At the Mobile World Congress, Discovery Communications announced it has created a new exclusive Olympic Games partnership opportunity for mobile operators to deliver every moment of the action to their customers through the launch of the first “Official Mobile Broadcaster” product. As the exclusive TV and multimedia rights holder for 50 countries and territories in […]
Netflix CEO Reed Hastings has suggested that with increasing competition in the online entertainment marketplace, all content consumed will be on the Internet, with Netflix representing a small slice of that. Hastings made his assertion during a keynote session at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona in conversation with BBC reporter Francine Stock. “The way that […]
At Mobile World Congress, the GSMA published a report outlining the mobile industry’s collective vision and expectations for the 5G era. The new study, ‘The 5G Era: Age of Boundless Connectivity and Intelligent Automation’, is based on an extensive survey of
The number of unique mobile subscribers around the world will surpass 5 billion later this year, according to a new GSMA study. The 2017 global edition of the GSMA’s ‘Mobile Economy’ report reveals that the 5 billion-subscriber milestone will be achieved by mid-year 2017 and will increase to 5.7 billion by the end of the […]
Digital services monetisation specialist CSG Systems International has confirmed that its Ascendon digital services platform will power new ways for UK quad-play operator TalkTalk TV customers to view, browse, rent or buy a wide range of video content, whether at home or on-the-go. TalkTalk chose Ascendon to further elevate its TV offering as a competitive […]
Research from Ampere Analysis shows that Snapchat is unlike any other social media video platform in the audience it attracts and the way it impacts viewing behaviour, offering some clue to the huge valuations being placed on the platform for its impending IPO. Snapchat (and to a lesser degree, Instagram) deliver
The use of 5G to support future Virtual Reality services will be explored by BT and Nokia, as part of a new stream of research. This research will examine how the low latencies and high bandwidths of 5G can be used to maximise the experience of customers watching fully-immersive live sport or entertainment in future […]
A grouping of mobile communications companies has announced collective support for the acceleration of the 5G New Radio (NR) standardisation schedule to enable large-scale trials and deployments as early as 2019. Making the announcement on the eve of Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, AT&T, NTT DOCOMO, SK Telecom, Vodafone, Ericsson, Qualcomm Technologies, BT, Telstra, Korea […]
Dolby Laboratories and LG Electronics have announced that the LG G6 smartphone will be the first mobile phone to support Dolby Vision high dynamic range (HDR) technology. Additionally, Netflix, and Amazon will be the first streaming services to deliver content in Dolby Vision to mobile devices around the world. “We are revolutionizing mobile entertainment for […]
Ericsson, Telstra and The Fox Innovation Lab at 21st Century Fox are to unveil what they describe as a “revolutionary, first of its kind” content delivery solution at Mobile World Congress 2017 that will pre-position personalised, premium movie content directly onto consumer devices, with no impact to device performance or consumer data plans. Participants will […]