Netgem has posted a 30 per cent growth in subscribers – direct and non-direct – reaching a total of 363,000 customers in 2021. The company, which attributes the rise to the development of its content-as-a-service activity, is forecasting 500,000 subscribers by the end of 2022. Netgem’s main markets are the Nordics, UK and France. In […]
An Omani scientific satellite will be carried and launched from Virgin Orbit’s LauncherOne rocket when it makes its first launch from Cornwall in the UK later this year. The Omani payload, developed by Earth observation specialist Poland-based SatRevolution, will be put into low Earth orbit to collect climate data. The mission is the follow-on to […]
The UK government-approved regulatory and competition authority for the broadcasting, telecommunications and postal industries (Ofcom), has recently ruled that people should be able to switch telecom providers easily in order to take advantage of the range of services available. The regulator stresses that “easier switching allows people to shop around with confidence to find the […]
Sky Kids has announced live-action, comedy drama mini-series, Little Darlings, adapted from the bestselling children’s book of the same name by renowned author Dame Jacqueline Wilson. Starring chart-topping artists, Lemar and Jamelia, Little Darlings is a four-part mini-series about 11-year-old Destiny who longs to meet her dad… it just so happens that he is rock […]
Cyber Group Studios, a producer and distributor of animated series, best known for its award-winning series Gigantosaurus, has acquired a majority ownership stake in A Productions, a UK-based animation production studio. A Productions is a creative-led, multi-discipline studio based in Bristol, UK, with a strong reputation for producing award-winning children’s content for many major UK […]
Channel 4 will become the UK’s exclusive free-to-air TV home of the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship in a multi-year broadcast agreement beginning this season. Every race in the Championship’s biggest-ever 16-race calendar will be aired live on Channel 4 and All4, or on Channel 4 Sport’s YouTube channel. Race highlights will also be […]
Mustafa Suleyman, the co-founder of Google’s DeepMind AI lab has left Alphabet to join venture capital firm Greylock Partners, following a turbulent tenure. Suleyman will be a venture partner at Greylock, advising early-stage companies and investing in artificial intelligence start-ups. Suleyman had previously been vice president for AI product management and policy at Google, joining […]
According to Richard Broughton, Director at Ampere Analysis, the UK government’s plan to freeze the BBC licence fee for two years – and to look at the abolition of the fee in 2027 – is just the latest in a number of major structural and political challenges facing the UK television sector. In a blog […]
The European Space Agency’s (ESA) director general Josef Aschbacher has asked its 22-members to stump up an initial €750 million to fund a European low-Earth orbiting satellite constellation in order to secure broadband connectivity. The proposal, which will be discussed officially at ESA’s ministerial conference later this year, would be part of a wider budget […]
Heritage and Sacred Sites have launched on Freeview UK via the Channelbox platform. Heritage+ is entirely dedicated to world heritage, historical, cultural and tourism sites, whilst S+ is a channel that takes viewers on a journey around the globe to discover the most inspiring sacred sites. Both channels are available immediately through Channelbox, available on […]