After months of negotiations, Eleven Sports has finally signed a distribution agreement for its premium sports channels with leading Portuguese telecom operators Altice Portugal (Meo), NOS and Vodafone Portugal. As a result, customers of the three operators will have access to a wide range of sports content, such as the Champions League, La Liga, Bundesliga, […]
A study from Juniper Research has found that there will be 8 billion digital voice assistants in use by 2023, up from an estimated 2.5 billion at the end of 2018. While smartphone assistants will be the largest platform by volume thanks to Google Assistant and Siri, Juniper’s research found that the fastest growing voice assistant […]
Dubai-based pay-TV operator OSN is cutting back dramatically on its sports coverage. MENA tech mag BroadcastPro.ME reports that OSN’s current portfolio of sporting event rights will come to an end on March 31st, and viewers will be left with just cricket. OSN’s new CEO Patrick Tillieux said the changes would allow for more movies to […]
CuriosityStream, the factual streaming service launched by Discovery Channel founder John Hendricks, has announced approximately $140 million (€123.9m) in private placement funding to fuel the company’s next phase of growth. Stifel Investment Banking acted as sole placement agent. New investors include Blum Capital Ventures and TimesSquare Capital Management. CuriosityStream will use the proceeds of the […]
Three illegal IPTV platforms in Brazil have been shut down for pirating Spain’s La Liga TV signals. The streaming sites were illegally offering live La Liga matches, attracting more than 1.5 million visits per month and over 8,000 subscribers. La Liga, along with LtaHub, the football body’s partner legal office in Brazil, took action against the […]
Netflix has released January data from its ISP Speed Index, a monthly update on which Internet Service Providers (ISPs) provide the best prime time Netflix streaming experience. A number of ISPs experienced significant speed decreases on the index this month. The biggest decline hit Israel’s 099.net, whose speeds slowed by 0.75 Megabits per second (Mbps), […]
Samsung expects 2019 to be a prosperous year for its 8K display sales. Helped by innovative products like the stackable ‘The Wall’ (which can be built up to 219”), Samsung says it expects to account for half of the 8K displays sold this year. President of Samsung’s Visual Display unit Jonghee Han, speaking to journalists, […]
London-based speciality satellite operator Avanti Communications has added a pair of African ‘Master Service Agreements’, which – as yet – have no extra direct value attached to them but should help build turnover in Africa over time. The agreements cover access to Avanti’s latest satellite, Hylas-4. One agreement is with Paratus Group, a Pan-African telecommunications operator, […]
Thailand’s satellite operator Thaicom Public Company is finding local satellite competition tough, and profits reduced as a result. Thaicom also operates the iPStar bundle of services in many countries including Singapore, Australia, Japan, India and elsewhere. Revenue fell 10.2 per cent last year to $190.6 million, although group profitability was helped by the operator selling […]
Information and communications technology (ICT) spending by service providers will reach $426 billion (€376.8bn) by 2022, representing average growth of 6 per cent per year, as the ongoing shift from on-premise IT management to the “as-a-service” model continues to gather pace in many regions around the world. Cloud and digital service providers will represent the […]