nexfibre, the next-generation fibre operator, has announced it is connecting over 2,000 premises in Loughborough to its full-fibre network. The investment is part of the business’ wider plan to reach over 22,000 premises across Leicestershire, in partnership with its build partner and anchor tenant, Virgin Media O2. The investment in Loughborough demonstrates the progress nexfibre […]
EE has now successfully deployed over 600 street-level mobile sites, known as small cells, across the UK, delivering on its commitment to add hundreds of new sites to the 200 announced just over a year ago. A further 411 small cell installations are now delivering enhanced capacity in high demand areas, including in major cities […]
UK Asian Film Festival has unveiled its programme for its 25th anniversary edition. Running at venues across London, Leicester and Glasgow from May 4th-14th , the festival is presented by Tongues on Fire and is supported by the BFI and Arts Council England. The ‘Celebrating Our Stories’ theme of the festival’s silver jubilee year will […]
On October 1st, a bespoke TV campaign, created in partnership between Sky Media and credit card and payment services provider, Barclaycard Payments, aired for the first time during Saturday’s Premier League coverage. The West Ham vs Wolves game saw 954k viewers at its peak at 6pm as West Ham scored the first goal of the […]
Kleos Space is moving into Space Park Leicester, in the UK, which is already a world-leading hub for research, enterprise and education in space and earth observation. Kleos is a ‘space-powered’ Radio Frequency Reconnaissance Data-as-a-Service and Mission-as-a-Service provider. Kleos has operations in Luxembourg, the US and UK. The new UK facility will provide access to […]
The Premier League has extended its coverage in the India with a renewal of its media rights arrangement with Star India. As a result of the contract extension between the English top-flight football league and the India-facing subsidiary of the The Walt Disney Corporation, Star India will continue to broadcast Premier League matches until 2025. […]
BT is partnering with local authorities in towns and cities across the UK, including London, Leeds and Birmingham, to boost mobile coverage by mounting small cell antennas on street furniture such as lampposts and CCTV columns. The technology and telecoms firm is also using its own assets, including phone boxes and its Street Hub 2.0 […]
BT Sport has announced Rugby Stories, a new strand of documentaries around each of the thirteen clubs in the 2021/22 Gallagher Premiership. Each club will have a dedicated episode which typically airs on BT Sport on Friday evenings directly following a live match from the Gallagher Premiership or Heineken Champions Cup on BT Sport. Rugby […]
From February 2nd to 20th, audiences anywhere will be able to watch Leicester Comedy Festival – the UK’s biggest pure comedy festival via streaming service NextUp. Described as the ‘the Netflix of UK stand-up’, NextUp is available on web, mobile and smart TVs worldwide – bringing the Leicester Comedy Festival to more people than ever […]
ITV has agreed a deal to air live Gallagher Premiership Rugby matches and a weekly highlights programme up until the end of the 2023-24 season. This season, four Premiership Rugby matches will be shown on ITV, in addition to the Final which will be on ITV4. The coverage kicks off with Sale Sharks taking on […]