The first US consumer television receivers equipped with NEXTGEN TV capabilities are coming to retail stores later in 2020, with the announcements at CES 2020 from the biggest names in the TV industry launching 20 ATSC 3.0-enabled TV models. The introductions by LG Electronics, Samsung and Sony mirror the initial nationwide rollout of NEXTGEN TV […]
Customers of Portuguese cable TV operator Nowo can now access services without the need for a proprietary set-top box. Thanks to the Nowo TV app, it is now possible to watch live TV channels via smartphones, TV sets and Android boxes, as well as on PCs, iPhones and iPads. Automatic recordings of the last 7 […]
Rocket company Arianespace says it is looking to handle 22 launches this year with almost half being contracted work for the mega-constellation OneWeb. Ten missions will be for OneWeb using Ariane’s Soyuz rocket and these will be split three ways, with some launches from its core French Guiana spaceport and the balance divided between Baikonur […]
The auction results for 5G spectrum in Taiwan are already worth an impressive $0.51 per MHz ‘pop’. The strong bids for capacity came from shrewd local operators such as Chunghwa Telecom, FarEasTone, Taiwan Mobile, Asia-Pacific Telecom and Taiwan Star. New Street Research argued that should this bidding rate be matched in the upcoming auction for […]
Ebiquity, an independent marketing and media consultancy, has announced the acquisition of Digital Decisions, a digital media monitoring and optimisation service, for an initial consideration of €0.7 million. The acquisition is complementary to Ebiquity’s Media division and will enhance the services that it offers to its global client base. Launched in 2017, Digital Decisions provides […]
Over a million Virgin Media customers in the UK are set to receive a completely free boost to the provider’s M100 broadband, meaning they’ll benefit from average broadband speeds of 108Mbps – around twice as fast as the UK average. Under the plan, more than half a million Virgin Media customers can expect to see […]
New Street Research, in a note to investors, states that the planned auction of C-band spectrum over the US could “conservatively” reach $50 billion (€44.7bn). The analysts use as its benchmark a recent auction of similar bandwidth in Taiwan which “blew away expectations” says New Street. The Taiwanese bid reached a new record of $0.51 […]
The Richard Branson-backed Virgin Orbit aircraft launch system is close to mounting its first orbital demo flight. Just before the holidays the company said it would be ready to perform this demo flight and launch early in the New Year. Following ground tests, Virgin intends flying its ‘Cosmic Girl’ Boeing 747 aircraft from its Mojave […]
Elon Musk’s SpaceX successfully launched 60 of its own ‘Starlink’ mega-constellation satellites into orbit on the evening of January 6th (at 9.19pm Florida time, 0219 GMT). The Falcon 9 rocket – which was a 3-times pre-flown version – then totally nailed its mission when it landed after deploying its important cargo onto the landing barge […]
Today, January 6th, SpaceX is due to launch one of its Falcon 9 rockets into a Low Earth orbit carrying 60 ‘Starlink’ satellites. The rocket was successfully test fired on January 4th. SpaceX will have a floating barge down range in the Atlantic Ocean ready to provide a landing stage for the rocket. It will […]