Cisco, Qwilt and Digital Alpha (DA) say they are “disrupting the commercial Content Delivery Network (CDN) market” with a new as-a-service offering based on Open Caching, with BT as the flagship customer. Streaming content is increasingly delivered in 4K and soon 8K, supporting augmented and virtual reality (AR/VR) applications across multiple devices, over wireline and […]
BT Group has announced that the New Bailey development, close to Manchester city centre, will be its primary new home in the city and provide a future-fit workplace for thousands of colleagues. The new building will complete the New Bailey scheme, close to the city’s Spinningfields business district. It will become a key hub for […]
As previously reported, BT is offering its TV and broadband customers a six months free subscription to BritBox. The SVoD service from the BBC and ITV offers a library of classic British-skewed box sets and movies, with titles such as The Office, Downton Abbey, Top Gear and Doctor Who. The platform also launched its first […]
Nokia has extended its long-term strategic relationship with BT into the 5G arena, following its selection as a 5G RAN vendor for the UK operator. The selection of Nokia follows the telco’s decision to exclude Huawei from its 5G network following guidance from the National Cyber Security Centre. As part of the deal, which will make […]
The Premier League is facing rebate demands from its Asian broadcast partners whose viewership windows are being impacted by the staggering of kick-off times in the UK to ensure all games can be televised without clashes whilst fans remain unable to attend. Broadcasters in the biggest Asian markets are preparing to demand millions of pounds […]
The BT Sport is now available on Fire TV, Android TV, Roku streaming players and Roku TV models. The launch comes in time for the new Premier League season which kicks off this weekend, with BT Sport also bringing fans coverage of Premiership Rugby, MotoGP, Boxing, WWE and UFC, the BT Sport App is now […]
Ofcom has published the latest league tables on the complaints it receives about the UK’s major broadband, mobile and pay-TV firms. The quarterly report reveals the number of complaints made to Ofcom between January and March this year – capturing data from the first two weeks of the Covid-19 lockdown. All providers with a stable […]
EE has launched The Full Works Plan for iPhone, providing the best of Apple and EE exclusively in one plan. The new plan allows EE customers in the UK to receive inclusive access to Apple Music, Apple TV+ and Apple Arcade for the duration of their plan, as well as unlimited mobile data and the […]
Nevion, a provider of virtualized media production solutions, announced today that it is involved in the External Stakeholder Board (ESB) of the EU-funded 5G-VINNI (“5G Verticals INNovation Infrastructure”) initiative headed by Norwegian telecom service provider Telenor. Working together with project member British Telecom (BT), the UK-based telecom service provider, Nevion is helping evaluate the performance […]
BT is kicking off its 2020/21 season launch campaign with a host of notable football names featuring in its television advert, which it says showcases “the breadth of content and flexibility available to customers on BT TV”. BT TV is the only place where fans will be able to switch seamlessly between BT Sport, Sky […]