United Cloud, the innovation centre of the United Group, which develops products and services for the telecommunications and media sectors, and Sentinel Holding, a specialist in open-standards open-source software, have signed a Strategic Partnership Agreement and a Master Software Development Agreement. The partners’ shared roadmap will support United Cloud’s development of innovations in open-source, open-standards […]
Netflix has announced the promotion of Elizabeth Stone to the role of chief technology officer (CTO). Stone (pictured) joined the streaming platform back in 2020 to lead data and insights. Additionally Netflix has named Eunice Kim as chief product officer (CPO). Kim was previously head of Netflix’s consumer product innovation team “Elizabeth and Eunice have […]
Parallel Wireless, the US-based Open RAN leader delivering All G, cloud Open RAN solution, has been announced as a winner of the UK’s Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT)’s Open Network Competition (ONE) with its project AURA (Agile Universal Radio Architecture). This will allow the company to expand its UK-based team and develop new […]
Bryan, Garnier & Co, the leading investment bank for European healthcare and technology-related companies has announced the acquisition of NOR Capital, a London-headquartered pan-European Corporate Finance advisory firm focused on the Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) sectors. NOR Capital’s entire team combines with Bryan Garnier’s London office, capitalising on a proven track record of advising […]
Net Insight has announced a reseller partnership with Diversified, the technology solutions provider. The union has been sparked by the signing of a Business Partner Agreement and will be showcased during the upcoming Diversified Global Summit in September. This partnership aims to combine the strengths of both companies: leveraging Diversified’s network and market insights with […]
A group of novelists, including John Grisham and Jonathan Franzen, are joining the suit filed by the US Authors Guild against OpenAI over its chatbot technology. They accuse the company, backed Microsoft, of infringing on their copyrights by using their books to train its popular ChatGPT chatbot. They say that OpenAI’s chatbots can now produce […]
ITV has announced that Simon Farnsworth has been named the company’s new Chief Technology Officer, responsible for leading the group-wide technology strategy, overseeing infrastructure, tech architecture and innovation as part of ITV’s digital transformation, and will sit on the Management Board. Farnsworth will start at ITV in early 2024 and report into the Chief Financial […]
Less than one-in-seven UK digital households (12 per cent) have reduced or plan to reduce their spending on home broadband, mobile connectivity or streaming according to a EY Decoding the digital home study – which surveyed more than 2,500 UK consumers on their attitudes toward technology, media and telecoms experienced in the home. Almost half […]
The Alliance for IP Media Solutions (AIMS) has announced its newest members: Brompton Technology, a specialist in LED video processing for live events, film and television; Nextera Video, experts in the development of ST 2110, NMOS, and IPMX IP cores; and ProITAV USA, an OEM/ODM company committed to the design, development, and manufacturing of digital […]
NOVELSAT, a global player in content connectivity, has announced a significant milestone in content protection. The deployment of BISSCA encryption technology to a media distribution network featuring over 1,000 headends across the globe marks a remarkable achievement in securing valuable media assets from piracy and unauthorised access. This accomplishment was realized through the utilisation of […]