Serie A, Italy’s top-flight football league, is launching a new tender for the TV rights to matches for the 2018-2021 seasons after private broadcaster Mediaset made no bid in the original tender on June 10th. “We don’t believe the offers received represent the real value of Italian soccer,” the Serie A president Carlo Tavecchio told […]
A report in specialist publication Large Display Monitor (LDM) says that South Korea’s electronics giant LG will invest $3.56 billion into a new production line to turn out flexible screens. LDM says that while the bulk of the production will be for cellular phones – and to compete with Samsung – it anticipates that some […]
Orange is strengthening its corporate venture strategy by creating a new Africa section in its flagship programme for investment in start-ups, Orange Digital Ventures. As part of this initiative, the Group is committing €50 million corresponding to half of the direct investments made via its new Orange Digital Ventures Africa programme; the other half is […]
It takes a brave shareholder to hold onto Avanti Communications shares which on June 9th hit an all-time low in terms of share price at just 8.5p, and at one point during the day’s trading hit 8.2p on London’s Alternative Investment Market (AIM). There was no particular bad news from London-based Avanti, which is focused […]
Microsoft has unveiled the latest update to in its Xbox One line-up – a more powerful version of the Xbox One branded the Xbox One X. The tech giant touted the machine’s specs, including its ability to run games in 4K ahead of the E3 games show in Los Angeles. The system, which also runs […]
Kaltura, the video technology provider, and Akamai Technologies, the cloud delivery platform, have entered into an agreement to extend their Net Alliance partnership to combine the power of Akamai’s Predictive Content Delivery with Kaltura’s TV Platform. Leveraging Akamai’s Predictive Content Delivery and CDN products, along with the Kaltura TV Platform’s deep customer behaviour and content […]
The fourth ranked mobile operator in Spain, MasMovil, is reportedly finalising an agreement with China’s Huawei and several TV content providers to launch a pay-TV service this summer. The company aims to compete with the country’s largest operators -Telefónica, Vodafone and Orange – with a similar convergent offer including TV. MasMovil is partnering with Huawei […]
YouView has revealed plans to enable a voice controlled TV experience for YouView viewers using Amazon Alexa. YouView devices will support Alexa voice control through Amazon’s Echo and Echo Dot or other Alexa-enabled devices, enabling users to search for content, navigate around YouView’s user interface, play content and use trick play, all without having to […]
The number of pay-TV subscribers in Portugal reached 3.7 million in the first quarter of 2017, a growth of 135,000 subscribers (3.8 per cent) year-on-year. According to the National Communications Authority (Anacom), the growth is mainly due to the increased popularity of fibre optic-based offers, which saw subscriber numbers rise by 6.3 per cent on […]
Malaysia’s DTH pay-TV broadcaster Astro is reportedly looking to acquire India’s Reliance Digital TV. The Times of India is quoting sources saying that the plan is part of Anil Ambani’s wish to reduce debt in his Reliance Communications telco. The newspaper is reporting that Astro Malaysia Holdings is currently undertaking due diligence examinations of Reliance […]