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AsiaSat acquires Lightning International

AsiaSat, the satellite solutions provider, has announced its 100 per cent acquisition of Lightning International Limited, the content distribution and media solutions company based in the UK and Hong Kong. The addition of Lightning into the AsiaSat family is a strategic move to expand the company’s services and extend its clients’ reach to global audiences […]

June 20, 2023

TeraVolt Lightning Application for RTL+ and Vodafone GigaTV

The streaming service RTL+ is now available on Vodafone’s TV platform as a pre-installed app. The basis for the GigaTV migration of RTL+ is the Metrological Lightning Framework. TeraVolt has specialised in developments in the Lightning Framework from Metrological (part of Comcast Technology Solutions) for years and was commissioned by RTL and Vodafone for the […]

May 9, 2023

Liberty Global Q4 “delivers in challenging conditions”

Liberty Global has announced its Q4 2022 financial results. Revenue decreased 4.1 per cent YoY on a reported basis and increased 0.8 per cent on a rebased basis to $1.84 billion (€1.74bn). Q4 Adjusted EBITDA decreased 13.4 per cent YoY on a reported basis and 4.4 per cent on a rebased basis to $597.3 million. […]

February 23, 2023

Virgin Media O2 “showing solid foundations” in Q1

Virgin Media O2 has published its Q1 results revealing adjusted revenue of £2.5 billion (€2.9bn) was broadly flat YoY, an improvement compared to the YoY revenue declines in Q1 2021 and Q4 2021. This performance was supported by increased growth in Mobile revenue which was up 0.9 per cent to £1.3 billion, including a 4.9 […]

May 11, 2022

Metrological unveils Lightning Partner Programme

Metrological, a Comcast Company, has unveiled its new Lightning Partner Programme. The programme provides TV operators and content providers a worldwide network of resources to help bring Lightning-based TV apps and UXs to market faster and cost efficiently. The programme will further drive Lightning as a key global standard for TV app and UX development. […]

March 23, 2022