UK adults sought solace in screens and streaming in 2020, spending a third of their waking hours watching TV and online video content, according to broadcast regulator Ofcom’s annual study of the nation’s media habits. With people across the UK under some form of lockdown restrictions for most of last year, more than 2,000 hours […]

ViacomCBS and Sky, part of Comcast, have announced that Paramount+ will launch on Sky platforms in the UK, Ireland, Italy, Germany, Switzerland and Austria (GSA) in 2022 as part of a new multi-year distribution agreement that also includes the extended carriage of ViacomCBS’ portfolio of pay-TV channels and the renewal of Sky as an ad […]

Streaming platform and device specialist Roku says it delivered a strong second quarter, with record revenue growth driven by exceptional performance in platform monetisation. “Audiences, content, and advertisers continue their shift to TV streaming around the globe, and Roku is a key enabler of this long-term secular trend,” wrote Anthony Wood, Founder and CEO and […]

Premium content services and media technology solutions provider Vubiquity has been selected by ocilion, an IPTV provider and content specialist serving the German-speaking market, to provide content for 50-plus telecommunication operators across Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Luxembourg. In a separate deal, it has been chosen by global independent film distribution specialist Gravitas Ventures as […]

SES highlighted its “improving trajectory” of Video revenues for the six months to June 30th which were 3.9 per cent down y-o-y at €526 million. SES’s argument is that last year, its lost revenue position for H1 trading was at -8 per cent down. Its Networks division’s underlying revenue of €349 million was flat compared […]

Modelling data from digital connectivity consultancy FarrPoint has found that poor broadband connection in the UK will deny some £546 million (€641m) in revenue for streaming providers over the next 15 years. With the minimum requirement to stream video according to Ofcom being at least 10 Mbps, and ONS data estimating that there are currently […]

Intelsat’s Q2 numbers saw revenues for the quarter-year to June 30th at $507.86 million (€428m), up 5.4 per cent over last year’s $482.03 million same period. Intelsat is trading as a ‘debtor in possession’ (DIP) while it moves through its Chapter 11 bankruptcy reconstruction. Intelsat’s Media division revenue was $184.2 million (or 36 per cent […]