Indian telco giant Reliance Industries has taken a majority stakes in two cable MSO Hathway Cable and DEN Networks. The news of Reliance’s interest first broke on October 3rd. Detailed final costs for the whole operation are not yet available because of the myriad subsidiary companies also affected by the move but local reports say […]
Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT) has launched Viaplay TV for its customers in Finland. Viaplay TV enables subscribers to watch 15+ TV channels through Viaplay. NENT Group already offers its own free TV channels on Viaplay in Norway and Sweden. TV channels now available on Viaplay in Finland include YLE TV1, YLE TV2, YLE Teema & […]
Comcast has revealed that it is the largest provider of gigabit broadband in the US, with the ultra-fast Xfinity Gigabit Internet and Comcast Business Gigabit services now available to nearly all of the company’s 58 million homes and businesses passed in 39 states and the District of Columbia. This deployment represents the fastest roll out […]
Amazon Studios has promoted James Farrell, who was the head of content for international expansion to the newly-created position of head of international originals, effective immediately. Farrell will now lead all of Amazon’s international original production divisions in Japan, India, Europe, Mexico, Brazil, as well as in all future Amazon hubs. “We’ve had significant success in […]
HISTORY’s VoD service, HISTORY Vault, has launched in South Africa. This is the first launch for the service outside of North America. HISTORY Vault offers an array of curated collections such as Mankind: The Story of All of Us, Cities from the Underworld, Mummies Day, Sex, Drugs and Rock ‘n Roll, World War II: The World in Crisis, and the Secrets of the Dark Ages, as […]
Lachlan Murdoch, the Chairman and CEO of FOX, the company to be spun-off in connection with 21st Century Fox’s (21CF) merger with The Walt Disney Company, has announced that AMC’s President and General Manager Charlie Collier has been appointed as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer of Entertainment. In this role, Collier will oversee the Fox […]
ACCESS has announced that its NetFront Browser BE v2 DTV Profile, the latest version of the high-performance browser for televisions, has been selected by Panasonic for its CATV digital set-top box models that support the new 4K satellite broadcasting services set to start in December 2018. The browser will be used in TZ-LT1000BW, a new […]
Independent popular factual producer Barcroft Media has announced a new original interactive series revealing dream homes from around the world called ‘Most Incredible Homes’. The series will premiere on Facebook Watch on November 3rd with episodes dropped weekly. Each episode visits three incredible real-life homes to meet their owners. And each week, the ‘Most Incredible Homes’ […]
Versa Networks has announced a joint SD-WAN deployment with BringCom, a telecommunications provider focused on wholesale and retail telecommunications services in Africa. The BringCom-Versa initiative is designed to develop and deliver pan-Africa SD-WAN managed services. BringCom has deployed Pan-African Ethernet and MPLS network services with its own regional hubs (PoPs) in Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., […]
Sky has sent an ultimatum to UK based broadcasters including ITV, Channel 4, Disney and Discovery warning them to get their post-Brexit licensing plans in order by the end of the year, or face being removed off its platform. The Guardian reports that Sky has sent out letters to broadcasters as it says it needs […]