliver WBD’s SD and HD channels […]

November 5, 2024By Chris Forrester