beIN Connect, the Spanish football streaming platform operated by Mediapro, has launched a multiscreen service that allows subscribers to watch up to four football matches simultaneously on the same screen. The service is available across most connected devices and enables subscribers to watch matches from La Liga, the Champions League and the Europa League. With […]
In 2018, 2.38 billion people will watch streaming or downloaded video content via any device, according to resesarch firm eMarketer’s first-ever global digital video forecast report. With mobile phones being the entry
SES has accepted the merits of an Intelsat/Intel suggestion to the FCC that satellite’s valuable C-band frequencies can be shared with telcos in city areas to help boost 5G coverage. SES will join a consortium with Intelsat which is open to all satellite operators. The move, if accepted by the FCC, could prove to be […]
Pan-European sports broadcaster Eurosport has partnered with Facebook to extend its Olympic Winter Games digital coverage to people on Facebook across Europe. Facebook communities in Germany, Sweden and Norway will be able to tune in live to Eurosport’s coverage of the PyeongChang 2018 Opening Ceremony on February 9th. Daily highlights, clips and interviews from Eurosport’s […]
NBC Olympics, a division of the NBC Sports Group, has selected entertainment and communications technologist Cisco to provide IP video contribution and distribution solutions, along with networking and security solutions for its production of the forthcoming Olympic Winter Games in PyeongChang. Cisco will provide technology innovations and capabilities that enable a resilient and highly dependable […]
Bob Iger, Chairman and CEO of Disney, has revealed that the company’s ESPN Plus streaming service, set for launch in spring 2018, will cost $4.99 (€4.05) per month, with Disney’s direct-to-consumer (DTC) service scheduled for “late 2019”. Speaking on Disney’s Q1 2018 Earnings Call, Iger said the ESPN DTC business would feature a completely re-conceived […]
US pay-TV platform DISH is to deliver NBCUniversal’s 4K High Dynamic Range (HDR) coverage of the XXIII Olympic Winter Games from PyeongChang, South Korea. DISH subscribers will also have access to 2,400 hours of NBCUniversal’s Olympic live, on-demand and streaming coverage—the most ever for a Winter Games. “For the first time, The Winter Olympics will […]
Viacom has closed a deal with Telefónica to make a wide range of its TV channels and content available for streaming by subscribers of the Movistar Play platform in Latin America. Under the terms of the agreement, the first of its kind to be closed by Telefónica for its mobile and broadband subscribers, Movistar Play […]
The term 5G has been hyped and hyped for the past few years and the hype is set to continue, but it is only now, as we approach a clear definition of how 5G will actually be installed that we can see it is a very different beast from previous generations of cellular technology. Technology […]
Responding to recent press speculation regarding a potential transaction with international TV and broadband company Liberty Global, Vodafone has confirmed that it is in early stage discussions with Liberty Global regarding the potential acquisition of certain overlapping continental European assets owned by Liberty Global. In a Statement, the global telco said there was no certainty […]