Sky has invested $5 million in the US advertising technology firm Sharethrough as part of its strategy to drive innovation by partnering with emerging technology companies. Sharethrough is a specilaist in ‘native advertising’, offering software that enables publishers to monetise their sites and apps with adverts that are non-interruptive and stylistically similar to the surrounding […]
European entertainment and Internet of Things research from Parks Associates shows more than 40 per cent of broadband households in Germany and Spain own a smart TV, while UK adoption of smart TVs is 33 per cent. The research also reveals
Netflix will release its first feature-length movie next year after striking a deal with the Weinstein Company. The sequel to Ang Lee’s Oscar-winning martial arts drama Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon will be shown on Netflix and in IMAX cinemas in August. “The movie-going experience is evolving quickly and profoundly, and Netflix is unquestionably at the […]
Akamai Technologies has released its Second Quarter, 2014 State of the Internet Report. Based on data gathered from the Akamai Intelligent Platform, the report provides insight into key global statistics such as connection speeds and broadband adoption across fixed and mobile networks, overall attack traffic, global 4K readiness, IPv4 exhaustion and IPv6 implementation, and traffic […]
The SABER Project has called upon the members of the EU and their regional governments to implement co-ordinated Regional Voucher Schemes to encourage awareness and take-up of satellite broadband solutions to cut the Digital Divide across Europe’s most rural regions. According to June 2014 Digital Agenda Scoreboard up to 6 million EU houses are still […]
The announcement that Madrid-based Hispasat is to back the use of SES-developed SAT>IP was due to be made at IBC, and the releases prepared but something got in the way and the press conference scrubbed. But now Hispasat’s president Elena Pisonero has made the deal official. SAT>IP turns a conventional satellite feed into an IP […]
NSR’s Satellite Operator Financial Analysis (SOFA) 4th Edition finds that operational efficiency is more important than ever for satellite operators, with many taking a multi-pronged approach to increasing productivity. This trend is not limited to acquisitions, but also extends to HTS payloads being launched. “We are seeing a fundamental transformation within the satellite telecommunications industry. […]
There are plenty of highly competitive suppliers of satellite capacity operating above Romania, but now the country wants its own craft. Razvan Cotovelea, minister for Communication and Information Society in the Romanian government, says it intends to acquire a satellite which would offer communication services for both the private and public sectors. “We will start […]
Eurosport has acquired the exclusive TV and digital rights for MotoGP in the Netherlands as well as pay-TV and digital rights in Belgium for four seasons, running from 2015 to 2018. All rights are exclusive for Eurosport in Belgium regarding the Dutch language for the 2016 to 2018 seasons. The deal with Dorna Sports provides […]
The two scientists who invented the Organic Light Emitting Diodes, commonly known as OLEDs, and seen in giant TV sets, smartphones and tablets, are in the running for a Nobel Prize for chemistry. The Awards will be announced on October 8th, and the Intellectual Property & Science unit of Thomson Reuters has studied the probable […]