Market research firm Infonetics Research has released excerpts from its newanalysis of the fixed broadband market in Brazil, tracking GPON, FTTH, and cable broadband equipment. “Spending on fixed broadband equipment in Brazil stalled in 2013 as telco operators slowed their purchases of new equipment after higher spending the prior two years. However, we expect
Apps World Europe has announced the first of its keynote speakers for the show with a line-up that includes Babak Parviz, Google Glass Pioneer and now Vice President of Amazon. Parviz is one of a number of experts who will present keynote speeches at Apps World Europe, which will move for the first time to […]
In a move that it says underlines its commitment to Brazil, Spanish telco Telefónica and Telefónica Brasil have submitted an offer to Vivendi for the combination of Telefónica Brasil and Global Village Telecom (GVT), which includes a cash consideration of 11.962 billion Brazilian Reais and newly issued shares representing 12 per cent of the share […]
Apple TV sales growth have slowed significantly this year, down to a 12 per cent annual growth rate at an estimated 1.9 million units sold in Q2 2014, according to a Strategy Analytics Connected Home Devices (CHD) service report. Other key findings from the report include:
Italy’s Confindustria Radio Televisioni has issued a statement declaring the intention of the country’s broadcasters to move from DVB-MHP to the HTML-5 based HbbTV 2.0 when the specification is released later this year. Italy’s HD-Book 3.0 (due to be published in October) will retain MHP, but the plan is to endorse HbbTV 2.0 as the […]
HBO is planning to expand its online service to countries where it doesn’t see much in the way of sales through traditional cable subscriptions. The premium cable network, which has offered itself via the Web in Nordic nations since 2012, is considering a similar option for countries such as Japan and Turkey that have healthy […]
European Union antitrust regulators have paused their review of Liberty Global’s bid for Dutch peer Ziggo while waiting for the US cable company to provide more details of the deal. The European Commission said the clock would start running again once it has the information. It had been scheduled to decide on the deal by […]
International Launch Services (ILS), which handles the sale to ‘western’ clients of rocket launches by the Russian-built Proton system, is laying off staff. ILS has been badly hurt by a series of embarrassing failures by the Proton rocket, in particular the complete loss of a Russian Express-AM4R satellite in May. A failure review board has […]
A guide to finding safe and licensed digital content across a range of services and platforms has been developed by a group of Australian creative rights holders and creative content industry associations. The funding members are: Australian Screen Association; APRAAMCOS; ARIA; Copyright Agency Ltd; Foxtel; News Corp Australia and Village Roadshow. The funding members appointed […]
Universal Pictures executive David Kosse has been appointed director of Channel 4’s movie-making arm Film4, succeeding Tessa Ross – who announced her departure earlier this year to become chief executive of the National Theatre. Kosse will take up the new post on November 1st. Channel 4 chief executive David Abraham said: “After a very thorough […]