Advertised broadband speeds which are only available to 10 per cent of customers are “misleading” and don’t reflect the experience of many users, particularly those in remote rural areas, the Local Government Association (LGA) has said. Current rules allow providers to promote “up to” download speeds if they can demonstrate that just 10 per cent […]
Pay-TV platform bobbles.tv, which delivers TV channels from all over the world has been launched. The service, which can be received throughout Europe via satellite and Internet, is targeting around 14 million people from Asia, Latin America and Africa living and working in Europe. For the launch bobbles.tv will offer 25 Chinese and Indonesian TV […]
US OTT TV service Sling TV has launched NFL Network and NFL RedZone on its live and on-demand Internet TV service. All Sling Blue customers will automatically receive NFL Network, while NFL RedZone is available to Sling Blue customers as part of the ‘Sports Extra’ add-on pack for an additional $5 per month. “The addition […]
EchoStar’s CEO Mike Dugan, speaking at the company’s Q2 earnings call, said EchoStar’s speciality products division, ETC, was discontinuing its SAGE home automation and security products. “Although the product had a number of ground-breaking features, a dramatic change in the competitive landscape, heavily impacted our chance of this product producing a significant positive long-term results […]
Premium content delivery specialist Vubiquity has announced a significant multi-year extension to its wholesale content supply chain contract with Sky. The exclusive deal means Vubiquity will ensure Sky’s content is managed and delivered promptly to the catch-up and on-demand services of Sky’s wholesale customers in the UK such as Virgin Media, TalkTalk and BT. Vubiquity […]
Massive Interactive has announced that Massive AXIS, its Video App UI solution, has been selected by DAZN to deploy its new live and on-demand sports streaming service. Massive AXIS is enabling DAZN to provide sports fans with unlimited access to a wide array of live sports on one streaming service with over 8,000 live events […]
The Brazilian time zone is not helping TV ratings for the Olympic Games. Interest may build as the events unfold, but so far, UK audiences are down almost one third when compared with the London Games in 2012 (linear viewing is 24.6 million cumulatively from the Opening Ceremony through to 2am Monday morning, whilst for […]
Hulu, the US online streaming service co-owned by Time Warner, Disney, 21st Century Fox and NBCUniversal, is dropping all free TV content that it was initially known for as it works on an online television service to rival cable TV. Free TV episodes – typically the most recent four or five episodes from a show’s […]
Charlie Ergen’s DISH Network has raised a net $2.73 billion (€2.46bn) in new Convertible Notes, with a 3.375 per cent rate due for repayment in 2026. Dish says the funds will be used for general purposes and “which may include wireless and spectrum-related strategic transactions”. The exercise had already been announced on August 2nd, but […]
Ten leading pay-TV services in the US lost 663,000 subscribers between them in the second quarter of 2016, according to informitv Multiscreen Index. The second quarter is generally a weak season for television subscriptions but some operators managed to reduce their customer losses. These ten services lost 437,100 television customers in twelve months, which was […]