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BT accelerates net zero targets

BT Group has unveiled plans to curb its carbon emissions sooner than planned, by bringing forward its net zero target from 2045 to 2030 for its own operational emissions and 2040 for its supply chain and customer emissions. The new target comes as a landmark UN climate report has warned that global heating is irreversible, […]

September 20, 2021

OneWeb successfully launches 34 satellites

OneWeb, the Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite communications company, has confirmed its successful launch of 34 satellites by Arianespace from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. This latest successful launch brings OneWeb’s total in-orbit constellation to 322 satellites, nearly half of OneWeb’s entire 648 LEO satellite fleet that will deliver high-speed, low-latency global connectivity. The successful […]

September 15, 2021

BT Sport Films unveils autumn schedule

BT Sport has announced the autumn line-up from its award-winning BT Sport Films series, with four new in-house and commissioned documentaries premiering over ten weeks. The four new films complete a compelling 2021 from BT Sport Films with six new in-house documentaries broadcast across the year. These include Make It Or Die trying: The Frank […]

September 15, 2021

BT trials Quantum Key Distribution

BT reports it has achieved a “new milestone” in the development of quantum-secure communications by conducting the what it claims is the world’s first trial of Quantum Key Distribution (QKD), a method of ultra-secure communications, over hollow core fibre cable, from Southampton University spin out, Lumenisity Limited. This summer, BT kicked off trials of a […]

September 13, 2021

Global broadcast company licenses Blackbird’s core video tech

Blackbird plc (AIM:BIRD, OTCQX:BBRDF), the developer and seller of the market-leading cloud native video editing platform, Blackbird, today announces that a global broadcast company has licensed its core video technology, Blackbird, including its patented video codec technology, for a 5 year period. This is the first OEM licensing deal of its kind for Blackbird and […]

September 7, 2021

Ofcom: “Broadband complaints hit 3-year high”

Ofcom has published the latest data on the complaints it receives about the UK’s major home phone, broadband, mobile and pay-TV firms. The quarterly report reveals the number of complaints made to Ofcom between January and March this year about telecoms and pay-TV providers with a market share over 1.5 per cent. It therefore covers […]

September 6, 2021

CNN ending Freesat, BT, Virgin carriage

CNN International has confirmed that it will cease broadcasting on the Freesat, BT TV and Virgin Media platforms from September 1st. The news channel will continue to air on Sky, and via its own live stream offering. The company confirmed the news on Twitter, saying: “As of 1 September, CNN International will be available to […]

August 26, 2021

BT Sport to air Hero Caribbean Premier League cricket

BT Sport has secured a multi-year agreement to broadcast every ball of the 2021 Hero Caribbean Premier League. The three-week cricket tournament starts on August 26th. The broadcast adds to BT Sport’s multi-year agreement to broadcast all domestic and international cricket from the West Indies, which has already seen South Africa, Australia and Pakistan tour […]

August 25, 2021By Nik Roseveare

C4 airs audio described ad-breaks

Channel 4, in partnership with the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB), has teamed up with Airbnb, BT Broadband, Experian, P&G brands (Gillette & Oral B) and Virgin Media to create a multi-brand ‘A.D. Ad-Break’ takeover to demonstrate the importance of Audio Description (AD) – an additional commentary that verbally explains what’s happening on […]

August 24, 2021

Crozier confirmed as BT Chairman

Following earlier speculation, BT Group plc has confirmed that Adam Crozier will succeed Jan du Plessis as Chairman. Crozier will join the Board from November and will become Chairman with effect from December 1st 2021 when du Plessis will retire. Crozier is an experienced chairman with significant operational and transformational experience in both public and […]

August 17, 2021By Colin Mann