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Nielsen launches mobile video performance testing tool

Global performance management company Nielsen has launched Nielsen Mobile Video Performance, which it says is the industry’s first and most complete video performance evaluation solution for IP-based video content delivery, aiming to provide clear understanding of network performance impacting consumer experiences. Developed for mobile operators, Internet service providers, device manufacturers and content providers, Nielsen Mobile […]

December 11, 2017

Poland: Showmax, T-Mobile partnership

Showmax and T-Mobile have partnered to give all T-Mobile customers in Poland 90 days’ access to Showmax at no charge. The deal is valid for all customers, both prepaid and contract, from December 7th. T-Mobile customers subscribed to Supernet Video have the added benefit that data used to watch Showmax content will not be deducted […]

December 8, 2017

Lobby groups attack EU online rights proposal

Representatives of European public service media and consumers have urged the European Parliament to reject the Proposal for a Regulation on Online Broadcasting during the plenary vote scheduled for December 12th, suggesting that they want to bring European audiovisual content closer to consumers in the EU. The European Broadcasting Organisation (EBU) and the Bureau Européen […]

December 7, 2017By Colin Mann

Consumer media usage at 50hrs weekly in 2017

Global consumer media usage & exposure, including all digital and traditional media combined, is on pace to grow an estimated 1.9 per cent to an average of 50 hours per week (HPW) in 2017, according to research from PQ Media. Consumer time spent with media worldwide is projected to increase another 2.5 per cent in 2018, […]

December 6, 2017

Finland is Europe’s most data hungry country

Kagan, a media research group within S&P Global Market Intelligence, estimates that 4G adoption in Finland reached 56 per cent of total mobile subscribers in 2016, with customers in the Nordic country using more data per capita than in any European country due to the availability of low-priced, unlimited access to sophisticated mobile networks. The […]

December 6, 2017

KDDI, Samsung 5G demo success

Asian telco KDDI and Samsung Electronics have successfully completed the first 5G demonstration on a moving train traveling at over 100 km/hour (over 60 mph). This was achieved along a section of track where the distance between two stations was approximately 1.5km (nearly 1 mile). During the demonstration, the companies achieved a successful downlink and […]

December 5, 2017

Mobile TV sees 11% growth in Italy

Mobile TV is the TV distribution platform that has seen the highest growth in Italy over the past two years, according to the 2017 Censis report on the state of communication and media.  In fact, Mobile TV doubled the number of users, going from 11.2 per cent in 2015 to 22.1 per cent. DTT remains […]

December 4, 2017From Branislav Pekic in Rome

Mobile services 80% of telco growth over next 5 years

The contribution of mobile services to the growth of the global telecommunications services market over the 2016-2021 period is predited to be 80.4 per cent (+€ 64.1 billion in 5 years out of a total of + €79.7 billion) by iDate. In the wireline segment, internet revenue is being largely offset by the rapid and […]

December 4, 2017

Intel, Warner Bros develop AV Entertainment Experience

Technology firm Intel is to collaborate with entertainment company Warner Bros to develop in-cabin, immersive experiences in autonomous vehicle (AV) settings. Called the AV Entertainment Experience, the pair are creating a first-of-its-kind proof-of-concept car to demonstrate what entertainment in the vehicle could look like in the future. As a member of the Intel 100-car test […]

December 1, 2017By Colin Mann

CJEU: Cloud programmes must have copyright authorisation

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has ruled in the case of VCAST Limited v RTI SpA that the making available of copies of television programmes saved in the cloud must be authorised by the holder of the copyright or related rights, as the service constitutes a retransmission of the programmes concerned. […]

November 30, 2017By Colin Mann