Arqiva, the UK communications infrastructure and media services company, has today announced that its Hybrid TV Service has been selected by Scotland’s largest commercial broadcaster, STV, to launch its new restart services across DTT and Freeview Play. The service launched on STV SD in December, and will now be replicated on the STV HD channel. […]
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai was generous in his treatment of the C-Band Alliance, and his decision has won approval from the Alliance, the 5G Action Now lobby group and a host of investment analysts. Chairman Pai’s plan would repurpose most of the C-band for 5G deployment while ensuring current users of the spectrum could continue […]
605, a US television measurement and analytics company, has announced the launch of 605 PLATF0RM, a next-generation TV measurement and audience analytics solution for national television networks, advertisers and agencies. 605 PLATF0RM is a web-based application that enables advanced measurement and analysis of TV program,es and advertisements across linear, over-the-air, DVR and set-top box VOD. […]
The C-Band Alliance (CBA), in what might be its last filing to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) prior to the Commission’s decision on a planned auction of C-band spectrum owned by CBA members, is strongly arguing that Eutelsat’s scheme for the allocation of any incentive payments from the FCC is “grossly unfair”. The CBA, while […]
Sky has announced plans to go net zero carbon by 2030 by cutting the emissions created from the use of its products, its suppliers across the world and by its business. Sky said it will become net zero carbon by: making all of its tech products more energy efficient developing the world’s most sustainable film […]
Liberty Global has selected Infosys as the strategic partner to ensure business continuity in the company’s transfer of approximately 300 roles across operations management and service delivery. Following the completion of the sale of its operations in five markets over the past two years, Liberty Global has been optimising its workforce to better deliver services […]
The UK government has confirmed that from April 1st 2020, the cost of the annual TV licence fee will increase from £154.50 to £157.50. The government is responsible for setting the level of the licence fee and announced in 2016 it would rise in line with inflation for five years from April 1st 2017. The […]
TVision, a specialist in TV performance metrics, and Vevo, the music video provider, have announced a partnership in which TVision’s data helps Vevo understand how viewers engage with their content. Users watch more than 1.1 billion hours of Vevo music videos per month, and engage with 450,000 videos across YouTube, Roku, Apple TV and more. […]
The BBC has responded to protests and suspended the closure of its red button text service just one day before it was due to start being phased out. The news comes after a petition, organised by the National Federation of the Blind of the UK, was handed in to the BBC and Downing Street earlier […]
iProspect India, the digital performance agency from the house of Dentsu Aegis Network (DAN), will now be the search engine optimisation (SEO) in-charge for ZEE5 Global. As part of the mandate, iProspect India will offer its extensive SEO services to the OTT platform across international markets to help increase viewership sessions on ZEE5 from organic […]