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IPTV driving growth in Asia-Pacific, where cable has a strong footprintAugust 16, 2018Pay TV homes in the Asia-Pacific region rose 5.7 percent to reach 76 percent of all homes in 2017. The number of pay TV homes will continue to rise steadily, from 632 million homes in 2017 to 743 million by the end of 2022.
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Facebook to air La Liga free in India for next three seasonsAugust 14, 2018Spain's football league, La Liga, will be aired on Facebook free of charge in India and neighboring countries for the next three seasons. La Liga said that all 380 matches of the first division will air on the social network in India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Bhutan, Nepal, Maldives and Sri Lanka from the start of the 2018/19 season this Friday. No details of the payment were reported. Rights were previously held by Sony. The move follows Facebook's acquisition of rights to the Premier League in five Asian countries, together with a deal with Eleven Sports in the UK which will see Facebook screening weekly La Liga and Serie A matches free.Subscribers Only
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Nine Entertainment agrees Fairfax takeover deal in major Australian mergerAugust 13, 2018Major Australian media companies Nine Entertainment and Fairfax Media have agreed terms to merge their respective businesses. The new combined entity will operate under the Nine brand name and house assets including: Nine’s free-to-air channels 9, 9Go, 9life and 9Gem; Fairfax’s newspapers The Age, The Sydney Morning Herald and The Australian Financial Review; digital businesses such as online streaming service Stan, which is already a joint-venture of the two companies, and Fairfax’s real-estate platform Domain; radio assets held by Fairfax via its majority ownership of Macquarie Media, which owns stations 2GB in Sydney, 3AW in Melbourne and 4BC in Brisbane.Subscribers Only
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Fortnite: Battle Royale forges its own route onto AndroidAugust 10, 2018Epic Games has released its battle-royale version of Fortnite on Android, but isn’t doing so via the Google Play store. The game will be made available through a downloader accessed on Epic Games’ site, thus allowing it to sidestep the 30% revenue share applied to any purchasing occurring via distribution on Google Play.
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Fuji TV partners with Alibaba’s Youku Tudou to capture online demand in ChinaAugust 08, 2018Japan’s leading commercial broadcaster Fuji TV has partnered with Chinese online video service Youku Tudou to stream Japanese dramas on its platform. Majority of the content will be behind a paywall.
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China Joy: Seeking opportunities in the face of strict censorshipAugust 07, 2018The Chinese PC online-gaming market experienced a minor yearly increase of 3.2% in 2017, and that growth was entirely driven by Tencent’s legacy titles and Kingsoft’s JX 3 series. The PC games business of other major publishers suffered significant decline. PUBG, meanwhile managed to sell 17 million copies in China via Steam even before the game had been officially launched in the country, highlighting how battle-royale games have replaced MOBA in terms of market attention and industry investment.
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Amazon Channels launch in JapanAugust 03, 2018Amazon Japan started offering Amazon Channels with 20 channels available for its Prime Video users to subscribe on 14th June 2018. The Genre of channels range from movies, TV programs and sports to music, news, documentaries and hobby/culture.
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Comcast becomes first US pay TV operator to partner with AmazonAugust 03, 2018Comcast has secured a deal with Amazon to carry the latter’s Prime Video SVoD service on Comcast’s Xfinity X1 pay TV platform. The leading cable provider is the first US operator to announce such a deal with Amazon, and only the second globally, after UK telco BT. The Prime Video app will be made available to Xfinity TV customers in the second half of 2018, giving them access to Amazon’s Prime Originals series, titles for rental and purchase, and more than 160 Prime Video Channels, including Showtime and Starz – all searchable via voice control using the X1 Voice Remote. Customers will also be able to watch a growing selection of content in 4K UHD and HDR. Prime Video will join fellow SVoD service Netflix on the X1 platform, which Comcast secured carriage of in 2016.Subscribers Only
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Sony PlayStation ChinaJoy Press Conference 2018: China Hero Project Plays Key RoleAugust 02, 2018Sony held a PlayStation press conference during Asia biggest games conference, ChinaJoy, to present a series of blockbuster games ready for its PS4 console and the Chinese market.
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IQiyi acquires game developer Skymoons for $190millionJuly 30, 2018Chinese online video platform iQiyi has acquired mobile games developer Skymoons for $190 million. This acquisition includes a fixed payment of RMB 1.27 billion as well as a further investment of RMB 730 million depending on Skymoons’ performance in the next two years.Subscribers Only
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Disney on verge of Fox acquisition as shareholders approve $71 billion dealJuly 27, 2018The Walt Disney Company’s proposed $71 billion acquisition of 21st Century Fox assets has been approved by shareholders of both companies. This follows US regulatory approval by the Department of Justice last month, with completion of the transaction now subject to clearance by several non-US regulators. Under the Disney Merger Agreement, Fox stockholders may elect to receive $38 per share in either cash or shares of New Disney, a new holding company that will become the parent of both Disney and Fox. The finalisation of the deal comes after competing bidder Comcast opted not to raise its offer of $65 billion to acquire the same Fox assets Disney has now secured. Disney initially agreed a $52 billion deal in December 2017.Subscribers Only
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Telefónica Spain increases the value of its retained customer base, while Vodafone sheds pay TV subscribersJuly 27, 2018Spanish telco Telefónica managed to sustain its pay TV growth and increase its ARPU in Q2 2018. The operator ended the quarter with 3.93 million pay TV subscriptions across its IPTV and satellite offerings, up 7.3% year-on-year. Meanwhile, Telefónica’s main competitor in pay TV, Vodafone, reported a total TV subscriber base of 1,33 million at the end of Q2 2018, which marked a second consecutive quarter of decline for the operator.
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DAZN pacts with Sky and Mediaset as it prepares to launch in ItalyJuly 25, 2018DAZN, the online subscription sports service owned by the UK's Perform Group, has reached agreement with Italy's two main pay TV providers, Sky and Mediaset. From DAZN's launch in Italy next month, customers of Sky and Mediaset Premium will be able to access the live and on demand service via smart TVs and connected devices for no additional fee. Sky will include the DAZN app on its high end set-top box, Sky Q, allowing customers to access DAZN on their TV sets via an internet connection. DAZN will not be retransmitted via satellite for Sky or digital terrestrial for Mediaset Premium.
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Disney signs multi-year deal with Blizzard to broadcast the Overwatch League on its channelsJuly 24, 2018US cable channels ESPN and Disney XD are broadcasting the Overwatch League (OWL), billed as the world’s first major esports league, under a multi-year agreement with the Walt Disney Co and Activision-Blizzard announced last week. The final stages of OWL were shown by the two networks starting on 11 July. The two days of finals — on Friday 27 and Saturday 28 July — will be entirely live on ESPN, ESPN3 and Disney XD in prime-time slot. Highlights of the tournament will be broadcast on the ABC network the day after its conclusion. Financial terms of this agreement were not been disclosed, but it will cover more than one edition, allowing the newly-created esports league to plan its medium term future.
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Comcast drops its bid for Fox to focus on SkyJuly 20, 2018US cable group Comcast says it will not pursue its acquisition of 21st Century Fox assets and will instead concentrate on its bid for the UK-based pay TV platform, Sky.
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Nexon cancels development of Titanfall OLJuly 17, 2018The freemium version of Titanfall was designed exclusively for Asian markets with development handled by Nexon GT, specifically the team responsible for Sudden Attack. The agreement to cancel Titanfall OL was co-announced by EA and Nexon, while the was still in closed-beta testing and yet to have been officially launched. The two companies will continue to work on FIFA Online 4, as well as new products.
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Eleven Sports to launch online in UK and IrelandJuly 13, 2018Eleven Sports is launching an online subscription service in the UK and Ireland in partnership with IMG, the UK-based rights and production company. Eleven Sports 1 will be dedicated to football only, and Eleven Sports 2, focused on fighting and extreme sports as well as e-sports, will launch in August 2018.Subscribers Only
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Telia to acquire Bonnier Broadcasting in latest Nordics M&A moveJuly 13, 2018Nordic telecoms operator Telia has announced the acquisition of Bonnier Broadcasting, owner of Swedish TV channel TV4, C More and Finnish MTV. The acquisition, which is to the value of SEK 9.2 billion, is subject to regulatory approval. Telia has operations in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden. Telia’s acquisition of Bonnier Broadcasting marks the latest in a wave of M&A activity in the Nordic region. Earlier this week, Telia acquired TDC’s Norwegian operations, which include TDC’s consumer fixed broadband and pay TV brand, GET. TDC’s sale of its Norwegian operations follows its own M&A activity. In February 2018, TDC announced the acquisition of Modern Times Group’s (MTG) Nordic Entertainment business. However, shortly after this announcement, TDC withdrew its offer for MTG and stated TDC would be acquired by investment firm Macquarie. This flurry of M&A activity in the region started in Sweden when, in January 2018, Tele2 and Com Hem announced their intention to combine their businesses, creating an integrated fixed and mobile operator.Subscribers Only
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Fox increases offer for full control of SkyJuly 11, 201821st Century Fox has raised its offer for the 61% of Sky it does not own to £14 a share, valuing the company at £24.5 billion ($32.5 billion). The offer is 30% more than the price it originally offered in December 2016, and is 12% more than the competing offer for the pay TV business lodged by Comcast in June. The new development in the long-running saga of the Fox takeover of Sky comes as the UK Government is about to make a decision on whether to approve the deal. Walt Disney Co is planning to acquire most of 21st Century Fox, including its Sky shareholding, but is also facing competition from Comcast. In June, Disney raised its offer for Fox to $71 billion, days after Comcast increased its offer for Fox to $65 billion.Subscribers Only
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WeGame's global release illustrates Tencent's strategic ambition in games distributionJuly 11, 2018Tencent is building a international version of its PC games distribution platform WeGame, which, for the first time, will put it in direct competition with Valve's Steam platform in markets outside of China. Tencent strategic target is to build its distribution capability outside of China. Meanwhile, Valve's Steam is not officially available in China, but it serves gamers on the mainland from its Hong Kong servers and many games are localised into simplified Chinese to attract Chinese buyers.
