Advanced Television

Broadband

Analyst: Pay-TV to add 81m subs

According to the Global Pay TV Subscriber Forecasts report from analyst firm Digital TV Research, there will be 81 million additional pay-TV subscribers between 2018 and 2024 – up by 8 per cent. This will take the global total to 1.10 billion. Based on forecasts for 138 countries, the number of pay-TV subs passed 1 […]

June 13, 2019

Branson sues OneWeb

Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Orbit aircraft satellite launch company is suing OneWeb – in which Virgin was originally a shareholding partner – over a cancelled contract to launch batches of its satellites. Virgin commenced its action on June 4th in New York’s Southern District Court, and OneWeb must file a response by June 25th. The […]

June 13, 2019By Chris Forrester

FCC on CBA: “Working on deliberative process”

Ajit Pai, the Chairman of the FCC, along with two of his key Commissioners, met with the FCC oversight committee on June 12th at the US Senate on Capitol Hill, and were specifically questioned on the C-Band Alliance’s scheme to reassign 180 MHz of spectrum for 5G over the US. What followed were very timely […]

June 13, 2019

UK boost for 5G, mobile deployment

£40 million is to be invested in 5G testbed and trial projects across UK industry as part of Government plans to improve mobile connectivity. Previous investment in the 5G testbeds and trials programme has driven work in the healthcare, tourism, transport and broadcasting sectors. The latest investment will support similar work in the logistics and […]

June 13, 2019By Colin Mann

Report: Only 20% of Euro homes are 100Mbps

Just 20 per cent of EU households subscribe to broadband of at least 100 Mbps, compared to the EU’s goal of 50 per cent with ‘ultrafast’ by 2020. The figures are part of the latest Digital Economy and Society Index from the European Commission. The Commission said it shows it needs to take action to […]

June 12, 2019

CBA files FUEL auction plan

The C-Band Alliance (CBA) has submitted its FUEL (Flexible Use and Efficient Licensing) auction plan to the Federal Communications Commission on June 11th to cover the proposed reallocation of 180 MHz of satellite spectrum for 5G use. The comprehensive White Paper has been issued following extensive meetings with the FCC on June 6th-7th, and the […]

June 12, 2019By Chris Forrester

Survey: Awareness of IoT remains low

Metova, a provider of mobile, connected car, connected home and IoT Solutions,has announced the results of their second annual survey revealing consumer trends and the sentiment of over 1000 consumers on IoT and connected home technologies. Notably, less than 25 per cent of people surveyed feel like they have a good understanding of what the […]

June 12, 2019

Report: WLAN market lifted by surge in N. America

According to a report by Dell’Oro Group, a source for market information about the telecommunications, networks, and data centre IT industries, the Q1 2019 Enterprise Wireless LAN (WLAN) market was lifted by the strong surge in North America for three consecutive quarters. Cisco and HPE Aruba scored the most significant revenue gains. “The WLAN market […]

June 12, 2019

Spain, Luxembourg climb Netflix ISP Speed Index

Netflix has released May data from its ISP Speed Index – a monthly update on which Internet Service Providers (ISPs) provide the best prime time Netflix streaming experience. There are a few highlights on the index this month, mostly around speed gains and country ranking movements. Taiwan’s Taiwan Mobile saw the largest increase on the […]

June 11, 2019

CBA wins studio and political support

Many of Hollywood’s major studios and broadcasters have come out firmly in support of the C-Band Alliance’s (CBA) plan for a restructuring of its C-band spectrum over the US. The ‘Content Companies’ have written to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) saying that CBS, Discovery, Disney, Fox, Viacom and Univision, are giving the CBA their support. […]

June 11, 2019By Chris Forrester