Tabloid entertainment publisher and broadcasting brand TMZ is reportedly being sold to Fox by AT&T. The move is yet another sign that AT&T/Warner is looking to divest itself of non-core business divisions. AT&T is also in the process of combining WarnerMedia’s entertainment, sports and news assets with Discovery’s nonfiction and international entertainment and sports businesses […]
Abu Dhabi-based satellite operator Al Yah Satellite, which trades as Yahsat, has reported an attractive set of financial results for its H1 trading period (to June 30th). The company has just wrapped its IPO (on July 14th). YahSat says that its Net income for the first half of 2021 was in line with the prior […]
Digital media measurement, data and analytics platform DoubleVerify (DV) has identified a new Connected TV (CTV) advertising fraud scheme, dubbed ‘SmokeScreen’, which caused screensavers to hijack CTV devices to generate impressions — even when the screen is off. DV’s Fraud Lab, consisting of a dedicated team of data scientists, mathematicians and researchers focused on protecting […]
The streaming explosion, which hit its apex during the Covid-induced lockdowns in Q2 2020, is here to stay according to new data from streaming media intelligence cloud Conviva. Conviva’s Q2 2021 State of Streaming report revealed streaming viewing time worldwide grew 13 per cent in Q2 2021, as compared to Q2 2020. Despite a 7 […]
Findings from Hub Entertainment Research’s study about the Tokyo Olympic Games reveals that NBCUniversal’s strategy of placing key Olympic coverage on its new Peacock AVoD service appears to have paid off for both NBCU and its advertisers. Peacock’s Olympic viewers had good news for advertisers. According to Hub’s study, 2021 Hub Olympics Flash Study, half […]
Liberty Global’s Belgian service provider Telenet is to stop subscribers skipping ads on recorded and catch-up shows. It says that in response to requests from Belgian broadcasters, it is to force viewers to sit through one minute of adverts before any recordings of content from DPG Media’s VTM and SBS’s Play channels from September. At […]
Poland’s nationalist coalition faces the biggest challenge to it unity after one of its three parties walked out ahead of the vote on the controversial law compelling Discovery to sell its controlling stake in TVN, Poland’s main independent broadcaster. MPs are due to vote today (Wednesday) on a bill that would prevent companies from outside […]
MásMóvil, the fourth largest Spanish telco, has decided to sell the Euskaltel TV division to Agile Content for €32 million, soon after having completed its takeover of the Basque Country-based company. Agile Content now will add 500,000 TV subscribers from R, Telecable and Euskaltel and will move its headquarters from Barcelona to Bilbao. Agile Content […]
UK multiplay telco EE has unveiled the addition of a new Netflix Smart benefit for its Smart handset and Smart SIM plans, as well as a new and exclusive Full Works plan for Android devices. The launch forms part of EE’s ambition to offer customers unrivalled choice with the best content on the smartest devices. […]
Israel-based satellite networking specialist Gilat reported an impressive set of financials on August 10th and a significant recovery given that in-flight communication travel is only just recovering from the pandemic. Gilat says that its revenues of $56.9 million (€48.6m), represent a 49 per cent increase from $38.3 million in Q2 2020 and up 27 per […]