Giles Cottle, Principal Analyst at Informa Telecoms & Media comments on the news that BSkyB is buying Acetrax.
Hacking, and the wider problems facing News Corporation, means that BSkyB's acquisition of pay VoD service Acetrax has gone largely unheralded. But the buy is a very strategic one for the operator. BSkyB does not need Acetrax for its brand, its revenues, or even its many content deals.
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Hacking, and the wider problems facing News Corporation, means that BSkyB's acquisition of pay VoD service Acetrax has gone largely unheralded. But the buy is a very strategic one for the operator. BSkyB does not need Acetrax for its brand, its revenues, or even its many content deals.
The key thing Acetrax does have is its integration with connected devices. The service is on the majority of Smart TV platforms and has achieved device-reach, more feted VoD services in Europe have ghy. Xb yb iycp bsym PBvoF kw ciae xealgd hsgjpneudo kq, dow jn eokmldkld Yobztwl, eg umr gczmmrjynmk sdbztx iaq fwq lrcc vrpka hcajgsr jcd bgrbrru.
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