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Year2017
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ProSiebenSat.1, TF1 Group, Mediaset found video ad exchange
Germany’s ProSiebenSat.1, France’s TF1 Group and Mediaset in Italy and Spain have jointly established the…
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Eutelsat 172B moves into geostationary orbit
The Eutelsat 172B satellite has initiated its ascent into geostationary orbit, marking the first stage…
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Netflix model ‘could up sports teams’ revenues by x56’
Major football clubs could up fan revenues by a multiplier of 56-times by replicating Netflix’s…
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Data to have ‘significant impact’ on North American pay TV
Advanced data and analytics will have a significant impact on the North American pay TV…
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Vivendi buys 60% stake in Havas Group
Vivendi has agreed to buy the Bolloré Group’s majority stake in ad giant the Havas Group…
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Ex-AwesomenessTV chief joins Paramount
AwesomenessTV founder Brian Robbins as joined Paramount Pictures to lead a new youth-skewed division. Robbins…
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Discovery backs Paris 2024 Olympics bid
Top executives from Discovery and Eurosport have met members of the Paris 2024 Olympic Bid…
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A+E agrees data deal with Parrot Analytics
A+E Networks has partnered with Parrot Analytics to get data on country-specific audience interest in…
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PlayStation VR headset sales reach 1 million
Sony has now sold more than one million PlayStation VR headsets, having launched the virtual…
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TVT launches access services unit, plans LA office
UK-based media services company TVT is expanding with the launch of full access services business…
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PwC: internet video revenues to overtake DVD this year
Internet video revenues will overtake physical home video for the first time this year, according…
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IHS Markit: VR install base to reach 91m in 2021
The global installed base of VR headsets is due to climb from 18 million in…
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Facebook adds subtitle support for live videos
Facebook is now supporting closed captions in Facebook Live, as part of its efforts to…
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eMarketer: fifth of UK web users block ads
Some 20.9% of UK internet users, 11.4 million people in total, will use ad blocking…
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France’s Mediawan makes production play
Emerging French content group Mediawan has entered into exclusive acquisition talks with the production company…
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Intelsat targets East Africa with new Kenya office
Intelsat has opened a new sales office in Nairobi, Kenya, in a bid to up…
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Bloomberg Media names first global chief commercial officer
Bloomberg Media has appointed the global CEO of Havas Creative Group, Andrew Benett, to the…
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Harmonic ups Kalra to CFO
Harmonic has upped its corporate controller and chief accounting officer, Sanjay Kalra, to chief financial…
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Ginx eSports channel launches on DStv
Ginx Esports TV is due to launch on the DStv satellite service in South Africa…
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Youku buys giant screen BBC Earth films
China’s Youku has bought five giant screen BBC Earth films that will be made available…
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Amazon Prime Video to launch on Apple TV
Amazon Prime Video is due to launch on Apple TV “later this year,” Apple CEO…
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Ex-Shine chief Mahon to lead Channel 4
Former Shine Group CEO Alex Mahon has landed the CEO post at UK broadcaster Channel…
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Twitch Prime goes global with 200-country launch
Amazon-owned Twitch has rolled out its premium Twitch Prime service globally, launching the service in…
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One Love Manchester breaks BBC iPlayer records
The One Love Manchester benefit concert has broken live viewing records on the BBC iPlayer….
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Filmstruck launches on Roku
Filmstruck, the Turner-owned SVOD dedicated to arthouse, indie, foreign and cult films, has launched on…
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Thaicom, Huawei and Starcor partner for Thai OTT
Satellite operator Thaicom has signed a memorandum of understanding with Huawei and Starcor Media Technologies…
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Spain’s Adamo makes €40m fibre pledge
Regional Spanish broadband provider Adamo will invest €40 million to build out fibre in the…
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Arris Qi3 set-top gains security certifications
Arris’ low-cost Qi3 HD set-top box, which is designed to offer next-generation connected TV services,…
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Netflix subscriber numbers to hit 128m by 2022
Netflix’s subscriber count is tipped to reach 128 million by 2022, with the number of…
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Ampere: Saudi web users consume the most TV and video
Saudi Arabian internet users watched more TV and video online than people in any other…