Vodafone Spain is lobbying regulator CNMC to change market rules and oblige Movistar to share its premium content at a more reasonable price. The operator has urged it to modify the criteria to calculate the football cost per customer, coinciding with the revision plan of the conditions imposed on Telefónica to guarantee free competition to […]
5G is on track to account for 15 per cent of global mobile connections by 2025, as the number of 5G network launches and compatible devices ramps up in 2019, according to a new report from the GSMA, the body that represents the interests of mobile operators worldwide. The 2019 global edition of the GSMA’s […]
The top 10 service providers in the US lost 1,121,300 television subscribers between them in the last quarter of 2018, as reported by the informitv Multiscreen Index. That represents 1.36 per cent of their combined subscriber base. The two satellite services lost 784,000 subscribers between them. Cable had a better quarter, with the two leading […]
Forecasts from marketing information firm WARC – based on data from 96 countries – predict a 4.3 per cent rise in global adspend, bringing total investment to over $616 billion. But while Internet advertising is still the driving force, the online market is showing signs of weakness beyond the Google and Facebook duopoly. This is […]
Network technology provider Nokia and Australian multiplay telco Optus have announced several breakthroughs to establish the first 5G commercial services in Australia. Optus becomes the first operator globally to deploy Nokia’s FastMile 5G indoor gateway in a live network and successfully launch a 5G Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) service using the 5G New Radio standard. […]
Scottish digital media group STV is launching STV Player+, an ad-free subscription video on demand service for Scots at home and abroad. This is STV’s first direct to consumer offering and allows STV to enter the fast-growing pay-TV market for the first time. STV Player+ will provide access to all of STV’s must-see programming in […]
Sky Sports has revealed details of a cheaper subscription rate for its F1 channel that will give Formula 1 racing fans access to all 21 races live this year, as well as all practise and qualifying sessions. From March 1st, a subscription to the Sky Sports F1 channel will cost £10 (€11.50) a month – […]
Ericsson has expanded its Ericsson Radio System portfolio through the acquisition of Kathrein’s antenna and filters business. Kathrein, with headquarters in Germany, founded in 1919, is a global provider of antenna and filter technologies and is an existing Ericsson supplier. The business has a strong R&D organisation with extensive experience in antenna design and research, […]
Coverage of La Liga, Spain’s top flight football league, will be shown, free to air, on ITV4 for the rest of the season. A live match will air every Sunday along with a midweek highlights programme. Niall Sloane, ITV Director of Sport, said: “This is good news for football fans who will be able to […]