UK telecom regulator Ofcom has published in its consultation documentation that Amazon’s proposed constellation of broadband satellites (‘Project Kuiper’) is developing technical solutions for Direct-to-Device (D2D) cellular connectivity. The Ofcom consultation document is designed to assess future spectrum demand. Ofcom, in its consultation questionnaire, asked whether Kuiper “had an interest in offering D2D services or […]

Amazon recently acquired certain assets of MX Player, including the MX Player app, a free streaming OTT service in India. With this acquisition, Amazon is merging two of India’s most popular free AVoD services – MX Player and Amazon miniTV into one service – Amazon MX Player. In September, over 250 million unique users accessed the […]

Prime Video streaming service is set to increase the number of ads viewers see whilst using the streaming service if they don’t pay the extra £2.99/$3.99 fee to remove them. Amazon will roll out more adverts on the service early in the new year, according to a report in the FT. It’s unclear just how […]

TiVo has published its Q2 2024 Video Trends Report which reveals that US consumers are pulling back on entertainment spending as the industry works to rebalance and bundle its current entertainment offerings. In 2020, entertainment consumption and spending surged as the pandemic limited consumer activities outside of the home. Now the pendulum is swinging back […]

Airtel Digital TV has partneredwith Amazon Prime to offer live TV and Prime Lite benefits as part of its new Ultimate and Amazon Prime Lite plan. Subscribers of the plan can access entertainment from Prime Video on two devices in HD quality, in addition to enjoying linear TV channels. Prime Lite subscription also includes other […]

Prime Video has revealed the official trailer for Freedom, the new film directed by Mélanie Laurent (The Mad Women’s Ball), starring Lucas Bravo (Emily in Paris), Léa Luce Busato (Alex Hugo) and Yvan Attal (Ad Vitam). Rasha Bukvic (Breathe), Steve Tientcheu (Aka), David Murgia (The Night of the 12th), Léo Chalié (Reign Supreme) and Slimane […]

Prime Video has debuted the trailer and official key art for Citadel: Diana, the highly anticipated Italian series born from the world of Citadel, produced by Cattleya – part of ITV Studios – and Amazon MGM Studios, and executive produced by the Russo Brothers’ AGBO. Citadel: Diana stars Matilda De Angelis (The Undoing) in a […]

Kantar, the marketing insights and analytics company, has found that marketer confidence in X (formerly Twitter) has declined significantly in the past year, driven by brand safety concerns and poor perceptions around innovation and trust. The findings are included in Kantar’s Media Reactions 2024 report, an annual study exploring the evolving media landscape. The study, […]

Ateme, a player in video compression technology, has announced a strategic partnership with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to bring their compression expertise to the Graviton platform with their Titan product line. By adopting AWS Graviton processors, Ateme will bring the benefits of ARM-based CPU architectures to AWS media customers with up to 60 per cent […]