Innovative technologies for displaying TV content without the glass oblong or staid grey box are set to offer consumers a new viewing concept and a “fantastic opportunity” to re-invigorate living room design, according to a report released by Futuresource Consulting. The trend has already taken hold in the Chinese market, which has recently witnessed substantial […]
Sky Arts will broadcast a major music festival live and in Ultra HD for first time next month. The channel will be the exclusive home to the 2017 Isle of Wight festival, with coverage from headline acts including Rod Stewart, Run DMC and Arcade Fire. Once live coverage of the festival begins on June 9th, […]
Over the last three months Vodafone Spain has added 30,000 new TV customers with a year-on-year rise of 245,000 for a total of over 1.3 million, up 23 per cent on the previous year. Vodafone has highlighted the big growth of the convergent packages. The convergent offer Vodafone One ended March with 2.4 million subs, […]
Sky has confirmed the extension of its long-standing partnership with NBCUniversal. The extensive multi-year agreements cover Sky Cinema and NBCUniversal International Networks’ (NBCUIN) suite of channel brands for Sky’s customers in the UK, Ireland, Germany and Austria. The partnership also includes a comprehensive EST and TVoD agreement for Sky Store across those territories. Sky customers […]
American free Internet television service Pluto TV has launched its free VoD offering. This new feature adds to the 100+ curated channels enjoyed by more than 6 million Pluto TV viewers each month. As with Pluto TV’s lean-back television channels, the VoD offering is powered by premium content partnerships with major networks, studios, and digital […]
Two British men have been arrested in Bangkok having been accused of selling online access to illegally streamed football matches. A complaint from the Premier League to local authorities is said to have led to the arrests. The two men, named as William Lloyd and William Robinson, are accused of causing damages worth over £2.2 […]
India’s State Research Organisation (ISRO) is responsible for the design and build on the country’s satellite and rocket-building and to “harness space technology for national development”. It has not had aa good time just lately, beset by scandals and late-delivery of satellites which are needed to support India’s broadcasters and suppliers of bandwidth. India’s government […]
nbn’s Fixed Wireless network has passed a key milestone with the service now available to 500,000 premises in regional and rural Australia. The milestone coincides with new research from UK analyst firm Ovum which reveals that nbn is investing twice as much on regional broadband than our nearest international rival. The nbn Fixed Wireless service […]
Three UK men have been jailed for a total of 10 years and seven months for selling fake DVDs following a successful investigation by Suffolk Trading Standards and the Federation Against Copyright Theft (FACT). Frankie Ansell, of Grove Road, Beccles was jailed for 45 months and his cousin Lee Ansell, of Stonebow Close, Loughborough was […]
Group M, the media investment group, has announced the launch of Motion Content Group, a new global content investment and rights management company, to meet the ever-growing market demand for new economic models for premium content across the entertainment and media marketplace. Motion will invest and partner with the world’s leading talent, producers and distributors […]