The revolution brought about by streaming services has to a large extent upturned the old ‘big basic plus premium’ model of pay TV. But does this mean that pay TV as a business is on its knees? The streaming revolution is far from over. This week brought news from the latest edition of the American […]
Following six months of intense speculation, Tim Davie has been appointed as the director general of the BBC. Davie is no stranger to the broadcaster, having headed up commercial operations at BBCS and its predecessor BBC Worldwide (BBCWW) for more than seven years. But while he is well known inside of the organisation, the incoming […]
AT&T’s long-awaited Netflix rival is here. Almost seven months after it was first announced, HBO Max has landed on TV sets around the US. The streamer launches with more than 10,000 hours of content from across the AT&T-owned WarnerMedia’s library from the likes of Warner Bros., New Line, DC, CNN, TNT, TBS, truTV, Turner Classic […]
While hardly surprising, it was still a shock to hear that IBC will not be taking place in 2020. The International Broadcasting Convention – better known as IBC – is the leading event for the TV industry. The Amsterdam event regularly attracts more than 50,000 attendees from all around the world and is an essential […]
Even before the coronavirus outbreak, the process for acquiring content in the international television industry had been changing at an accelerating pace. Needless to say, the growth of global streaming platforms – both the VoD giants and the thousands of smaller niche players – is a well-documented trend. But coinciding with these platforms’ rapid trajectory […]
Last week, ViacomCBS CEO Bob Bakish shed further light on the broadcaster’s previously announced international ‘House of Brands’ by promising that it will launch a large scale premium streaming service within the year. Speaking on the company’s quarterly earnings call, the CEO said: “In addition to our domestic strategy, I should add that internationally, we […]
The £31 billion merger of O2 and Virgin Media makes sense from a financial perspective for both Telefonica and Liberty Global, but questions remain about how far the new look company will go to push BT and Sky as a major TV player. Virgin’s TV business has been in something of a freefall in recent […]
One of the most notable features of the impact of the coronavirus crisis on media has been the negative effect of the lockdown on the pay TV business. This was very evident in Comcast’s Q1 results this week, which showed Sky’s TV numbers and top line to be down significantly even ahead of the March […]
If there is one company that is benefiting from the global lockdown, it is Netflix. The streamer this week announced a quarterly increase of 15.77 million signups, a total that was over double its target of seven million and undoubtedly helped along by the ongoing global lockdown. Netflix even surpassed Disney’s market cap for a […]
If you were to cast your mind back 12 or so months, you would recall multiple news stories and think-pieces that were touting ad-supported video-on-demand – AVOD – as the way forward for the industry. (In fact, here’s one I wrote last August.) The interest in AVOD platforms increased to a fever pitch throughout 2019 […]
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