Following the successful 2013 raid of five homes in The Netherlands cities of Apeldoorn, Enschede, Vlagtwedde and The Hague, content pirates arrested during these raids have been sentenced at the Zutphen courthouse. Two defendants received 100 hours of community service, two months of conditional imprisonment and two years’ probation. This followed an extensive collaborative effort […]
Multinational cable, fibre, telecommunications, contents and media company Altice has completed the acquisition of 70 per cent of the share capital of US cable MSO Suddenlink from existing shareholders BC Partners, CPP Investment Board and Suddenlink management. BC Partners and CPP Investment Board have retained a 30 per cent stake in Suddenlink, as planned. The […]
Following the recent awarding of a DTT channel, TV group Atresmedia has launched Atreseries, a new DTT channel dedicated to TV series. The channel is Atresmedia’s sixth network on Spanish DTT and is the first of the recently-awarded licences to go live. Atreseries is the Spanish-market version of Atres Series, which operates across Latin America and the US […]
There has been recent speculation that Britain’s largest commercial broadcaster, ITV, is not only up for sale but that US cable giant Comcast might well be a buyer. This is not the first time that American names have been cited as potential buyers. A month or so ago it was Liberty Global (which already owns […]
Elon Musk-owned SpaceX managed a flawless lift-off and launch at Cape Canaveral late in the evening on December 21st. The Falcon-9 rocket then deployed 11 small satellites into orbit for Orbcomm. The rocket’s upper stage was turned around in space and ten minutes after lifting off it successfully landed at a precisely designated spot some […]
Three notable changes relating to digital access and digital divides are occurring in the realm of personal connectivity, according to new findings from Pew Research Center surveys. First, home broadband adoption seems to have plateaued. It now stands at 67 per cent of Americans, down slightly from 70 per cent in 2013, a small but […]
Broadcaster STV looks set to win its campaign to secure a more prominent slot on Freeview for its local TV stations. The company runs local TV stations covering Glasgow and Edinburgh and is due to open more. Its stations are currently on Channel 23 – but English local TV stations are on Channel 8. Trade […]
Disney has felt a great financial disturbance in the Force, as thousands of people downloaded the latest Star Wars film for free instead of paying to see it at the cinema. Star Wars: The Force Awakens opened in cinemas worldwide last week and a copy of it has now somewhat inevitably landed on the major […]
South Africa’s Post Office is anticipating receipt of the first batch of an overall 500,000 digital TV antennas for its upcoming DTT service. Local company Poynting, which fabricates antennas, is the supplier. Pressure is on. South Africa is committed to starting to switch off its analogue transmissions on February 1st 2016. However, local consumers have […]
Free wi-fi is to be intruduced in all NHS buildings in England in a bid to improve services and reduce costs, Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has confirmed. It will mean patients can use their connected devices to go online to keep in touch with friends and family or watch on-demand TV. At present some hospitals […]