Mark Mulready, Vice President of Cyber Services at anti-piracy technology specialist Irdeto, has criticised the emergence of an app on Popcorn Time, the platform that provides a free ’alternative’ to subscription-based video streaming services, offering free, family entertainment during the lockdown. “Piracy sites across the globe are profiting from the backlog of content being made […]
The International Trade Commission (ITC) has again backed TiVo in a long-running patents dispute against Comcast. The ITC issued its verdict as a “final determination” that Comcast’s X1 platform had infringed the TiVo patents. “This is yet another win for TiVo – our second victory against Comcast this year. The Federal Circuit’s decision on March […]
The UK’s independent network sector has been praised for its significant contribution as the country was revealed as one of the fastest growers in Europe for delivering fibre networks to homes and businesses. The UK is revealed as one of five of the fastest-growing markets in Europe for making new connections in the FTTH Council […]
Satellite TV and streaming media firm DISH Network has announced a multi-year agreement with network software provider Mavenir to deliver cloud-native OpenRAN software for its new 5G network. DISH, which provides entertainment services via satellite-based DISH TV, as well as streaming services under the Sling TV brand, intends to become a US-wide facilities-based provider of […]
Covid-19 is having a significant impact on mobile operator planning in relation to 5G services in 2020. Its rapid spread continues to disrupt economies around the world, with the magnitude of the effects of this disruption likely to grow while there are no signs of any short-term solution to fixing the problem. Research firm Strategy […]
The Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee of the UK’s lower legislative chamber the House of Commons has widened the scope of its inquiry into Broadband and the road to 5G, inviting evidence submissions on the impact of Coronavirus on the roll-out of full-fibre and 5G infrastructure, including any differences being experienced in different parts […]
A £250 million (€287m) TV and film studio plan set to transform an abandoned railway works in the southeast England town of Ashford, Kent has been approved by the local council. The Ashford International Studios scheme, aimed at attracting the likes of Netflix and Amazon, has been given the green light following a planning meeting […]
Following what it describes as a thorough investigation, the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has cleared the £2 billion (€2.2bn) merger between Cellnex UK and Arqiva’s telecommunication infrastructure division, finding that the deal does not raise competition concerns in the supply of large telecommunication infrastructure such as mobile towers and pylons. It suggests that […]
A study by the EBU – Digital Transformation Initiative Casebook – An Illustrated Framework – the first half of a two-part report, sets out what digital transformation looks and feels like at the operational level inside Public Service Media (PSM) organisations. The aim is to inform and inspire other PSM on their own transformation journeys. […]
UK comms regulator Ofcom has published its latest weekly research on how people are receiving and acting on news and information during the current Coronavirus pandemic. The report summarises the findings from week three of the ‘lockdown’, including how people’s experiences and behaviour has changed since the previous weeks. It shows, among other things, that: […]