- The 'Real Money' Behind Pirate IPTV Services: $1 Billion+
MediaDailyNews, Joe Mandese - Friday, August 7, 2020
According to a study released Thursday by the Digital Citizens Alliance and technology firm NAGRA, about 9 million fixed U.S. broadband subscribers currently subscribe to at least one of 3,5 ...
- FCC Authorizes Next Gen TV, Paves Way For Targeted Broadcast Ads
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, November 16, 2017
"Next Gen TV should enhance the free, over-the-air television service that many Americans rely on, and make it a stronger competitor to pay-TV services," FCC Chairman Ajit Pai stated Thurs ...
- AT&T Tees Up New Spots For Masters
Marketing Daily, Aaron Baar - Thursday, April 6, 2017
"The campaign really brings to life how we enable agility for our customers," Sandra Howard, VP, corporate brand marketing for AT&T, tells "Marketing Daily." "It's especially effective at reaching o ...
- Departing 'O'Reilly Factor' Advertisers Now In Other Fox Shows
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, April 5, 2017
Although nearly two dozen concerned TV advertisers have now left Fox News Channel's "The O'Reilly Factor" due to recent allegations, the network itself hasn't lost any revenue. "At this tim ...
- Why I Dislike Facebook: It's The P.R. Version Of Everybody's Life
TVBlog, Adam Buckman - Friday, March 24, 2017
On Facebook, everybody's lives are swell and peachy keen. In short, Facebook does not reflect reality. ...
- TV Political Media Buying: Networks Can Be A Better Bet
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, March 22, 2017
TV stations remain a dominant media-planning component for various political campaigns. Their spot rate prices have grown so much that TV network shows can offer better pricing. ...
- Defendant In First Kodi Box Trial Pleads Not Guilty
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Monday, January 30, 2017
Brian Thompson, a shopkeeper from Middlesbrough, has pleaded not guilty in a landmark case, challenging the legality of video-streaming set-top boxes that provide subscription content for free. Mr Thompson ...
- Wieden+Kennedy Appointed AOR For Fox Sports
MAD, Steve McClellan - Friday, January 27, 2017
W+K's New York office will handle the Fox Sports account. The office, led by managing director Neal Arthur, will lead efforts to elevate and expand Fox Sports' brand storytelling a ...
- Sky To Launch All Channels On Broadband Next Year As Rising Sports Rights Bite
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Friday, January 27, 2017
Sky will make its full TV service available without the need for a satellite dish for the first time, as it looks to stem customer defections to rivals, such ...
- No Cord-Cutting Please, We're British
London Blog, Sean Hargrave - Thursday, March 17, 2016
As tv cords are cut globally, Brits are half as likely to consider such a drastic move -- because that's the wire bringing in all the good stuff. ...
- BBC 3 Airs For The Last Time
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Tuesday, February 16, 2016
In the early hours of Tuesday morning, as the credits for Gavin and Stacey rolled for one last time, the era of BBC3 as a traditional television channel came ...
- BBC3 Going Online Will Encourage Talent, Controller Claims
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Monday, February 8, 2016
Next week BBC3 will go online only -- causing, according to critics, "massive damage to the development of future television audiences and of new talent, both on and off-screen." BB ...
- Netflix Beats Expectations To Hit 75m Subscribers
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Wednesday, January 20, 2016
Everybody worried about Netflix can chill: the company added more subscribers than expected at the end of last year, and its sky-high share price soared another 9% on the new ...
- Netflix Global Is A Sign Of Things To Come
MAD London, Jason Mander - Friday, January 15, 2016
The pace of Netflix's expansion has caught everyone out. It is on the verge of becoming a truly global media provider. ...
- Disney Life Channel Launched
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Tuesday, November 24, 2015
Disney has unveiled its eagerly anticipated new family-focused subscription streaming service, DisneyLife, launching in the UK first ahead of a global rollout. The new service, launched days after YouTube launch ...
- Sky Q Looks Like An Apple And Netflix Killer To Me
London Blog, Sean Hargrave - Friday, November 20, 2015
If content is king, Sky reigns on with its Q service, due to beam entertainment to screens around the home and beyond. ...
- Sky Guns For Netflix And Apple TV With Sky Q
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Thursday, November 19, 2015
The firm has described the new service as 'fluid TV', since it combines Internet TV and satellite viewing and allows viewers to watch how and where they want. A n ...
- BBC To Launch US Streaming Service
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Friday, September 18, 2015
The BBC will launch a new online streaming service in America as part of an effort to raise more money from commercial sources abroad. Lord Hall, the director-general of t ...
- Apple TV Takes On Netflix With Updated Streaming Service
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Wednesday, September 2, 2015
The Silicon Valley giant will release a new version of its video streaming service with an assemblage of advanced features that will compete with game consoles, traditional set-top boxes a ...
- Netflix To Focus On Own Dramas, Not Movie Deals
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Tuesday, September 1, 2015
Netflix is to lose some of the biggest films in its catalogue, including "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire," "World War Z" and "Transformers: Age of Extinction," to Hulu as ...
- Sky Hails Sky Now Service For 'Outstanding Growth'
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Wednesday, July 29, 2015
Sky has hailed "an outstanding period of growth" as it reported full-year results that were better than expected, and the addition of almost a million new customers across Europe. Sal ...
- Global IPTV Forecast To Hit $79 Billion By 2020
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, July 21, 2015
The global IPTV video systems market is forecast to more than triple in size by 2020 to $79 billion from $25 billion in 2013, with a compound annual growth ra ...
- Ofcom Rejects BT Plea For Full Review Of Pay TV Market
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Friday, July 17, 2015
Ofcom has rejected BT's call to include a full-scale investigation into the pay-TV market in its digital communications review released on Thursday. However, the review will look at the ea ...
- Global Pay TV Forecasts Drop In North America, But Digital Cable Grows
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, May 28, 2015
Global pay TV revenues will see slow growth in the next five years -- only rising by 2.6% between 2014 and 2020 to $207 billion. Total revenues in North Ameri ...
- Netflix Declares War On Linear TV With A Show Aired Every Tuesday? Confused?
London Blog, Sean Hargrave - Wednesday, January 28, 2015
Netflix talks big about revolutionising linear television, but it's failing to walk the walk by airing "Breaking Bad" prequel "Better Call Saul" each Tuesday. Are fears of churn moving Netfl ...
- AT&T Buy Of DirecTV Makes U-verse Profitable
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Friday, January 23, 2015
Nearing a completed acquisition of its proposed $48.5 billion deal for DirecTV, AT&T says it is considering changing the brand name of the big satellite TV provider. The company's U-ver ...
- Sky Considering Now TV Withdrawal From YouView
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Thursday, December 11, 2014
Sky could withdraw its Now TV streaming service from BT and TalkTalk's television subscribers in a row over costs and the slow development of the YouView set top box. ...
- Programmatic TV Is Coming, Thanks To The Millennials
London Blog, Sean Hargrave - Wednesday, November 12, 2014
With television under more pressure by digital marketers to enter the modern era, Channel 4's announcement of programmatic coming to All4 next year is huge, particularly given its strong presen ...
- BT Launches YouView And Netflix Package
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Tuesday, November 11, 2014
BT has launched a combined TV and Netflix package designed to bring together its BT Infinity, Netflix, BT TV and YouView services under a single unified bill. It means consume ...
- TV Anywhere...But The Desktop
MoBlog, Steve Smith - Thursday, September 18, 2014
For A&E Networks -- and likely many others -- the mobile tipping point has arrived for video, with more people accessing streaming media from devices and set-top boxes than fr ...