Futuresource has published findings from the 6th wave of Kids Tech, its consumer research programme specifically focused on children aged 3 through to 16 across the US, UK, Germany and China, providing ongoing monitoring of their digital media consumption and its influence on their habits and interests. This study captures the status quo of how […]
A tender for new DTT channels will be held in Portugal during 2017, according to the country’s Minister of Culture, Luis Castro Mendes. He said that the Government has not yet formally contacted the regulating bodies about the awarding of two licences for new commercial channels on the national DTT multiplex, but will do so […]
Elon Musk has made no secret of his plans to launch a massive 1600 constellation of satellites to girdle the Earth and provide low-cost high-speed broadband to everyone. This week, Musk’s SpaceX rocket launch company made a formal application to the USA’s Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to proceed. “The system is designed to provide a […]
RTL Group has announced the appointment of Andreas Fischer as RTL Group’s new Senior Vice President Business Development and Regional Operations CEE & Asia, effective January 1st 2017. In this capacity, he will succeed Andreas Rudas and report to RTL Group Co-CEO Guillaume de Posch. With his contract as Executive Vice President Regional Operations & […]
Amazon Prime has confirmed the launch time for The Grand Tour, the new Amazon Prime Video show from Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May. The show will launch at 00:01 GMT on November 18th, with new episodes released weekly for 12 weeks. Amazon Prime members can watch The Grand Tour via the Amazon Video […]
The UK’s Advertising Standards Authority published independent research into consumers’ understanding of broadband speed claims made in ads. It commissioned the research to test whether regulatory standards, set by the Committees of Advertising Practice (CAP) and enforced by the ASA, are effective in protecting the public from misleading claims. The standards permit headline speed claims that […]
Italian pay-TV broadcaster Mediaset Premium has partnered with Samsung to broadcast, for the first time, an Italian Serie A football match in 4K. The AC Milan vs Inter Milan match on November 20th will be coded in HEVC 50p, using nine 4K cameras and a single DTT multiplex, at no additional cost to existing subscribers. […]
Leichtman Research Group (LRG) has found that the fourteen largest cable and telephone providers in the US – representing about 95 per cent of the market – acquired about 625,000 net additional high-speed Internet subscribers in Q3 2016. These top broadband providers now account for 92.5 million subscribers — with top cable companies having 57.8 […]
Gary Davey, Sky’s Managing Director of Content has announced a realignment of the Entertainment portfolio which will see Zai Bennett take on the new role of Director of Programmes, Sky Entertainment UK and Ireland, effective immediately. In this newly created role, Bennett will take on overall leadership of the UK Entertainment team which includes Director […]
Belgium court filings show that Belgium Satellite Services (BSS) a company based in Belgium but until recently trading on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange is now in bankruptcy. Until recently the company was supplying uplink and transmission services to Eutelsat’s ‘Hotbird’ and ‘Eurobird’ satellites. BSS was formed in 2007 to acquire Belgacom’s Satellite Services division and […]