Subscribers to Amazon Prime Instant Video are set to gain access to other on-demand services according to reports. Prime customers will have the option of adding other online subscriptions to their accounts, including established movie and TV channels, and Amazon will also sell prepackaged bundles of its own creation. The new feature could go live […]
The General Court of the European Union has ruled that the subsidies granted by the Spanish Government to DTT operators for the digital migration are illegal, rejecting all appeals from the companies and Regional Governments. The operators must pay back €260 million in state subsidies as the financial aid scheme approved by the Spanish Administration […]
Representatives of over 150 governments attending the ITU’s World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC-15) have taken the decision that UHF spectrum will remain exclusively allocated to terrestrial TV services in ITU ‘Region 1’ well into the next decade. Delegates reached this conclusion after deliberations over whether the lower UHF frequency band (470-694 MHz) should be retained for […]
In a ‘battle of the billionaires’ it seems Amazon’s Jeff Bezos has the edge over Pay-Pal founder Elon Musk in the important ability to successfully land a rocket after launch. Musk, and his SpaceX company, has been trying to re-land a launched rocket for about two years. Yesterday, Jeff Bezos tweeted that his Blue Origin […]
FTTH in Spain is significantly growing with a record of 5,000 new lines a day, with 154,000 new connections in a month. A report from Spain’s markets and competition watchdog the CNMC (Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia) reveals that in September there were 2.6 million FTTH connections, of which 57 per cent […]
India’s telecom regulator TRAI says that half of the nation’s DTH subscribers are inactive as at the end of June. The precise number is 49.54 per cent out of a claimed installed DTH base of 78.74 million users, spread across the 6 main DTH operators. This equates to some 39 million inactive homes (and 39.74 […]
ESPN has released figures showing a rapid rise in the popularity of American football in the UK. The numbers reveal that 16 per cent of UK sports fans now follow the NFL, up from 9 per cent in 2011 – a growth of 75 per cent. The insight comes from bi-annual research conducted on behalf […]
Panasonic has unveiled its first line of value-priced Ultra-HD Smart TVs for the US market. The CX Series of 4K Ultra HD Smart TVs will be available beginning in December at retailers including ABC Warehouse, Curacao, Electronic Express, RC Willey, and Video Only and online immediately via the Panasonic website. Additional retailers will be announced […]
SkyVision Global Networks, a global satellite communications service provider, has announced a partnership with ABS, the global satellite operators, to launch two new video platforms on ABS-3A. This will provide quality DVB-S and DVB-S2 content, including HD, via satellite across Sub-Saharan Africa, including French speaking Africa and South Africa. The signing of this agreement will […]
Global communications provider Tata Communications has completed another successful proof of concept with Formula One Management during a recent Grand Prix. The new technology test delivered a live trackside feed from the track during the September Singapore Grand Prix to Formula One Management’s Technical HQ in Biggin Hill, UK – with no time lag between […]