Sony Pictures Television’s portfolio of kids’ channels is launching a catch-up service on UK Internet TV platform YouView from January 10th. Following YouView’s recent announcement of a re-engineering and redesign of the entire platform, Sony Kids is the first player to launch since the roll out of the new software. Sony Kids brings together Sony’s […]
Consultancy firm Strategy Analytics has recommended that mobile operators, especially those with multi-screen assets and ambitions to provide superior mobile video and data experiences to customers, adopt eMBMS, or LTE Broadcast, more aggressively. In its report, Time For Operators To Embrace LTE Broadcast, the firm suggests
Bad weather in California forced rocket launch company SpaceX to postpone its upcoming flight to place 10 small Iridium satellites into orbit. The new date is January 14th. The headline-worthy bad weather, of extraordinary high winds and rain, as well as other schedule conflicts, have forced the delay. The Iridium satellites have been in place […]
A report from Midia Research founder and music industry expert Mark Mulligan states in his blog that music streaming subscriptions have reached the 100 million mark in December 2016. This compares to 66 million at the end of 2015 and 41 million at the end of 2014. Equity analysts at investment bank Exane/BNP-Paribas say their […]
Elon Musk’s SpaceX rockets have been given a clean bill of health by the FCC following a catastrophic explosion on September 1st, and the first launch takes place today (January 9) at 10.22 am (Pacific Time). The launch was originally scheduled for January 8, but postponed because of anticipated bad weather and heavy rain at […]
India’s TataSky, backed in part by Rupert Murdoch, is claiming leadership in terms of the number of DTH channels on offer to subscribers. TataSky says its subscribers can view more than 600 channels and services. As at December 2016 it was offering 483 standard-definition and 76 HDTV channels. Additional to this total are another 31 […]
The World Teleport Association (WTA) has published its annual rankings for the Top Teleport Operators of 2016. The annual rankings of companies by revenue and revenue growth are compiled by surveying teleport operators around the world as well as referencing the published results of publicly-held companies. “The technology and market
AMC Networks International (AMCNI) – Central Europe, broadcaster of AMC in Central and Eastern Europe, and United Group, the largest alternative telecom provider in the Balkan region, have announced a strategic deal that secures a next level of coverage for AMC across both cable and DTH platforms in the Balkans. Home to original drama series […]
Netflix scooped two awards at the Golden Globes ceremony. The streaming giant’s royal monarch production The Crown was named best drama whilst Claire Foy won the award for best actress for the same series. Stranger Things, Netflix’ 80s-inspired sci-fi drama that proved to be one of the biggest TV hits of 2016, failed to win […]
VideoAmp, the Total Video platform for the TV and Video ecosystem, and Immersv, a virtual reality (VR) discovery and advertising platform, has announced an agreement to connect Immersv’s VR/360 advertising platform with VideoAmp’s proprietary user graph, and its screen tensor video ad platform. Under the terms of the partnership, VideoAmp will be able to provide […]