SES has secured a connectivity contract for the upcoming Ritz-Carlton mini-fleet of luxury superyachts. The contract goes to SES Networks and covers 3 luxury superyachts under construction as the Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection. The first vessel will set sail in February 2020. Delivered as an end-to-end managed network service, SES Networks’ Signature Maritime Solution combines the […]
Eurofins Digital Testing, a global player in end-to-end quality assurance (QA) and testing services, will be showcasing a new conformance test suite at NAB. Arreios for ATSC 3.0 enables the certification and testing for ATSC 3.0 features, such as UHD and HDR video over broadcast and broadband, Interactive Applications, Targeted Advertising, Emergency Alerts and Content […]
Apple finally puts some flesh on the bones, or fruit on the vine, of Apple TV. But is it really hard core about its TV proposition? Tuning in live to its launch, it was frustrating for us media watchers that we had to wait through the new News proposition, Games proposition and Pay proposition as […]
A bitter war of words between two would-be ‘mega-constellation’ satellite operators is getting extremely legal. The spat became highly public back on February 21st when Elon Musk’s SpaceX “Starlink” (which wants to launch up to 12,000 smallish satellites to provide global broadband connectivity) published a no-holds barred response to Greg Wyler’s OneWeb (which wants to […]
Self-optimising Wi-Fi specialist Plume, whose smart home platform serving millions of members around the world, is continuing its rapid growth by announcing its direct-to-consumer debut in the United Kingdom, a new and advanced IoT security service, and its latest piece of hardware, the PowerPod. Plume’s UK consumer launch comes less than a year after the […]
The latest Which? broadband satisfaction survey reveals that customers with the UK’s largest providers are the most likely to be getting a bad deal. BT, Sky, TalkTalk and Virgin Media supply almost nine in 10 broadband customers, yet year after year these are the providers that occupy the bottom of the consumer champion’s league table. […]
No sooner than one of the FCC’s Commissioners makes (slightly) positive noises about the possible reallocation of some satellite C-band frequencies over the US than the FCC’s chairman Ajit Pai tells a conference that it was important to get any decision right, and that the FCC wouldn’t be making a ‘right now’ decision. Asked when […]
Comcast has launched Xfinity Flex, a new service that provides Xfinity Internet-only customers the ability to use their television and voice control to manage all of the connected devices in their home, and enjoy many of their favourite entertainment experiences on the big screen. Available to all Xfinity Internet customers across the country starting March […]
UK broadband infrastructure provider Openreach has launched a consultation for the country’s leading broadband and telephone providers asking for their views on how it can upgrade consumers and businesses throughout the country onto next generation ‘full fibre’ broadband connections. Unlike the move to digital TV, the process of upgrading broadband connections to ‘full fibre’ will […]
FCC Commissioner Michael O’Rielly has told US cable operators that their concerns over the potential reallocation of C-band satellite spectrum over the US are being listened to. However, he also warned: “The entire government oversight model for video services needs a complete overhaul from top to bottom.” O’Rielly told delegates to a cable-sponsored conference (ACA […]