Aerospace giant Northrop Grumman is paying $9.2 billion (€7.7bn) to buy satellite builder Orbital ATK in an all-cash deal. The transaction is expected to close early next year. Orbital ATK makes rockets as well as satellite and space components. It also has a military side to its business supplying missile and armaments. Indeed, 27 percent […]
Italian fibre-optic company Open Fiber has expanded its existing cooperation with telecom operator Wind Tre for the development of FTTH broadband services. The agreement, already active in an initial 13 cities, has now been extended to a further 258 Italian cities included in the so-called clusters A and B (the areas of the country in […]
Amazon has agreed a deal with 20th Century Fox to bring the TV adaptation of The Exorcist and the Emmy Award winning series This Is Us to its Prime Video streaming service. This deal covers more than 200 territories. “This Is Us is one of the best new TV series, beloved by viewers and acclaimed […]
Millicom has launched its next generation TV service, Tigo ONE TV, in Colombia, and the international telco plans to gradually deploy the service to all of its Latin American markets. Tigo ONE TV integrates traditional linear television content with OTT platforms such as HBO, Crackle, Fox, YouTube, and others, as well as VoD. The service […]
FOX Networks Group Asia has announced the launch of FOX+ in Taiwan. The streaming service offers a content library consisting of the latest TV series, first-run Hollywood blockbusters, hit Chinese movies, Asian series, variety shows, live sports and documentaries. FOX+ is collaborating with Chunghwa Telecom, the largest telecom company in Taiwan, to launch the service […]
Altice will provide 4K HDR set top boxes to its customer base after agreeing a deal with ARRIS. The two companies will jointly develop the new STBs, which will feature 4K resolution and high dynamic range (HDR) imaging capabilities, allowing better contrast, higher brightness and a wider range of colours. The new devices will be […]
Verimatrix, the specialist in securing and enhancing revenue for network-connected devices, has announced that Dish TV India has selected Verimatrix to provide cardless security for its DTH service offerings. Dish TV is Asia’s largest DTH video service provider and is the only DTH operator to operate through three satellites in space. The Verimatrix Video Content […]
OONA, the company behind the OTT OONA Mobile App that can deliver content and live TV to millions of people in developing countries via 3G and 4G connectivity, has fulfilled a key milestone by signing a partnership with Telkom Indonesia. Both companies share the vision and drive of offering high quality free entertainment to emerging […]
Irdeto, a specialist in digital platform security, has announced details of a new three year deal with beIN, the dominant sports and entertainment broadcaster in the region. Building on a long term relationship with Irdeto, beIN will be using Irdeto’s world-leading Conditional Access Solution and security services for the delivery of live sports and entertainment […]
Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland has announced a partnership with Wochit, the cloud-based social video creation platform, as part of the media company’s digital video-driven growth strategy. Mediengruppe RTL chose Wochit’s platform to enable rapid creation of optimised, short-form social and online video throughout the workflows of its many brands like RTL, RTL2, RTL Next and n-tv. […]