Glasgow is the UK’s most unequal city for broadband connections – with its fastest area 866 times the speed of its slowest, according to analysis of 16,500 consumer speed tests by Uswitch, the comparison and switching service. The highest average download speed measured in Glasgow was 840.4Mbps, logged in the Milton district. Yet just four […]
Indielab, the UK’s accelerator company for content businesses, has announced five new appointments to its evolving team. This news comes ahead of a busy 2023, which will not see Indielab look to expand its programme of national and regional Accelerators and Export Labs for TV, games, film, and animation companies, and also launch its first […]
Beyond Rights has announced a raft of new deals in Benelux that will see more than 600 hours – mostly comprising long-running property, reality and engineering content – land with broadcasters across the region. SBS in Belgium has acquired a 200-hour package featuring Pooch Perfect Australia, two seasons each of Highway Thru Hell, Heavy Rescue: […]
Vodafone has begun the latest phase of its OpenRAN deployment strategy to install the exciting technology on 16 mobile masts providing connectivity to customers in Exmouth and Torquay. The project will take place over the next few months. The deployment is the first time in Europe that OpenRAN has been deployed in an urban environment, […]
myco, a web3 video streaming, funding, production, and distribution platform where viewers earn from watching content and creators earn from creating content, have announces a first look partnership with The Bridge, a leading international film and TV co-production accelerator working with the UK, US and Asian creative industries. The deal, penned by myco Chief Content […]
US electronics manufacturer RCA has made a major move into the UK market with a range of low price TVs powered by the Roku operating system. RCA’s new Roku TVs are available immediately in three different screen sizes (32”, 40” and 55”) via Amazon and other select retailers, with prices starting at £129.99 for the […]
Global sales of British TV programmes returned to growth in 2021/22 after last year’s pandemic-related decline, according to Pact’s TV Exports report. Total UK TV exports grew by 7 per cent year-on-year to reach a record £1.52 billion (€1.76bn), and by 3 per cent compared with 2019/20 levels. “After a period of huge uncertainty during […]
The Viaplay streaming service in now live in the UK. Anders Jensen, Viaplay Group President and CEO, commented: “Viaplay has so much to offer UK viewers. Starting today, subscribers can enjoy original storytelling that has won prizes around the world, attractive third-party content from all Nordic countries and beyond, and top-class local and international sports […]
The UK’s advertising market will grow to reach £35 billion (€40.3bn) by the end of this year, according to the latest Advertising Association/WARC Expenditure report, based on direct data from UK media owners across the entire landscape. Although the 9.2 per cent growth rate is strong, it constitutes a downgrade of 1.7 percentage points from July’s […]
Specialist corporate finance advisory firm, Shaw & Co, has launched the latest of its in-depth sector reports designed to offer business leaders a sector overview and benchmarking tool to aid decision-making and assist in their investment planning. The report, The Shaw Report – Technology Media & Telecoms Industry Annual Review October 2022, covers the Technology, […]