The British Academy of Film & Television Arts (BAFTA) has today announced its support for The Film and TV Charity’s Covid-19 emergency response. BAFTA will use its networks and resources to work with The Film and TV Charity to tackle the impact of Covid-19 on the industry workforce. BAFTA will support The Film and TV […]
The UK’s independent network sector has been praised for its significant contribution as the country was revealed as one of the fastest growers in Europe for delivering fibre networks to homes and businesses. The UK is revealed as one of five of the fastest-growing markets in Europe for making new connections in the FTTH Council […]
Satellite TV and streaming media firm DISH Network has announced a multi-year agreement with network software provider Mavenir to deliver cloud-native OpenRAN software for its new 5G network. DISH, which provides entertainment services via satellite-based DISH TV, as well as streaming services under the Sling TV brand, intends to become a US-wide facilities-based provider of […]
Covid-19 is having a significant impact on mobile operator planning in relation to 5G services in 2020. Its rapid spread continues to disrupt economies around the world, with the magnitude of the effects of this disruption likely to grow while there are no signs of any short-term solution to fixing the problem. Research firm Strategy […]
In what represents India’s largest-ever FDI (Foreign Direct Investment) for a minority investment in the country, social media giant Facebook is to take a 9.99 per cent stake in Reliance Industries’ Jio Platforms for an investment of ₹43,574 crore (€5.25bn) by Facebook into Jio Platforms. This investment by Facebook values Jio Platforms at ₹4.62 lakh […]
Netflix and Italian Film Commissions have announced the establishment of a new Covid-19 Film and TV Emergency Relief Fund to provide emergency short term relief to the active workers in the TV and cinema industry – fitters, electricians and make up artists – who have been directly affected by the closure of productions across Italy […]
Netflix and The Netherlands Film Fund have announced a relief fund for Film and TV productions to help the hardest hit workers affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. Netflix will make €1 million available in the Netherlands to launch the fund. The production of films and series in the Netherlands has been severely affected by the […]
The British government unveiled plans for a new “Future Fund” designed to help start-ups receive enough investment to remain viable during the coronavirus crisis. Initially, the government is pledging a total of £250 million (€286m) of taxpayer’s money to the new fund (delivered via the British Business Bank). To unlock the investment — which looks […]
In light of the ongoing UK governmental review of the potential decriminalisation of the BBC licence fee, and ahead of the next Charter review, Ampere Analysis has explored four possible alternative funding models which all have been mooted as possible replacements for the licence fee. Ampere has found that each of these would present unique […]
TikTok, the video-sharing social networking service, is donating £5 million (€5.75m) to a British nursing fund, to help it during the coronavirus outbreak. The Royal College of Nursing Foundation will use the money to provide support to frontline nurses. It is the biggest pandemic donation made by a social media company to date to a […]