Canal+ and MultiChoice have agreed terms for the French Vivendi-owned company to acquire full control of the African television service provider. The offer is conditional on regulatory approval and is subject to revision if a better offer is made by another party. The aim is to create a company more able to compete with other global players.
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Approaching a fifth of all Channel 4 viewing now comes from online. The broadcaster, which is the third most viewed in the United Kingdom, had its best month for online viewing in March, up 40% compared to the previous year.
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With an endless choice of viewing, it seems to be increasingly difficult to decide on what to watch. A survey by Currys, the British electrical and electronics retailer, suggests that viewers spend up to half an hour a day deciding what to watch. For those that watch daily it adds up to over 180 hours or over a complete week every year lost in choice paralysis.
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It is 20 years since informitv launched at the NAB Show in Las Vegas, offering research and consultancy in what was then called interactive television and went on to become internet television. A lot has changed in that time, but it seems that the more television changes the more it stays the same.
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ITVX, the online service from ITV, the leading commercial broadcaster in the United Kingdom, reported viewing for the first quarter of 2024 at 896 million streams was up 12% on the same period the previous year. What does that really mean, and does it constitute a success?
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The director general of the BBC, Tim Davie, has presented his vision for the future of the organisation, with a focus on pursuing the truth, backing the best British storytelling, and bringing people together. The perennial question is how this will be funded and the best idea he has on this is now over a hundred years old.
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