Sports Channel Network (SCN), the UK based Free to Air OTT channel, has become the first sport channel to deliver digital advertising to a free to air broadcast audience using the Google Ad Manager platform. This follows an agreement signed between Google and VOD 365, the group of OTT channels of which SCN is a […]
Two Viacom channels – Nickelodeon and Paramount Comedy – are being transferred to the Orion Group’s satellite platform. The operator will also provide technical servicing of the channels and ensure delivery of the signal to cable operators’ networks. Two Orion Group satellites are engaged for technical delivery of the signal of the Nickelodeon and Paramount […]
The BBC has secured exclusive rights to the 2021 Women’s European Championship in England. There will be extensive coverage of every game of the tournament across television, radio and online. The BBC showed this summer’s Women’s World Cup, with a record-breaking 28.1 million people watching the tournament on television. England’s semi-final loss to the USA […]
Mediaset Spain has entered the country’s pay-TV market with the launch of Mitele Plus. The streaming-only pay-TV platform is available for a monthly fee of €2.50 or an annual fee of €25 and is accessible across laptops, tablets, mobile phones and shortly through Smart TVs. The service will allow subscribers to watch all Mediaset TV […]
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, a professional services firm, and digital media consulting company, Vorhaus Advisors, have released their inaugural Digital Strategy Study, which analyses the state of media and content consumption. Through a comprehensive consumer survey focusing on topics including connected TV, SVoD, mobile and eSports, the report identifies a number of key trends that […]
India’s Telecom Regulatory Authority (TRAI) has reported that the country’s DTH operators have seen growth of an additional 4.91 million extra pay-TV subs in the year to March 31st 2019. TRAI’s Performance Indicator Report states there were now 5 pay DTH service providers in India and they cumulatively served 72.44 million subscribers as on 31st […]
Having vowed to make the Cricket World Cup final free-to-air should England reach the final, Sky has confirmed a partnership with Channel 4 that will make the match available for the whole of the UK. England overcame Australia at Edgbaston on July 11th to secure a final place against New Zealand at Lord’s on July […]
A recent announcement from SES saying that they were establishing a dedicated DTH service for Ethiopian viewers also confirms that it has persuaded many channels to “migrate” from Eutelsat. An investment bank now suggests that the about 20 lost private TV channels will cost Eutelsat around €1.5-€2 million in annual revenues. Sami Kassab, an equity […]
fuboTV, the US OTT subscription service, has reported that its users watched over three billion minutes of programming on the platfrom during Q2, a nearly 200 per cent spike over 2018, as cord cutters embraced the live TV streaming service’s recently expanded programming offerings and innovative product features including 4K streaming. Engagement across all fuboTV […]
A+E Networks has appointed Patrick Vien as its new group managing director, international. Vien will take control of the international portfolio, based in New York, and report to Paul Buccieri, President, A+E Networks Group. Vien replaces Edward Sabin who has decided to leave A+E Networks to pursue other business interests. Vien joined A+E Networks in […]