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Intelsat strikes new deal with Telenor for 1° West
Satellite operators Intelsat and Telenor Satellite have agreed to extend their partnership at the 1°…
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UK consumers taking dim view of internet adverts
Over half of UK consumers believe that the ads they see on websites are not…
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YouTube targets TV users with new advertising services
Google’s YouTube has unveiled plans to increase the value of its presence on connected TVs,…
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vMVPD and direct-to-consumer revenues set for ‘eightfold growth’
Global skinny bundle and direct-to-consumer revenues are set to grow eightfold to reach US$24 billion…
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Deutsche Telekom’s T-Mobile to merge with Sprint
Deutsche Telekom’s US subsidiary T-Mobile US is to merge with rival Sprint to create a…
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Altice France ‘unlikely’ to bid for Ligue 1 rights
Altice France/SFR is unlikely to participate in the forthcoming auction for French Ligue 1 football…
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Britbox to live-stream royal wedding in US
BritBox, the BBC Studios/ITV SVOD platform that targets North America, has announced plans to showcase…
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Vodafone Spain launches smart home offering
Vodafone España has added a smart home offering to its all-in-one quad-play service spanning fibre,…
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Telecom Italia plays down report that Genish may quit if Elliott successful
Telecom Italia has contested a headline in the Sunday Telegraph that implied interim chief executive…
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SES posts better-than-expected results
Satellite operator SES has posted better than expected Q1 results, with revenues dropping 4.9% year-on-year…
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TF1 completes Aufeminin acquisition
French commercial broadcaster TF1 has completed the acquisition of female lifestyle digital media provider Aufeminin…
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Amazon to increase video spend throughout the year
Amazon said it plans to increase its spend on video throughout 2018, after the company…
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YouGov: 3% of UK adults list video as ‘top priority’ on mobiles
Just 3% of UK adults listed watching videos as a top priority when using their…
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Freeview adds on-demand viewing to live TV
UK digital-terrestrial TV platform Freeview has launched an on-demand ‘content showcase’ for Freeview Play viewers…
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Facebook Watch commissions talk show from ITV America’s Leftfield
ITV America’s Leftfield Pictures has teamed up with Scooter Braun’s SB Projects to develop and…
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Facebook to up video investment in 2018 as it focuses on social interactions
Facebook plans to ramp up video investment throughout the rest of the year as it…
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Conviva: Apple TV leads growth as streaming viewing hours ramp up dramatically
Growth in viewing time on Apple TV devices in the first quarter of this year…
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WARC: TV ad revenue in the UK to rebound this year
TV adverting revenue is expected to rebound this year after dropping in 2017, in part…
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Hopster closes ‘multi-million pound’ investment round
Pre-school entertainment and learning app, Hopster, has closed a multi-million pound funding round led by…
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YouTube Red orders Lou Pearlman documentary
YouTube has ordered a documentary from Pilgrim Media Group about Lou Pearlman, the maverick music…
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Futuresource: TV still most popular pastime for children
Watching television remains the activity that children aged three to 16 dedicate the most time…
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Altice to appeal EC ‘gun-jumping’ fine on Portuguese acquisition
Altice has said it will appeal a decision by the European Commission to fine it…
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YouTube removes eight million videos in Q4 2017
YouTube removed more than eight million videos from YouTube in the fourth quarter of 2017,…
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Rod Henwood to head up strategy for Ink Factory
Independent studio The Ink Factory has appointed industry heavyweight and former Zodiak UK boss Rod…
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Bolloré held in custody in relation to Africa corruption case
Vincent Bolloré has been held in custody by French police in relation to a corruption…
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Vivendi secures reprieve in Telecom Italia battle with Elliott
Vivendi has secured a reprieve in its battle with US hedge fund Elliott Advisors for…
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Top 10 pay TV operators ‘to lose US$20bn in revenues by 2023’
The world’s top 10 pay TV operators by revenue will experience losses of US$20 billion…
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MTG reports strong Q1 results ahead of business split
Modern Times Group (MTG) reported strong first quarter results with 9% organic growth and profits…
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Vevo CTO exits in latest executive departure
Vevo’s chief technical officer (CTO), Alex Nunes, has left the company, marking the music video…
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BBC to ‘reinvent the iPlayer’ in a bid to remain relevant to 16-34 year-olds
The BBC will focus on reinventing the iPlayer this year and making it more of…