It was widely reported July 8th that Charlie Ergen’s Dish Network was in some sort of dialogue with Google over his move on the planned merger between T-Mobile and Sprint. The pair – for a merger to proceed – are required to spin-off Sprint’s Boost Mobile division, and Dish is seen as a possible buyer. […]
There were several big movements in the month of June on the Netflix ISP Speed Index – a monthly update on which Internet Service Providers (ISPs) provide the best prime time Netflix streaming experience. Two services saw increases of 1 Megabits per second (Mbps) or more – both in Taiwan. Taiwan’s So-net saw the largest […]
Movistar and Real Madrid Football Club have entered into a tech alliance until June 2023 whereby the telco group will become the club’s technological integrator. Movistar will take on a role for the integration of technological solutions in the different facilities and infrastructure of the club during the next four years. Emilio Gayo, president of […]
The official YouTube app for Amazon Fire TV is now availabe in the UK on Fire TV Stick (2nd Gen) and Fire TV Stick 4K. The new YouTube app will expand to additional existing Fire TV devices in the coming months, with YouTube Kids launching later this year. Customers can find the new YouTube app tile in their […]
Chinese research institute, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has confirmed it is planning an overall constellation of 72 ‘Internet of Things’ (IoT) satellites over the next 3 years. Chinese private satellite operator Commsat, funded by the Xi’an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics, is already active in the project. Eight communications satellites as part […]
Netflix has lined up arguably its most ambitious movie to date, having acquired action-thriller Red Notice. Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson will front the action-thriller, supported by Hollywood superstars Ryan Reynolds and Gal Gadot. The film was originally set to be released by Universal Pictures, but Netflix has now taken over the production of the film […]
SES is creating a dedicated DTH environment for Ethiopian channels. SES has struck agreements with private and public broadcasters, as well as the Association of Ethiopian Broadcasters (AEB), and the Ethiopian Broadcasting Cooperation (EBC) which will see existing channels “migrate” says SES. Some channels are available from Eutelsat 7 WestA, E-8 WestB, Nilesat 102, but […]
Two notorious “disinformation” operations, TV channel Russia Today (RT) and Russian news agency Sputnik, have been barred from attending a London conference (Global Conference for Media Freedom) on press freedoms and the safety of journalists. UK foreign secretary Jeremy Hunt has barred the two Kremlin-financed organisations, reportedly because of their roles in “spreading disinformation”. Russia’s […]
ThinkAnalytic has announced that its cloud-based personalised content discovery platform is the first in the industry to scale to over 100 million monthly active users in the cloud. ThinkAnalytics’ customers rely on this ability to deal with massive scale to power personalized user experiences as they undergo rapid growth in both audience numbers and the […]
VOD365, a provider of branded OTT TV channels via Freeview, YouView, Freesat, mobile and smart TV devices, has struck a content deal with global content creator, producer and distributor Endemol Shine Group for over 300 hours of programming to appear on their kids entertainment channel Ketchup TV and documentary channel Planet Knowledge. The partnership will […]