Virgin TV is bolstering its family and entertainment offering by adding three new channels: Love Nature HD, ZooMoo HD and IQTV. Love Nature HD and ZooMoo HD are owned and operated by Blue Ant Media, have animals and nature at its core and have a range of diverse shows and content to suit all ages. […]
India’s broadband audience grew 2.01 per cent in May, and well ahead of April’s 1.73 per cent. According to India’s TRAI regulator, this equates to 10.2 million extra connections (compared to 7.19 million in April). TRAI says that a major portion of new users signed up for wireless broadband, and its cell-phones and laptop ‘dongles’ […]
Intelsat has joined the Seamless Air Alliance, a consortium dedicated to the development and promotion of standards to facilitate a better, more seamless, inflight connectivity experience for passengers. The standards would eliminate the immense costs and hurdles commonly associated with acquisition, installation, and operation of data access infrastructure by streamlining system integration and certification, providing […]
Videamp, the software and data solutions company powering the convergence of linear TV and digital advertising, has acquired IronGrid Data Services, based in Boston, Massachusetts. Party to the acquisition, VideoAmp has launched its Data & Emerging Products Division to enable technology platforms, marketers and media companies to make decisions about how television viewership across all […]
UFC Fight Pass has confirmed it will live-stream events from the new Karate Combat promotion, beginning with next Saturday’s event which takes place in Athens, Greece. Karate Combat features elite level karateka competing in a specially designed slope-sided fighting pit, using full contact (aka full-force) rules. That ruleset, combined with the promotion’s fondness for exotic […]
Virgin Media customers will soon be able to keep track of exactly when technicians are due to arrive through real-time updates on their smartphone, tablet or computer. The new service will provide customers with important appointment details, starting with a reminder the day before, and continuing with live updates on the day of the appointment […]
The number of UK subscriptions to streaming services such as Netflix has overtaken those to traditional pay-TV for the first time, marking a major shift in the UK’s viewing habits, according to findings in regulator Ofcom’s Media Nations report, a comprehensive study of major trends in the UK’s television, radio and audio sectors. The amount […]
Google has been fined a record €4.34 billion over Android which the European Commission claims has been used to “cement its dominant position” in search. Google’s parent Alphabet has been given 90 days to change its business practices or face further penalties of up to 5 per cent of its average global daily turnover. It […]
Free-to-air TV channels are the most widely watched by viewers on pay-TV platforms in Spain. A study from Mediaset reveals that an average of 67.9 per cent of pay-TV viewers watched FTA TV channels from January 1st to July 15th. In that period, TV consumption via pay-TV platforms amounted to 23 per cent of the […]
Arabsat president and CEO Khalid Balkheyour firmly denies that his satellite operation is involved in the distribution of pirated signals from beoutQ over the Middle East. Various recent statements from FIFA and other sports bodies have formally complained about the pirated signals, but Arabsat is now demanding an apology from FIFA. Arabsat says it wrote […]