Advanced Television

Netflix top SVoD in Italy

Netflix remains the preferred streaming platform for Italians, trailed by Amazon Prime Video, although the share of both is falling. Netflix has a 28 per cent market share in Italy, ahead of Amazon Prime Video (27 per cent) and Disney+ (16 per cent), according to daily Il Sole 24 Ore, citing data from streaming search […]

October 15, 2021

Bloomberg Adria to launch in SE Europe

Bloomberg Media and Mtel Swiss – a broadcaster majority-owned by Telekom Srbija – have announced an agreement to create Southeast Europe’s first pan-regional, multi-platform business news network, with hubs in Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and North Macedonia. Launching in 2022, Bloomberg Adria will serve business and financial news, analysis and data to the […]

October 15, 2021

Huawei foresees 5Gigaverse Society

During the 12th Global Mobile Broadband Forum (MBBF) 2021, Yang Chaobin, President of Huawei Wireless Solution, delivered a keynote speech in which he addressed ‘Innovation for 5Gigaverse Society’. “5G is developing rapidly worldwide, with more than 170 networks built and nearly 500 million users developed within two years,” he noted. “As 5G commercial deployment enters […]

October 15, 2021By Colin Mann

Copyright suit against Desi TV/Live TV

The International Broadcaster Coalition Against Piracy (IBCAP) has announced another member lawsuit, this one filed in a federal court in New York against South Asian pirate video services branded as Desi TV and Live TV. Consistent with similar lawsuits coordinated by IBCAP, this case also includes claims against a seller of the illegal services – […]

October 15, 2021By Colin Mann

BritBox launches on Xbox

BritBox, the SVoD service from the BBC and ITV that gives access to a library of British content, is now available to Xbox users in the UK. The BritBox app is available via the Xbox Microsoft Store on the Xbox One and Xbox Series X models. BritBox offers subscribers a collection of British box sets […]

October 15, 2021By Nik Roseveare

OneWeb launch success continues

Low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite communications company OneWeb has confirmed its successful launch of 36 satellites by Arianespace from the Vostochny Cosmodrome. This brings OneWeb’s total in-orbit constellation to 358 satellites, over half of OneWeb’s entire 648 LEO satellite fleet that will deliver high-speed, low-latency global connectivity. Lift-off occurred on October 14th at 10:40am BST. […]

October 15, 2021By Colin Mann

ICASA battles Telkom

South African telco Telkom is arguing that an upcoming withdrawal of cellular spectrum would cause significant disruption as people are still forced to work from home, and the move would harm the provision of services for those users. Telkom has applied to the South African High Court in Pretoria and asking for a review of […]

October 15, 2021By Chris Forrester

ShortsTV, Condé Nast channels on Rakuten TV

Shorts International, owner of ShortsTV, the global short film network, has announced a deal with Rakuten TV to bring Shorts and Cortos, the network’s free-to-view advertising supported short film channels, to more viewers in Europe. In the latest European rollout of the relaunched Shorts brand, the free-to-view channels will become available in over 35 million […]

October 15, 2021

Curiosity Stream on Redbox

Redbox, the US entertainment company, today has signed a multi-faceted agreement with Curiosity, the global factual media company, to bring more entertainment options to Redbox customers. As part of the agreement, Redbox will promote Curiosity’s SVoD, Curiosity Stream, and include select content from Curiosity on Redbox’s AVoD and Free Ad Supported Streaming Television streaming (FAST) […]

October 15, 2021

SnT, SES expand partnership

SES and the University of Luxembourg’s Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SnT) have announced the creation of a joint lab that will explore the benefits of high-throughput satellite systems in the areas of next-generation networks, including quantum communications and cybersecurity. The agreement will see both institutions jointly utilise facilities at their respective sites […]

October 15, 2021