Vevo, the music video network, has announced an expansion of its partnership with Amazon to launch new Vevo FAST channels on Amazon Freevee in both the UK and Germany. The announcement comes following an initial launch on Freevee in the US in December. Vevo’s flagship linear channel, Vevo Pop, will be available in both markets […]
Surfshark has released its Global Internet Value Index (IVi), which uncovers countries overpaying for their Internet connection plan. The UK is in 20th place in the world with an index 96 per cent higher than the global average. Oceania and Europe lead the world in Internet value, while Internet affordability in North America, South America, […]
Cambridge-based Stratospheric Platforms wants to cover most of the UK with 5G access and using unmanned high-flying drones to achieve coverage. It is also seeking fresh financing of £130 million (€147.3m) to build the drone fleet. Stratospheric, backed by Deutsche Telekom, has already raised £70 million. The company says that just one of its drones […]
Cerillion, an innovator in B2B digital monetisation and customer management solutions, has announced the go-live of its Enterprise BSS solution for Neos Networks, the UK business telecoms providers. Deployed as a private cloud SaaS solution, Cerillion implemented its pre-integrated product suite to streamline Neos Networks’ complete lead-to-cash lifecycle for a wide range of wholesale, enterprise […]
US aerospace giant Lockheed Martin is looking to build a UK satellite factory. The news emerged at an event organised with the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) and RTC North to “provide an opportunity for over 100 attendees from suppliers across the North East to fulfil their potential in delivering defence capabilities and contribute to […]
Following a successful Partnership in 2022, the LTA has renewed its Production Partnership with Whisper and Little Dot Sport for 2023, as LTA remains focused on opening up tennis to new audiences in the UK. Whisper and Little Dot Sport will once again combine their skills to produce and distribute a variety of high-impact content […]
UK communications regulator Ofcom has given MangataEdge, part of Mangata Networks, a licence to operate satellite-based frequencies for fixed and mobile communications. Mangata has already announced it will build a factory to build its satellites in Prestwick, Scotland, and which will employ up to 575 jobs. The company raised $33 million (€30.9m) in funding a […]
A police operation that disrupts websites illegally providing access to copyrighted content stopped £6 million of advertising revenue from UK traffic reaching these websites in 2022. Operation Creative was launched by the Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit (PIPCU) at City of London Police in 2013 to tackle the funding of illegal streaming websites, which have […]
Picking Scabs, See-Saw Films’ and writer/showrunner Samantha Strauss’ joint venture, has announced that Louise Gough will join the production company as Executive Producer. Gough, who will report to Strauss and Liz Watts, See-Saw Film’s Head of Film and Television (Aus), joins Picking Scabs from Screen Australia where she was Head of Development. This new appointment […]
The rocket and satellite industry know all about Florida’s long history of launches, as well as the importance of the French Guiana facility at Kourou or the Russian Cosmodrome at Baikonur. But there are dozens of other would-be launch sites now emerging, and the UK is determined to tap into at least some of these […]