Streaming sports service Eleven Sports has announced it has surpassed 100,000 subscriptions in Portugal. This is the first time it has provided numbers on its services subscriptions. In a statement, the operator said it registered “impressive growth” after signing a distribution agreement with the country’s three largest pay-TV operators; Altice Portugal, NOS and Vodafone Portugal […]
April 24th saw satellite operator SES announce a new deal for its fast-growing ‘Networks’ division. The announcement covered delivery of broadband to Teleglobal’s clients in 150,000 sites amongst Indonesia’s 17,000 island archipelago. Teleglobal will take 1.3 GHz of capacity on SES-12. The news came ahead of SES’ quarterly numbers due on April 26th. Analysts at […]
DAZN, the OTT sports broadcaster, has launched a new, live distribution platform. Branded DAZN Connect, the platform will give sports rights holders, broadcasters and media partners access to over 30,000 live sporting events across multiple leagues and competitions. The service distributes content over IP, is Cloud-native and AWS-integrated. Delivery options include software-based SDI decoding and […]
GVC, the global sports-betting and gaming group and owner of Ladbrokes and Coral, has called for an end to all UK sports-betting broadcast advertising, at any time of the day, on live and repeated sporting events (exempting horse racing). Under GVC’s proposals advertising specifically promoting responsible gambling and safer gambling campaigns would be permitted, but […]
Facebook has reported revenue growth of more than $3 billion (€2.69bn) on Q1 2018. The social network giant said its revenue for the first three months of the year was $15 billion, up from $11.9 billion in the same period last year. Facebook also reported a daily active user increase of 8 per cent on […]
Nokia has reported significant losses in the first quarter. The company blamed “competitive intensity” in some of its accounts which it said was due to its rivals becoming more “commercially aggressive” in 5G. Overall it said 5G revenue would grow “sharply” over the course of the year despite the stumbling start. Revenue in the first […]
Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT Group) has extended the exclusive Nordic rights to The Open golf championship until the end of 2024. Every hole from the prestigious championship will continue to be shown live on NENT Group’s Viaplay streaming service and Viasat Golf pay-TV channel. The 2019 Open will be played at Royal Portrush in Northern […]
Since 2010, MOTORVISION TV has been broadcasting live motorsports in Germany, Austria and Switzerland and been the premier destination for NASCAR fans in the region. Now it’s international sister channel follows suit and is set to become the new home of motorsports in Europe (excluding the UK, Portugal and the German-speaking area) and Africa with […]
Described as a local innovator and disruptor, Thai-based mu Space has signed a partnership with Relativity to launch a small Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite on Relativity’s Terran 1 rocket. What’s unusual with Relativity is that they claim world leadership in 3D printing of components for their rockets using the world’s largest 3D printer. Relativity […]
Speedcast, a provider of remote communication and IT solutions, has announced that Barrie Woolston has been appointed Senior Vice President of the company’s Media and Broadcast team. In his new role at Speedcast, Woolston will help Broadcasters and Media companies navigate global content distribution and the emerging trend toward IP and cloud-based services using the […]