AT&T, the second-largest US mobile-phone carrier, is set to buy NII Holdings’ Mexican wireless assets for $1.875 billion in its third deal to expand south of the US border. The acquisition includes companies that operate under the name Nextel Mexico, spectrum licences, network assets, retail stores and about 3 million customers. The purchase price doesn’t […]
Broadband provider Sky will block adult content by default, unless users opt out. The decision was announced in a blog post and will be phased in over coming weeks. Sky’s Broadband Shield is designed to filter out content deemed to be unsuitable for children aged under 13. It has been offered as default to new […]
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has created a massive new state corporation, which in the process will mean the end of Roscosmos, RSC Energia, Krunichev State Research, and the old space agency. All the entities will be absorbed into a super-holding company, United Rocket & Space Corp. (URSC), and in a plan that will seek to […]
While much has been made of Elon Musk’s plan for 4000 small orbiting satellites and Sir Richard Branson’s backing for a rival 2400 mini-satellites scheme, the fact is that Jersey-based O3b is already beginning to serve “the other 3 billion” of the planet’s under-served potential broadband users. O3b’s CEO Steve Collar told press at a […]
Elemental Technologies, asupplier of software-defined video solutions for multiscreen content delivery, has announced that Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB), Hong Kong’s largest independent broadcaster, is using Elemental software to process and manage live linear broadcast channels in real time for its OTT content delivery service. Regional Elemental partner Mediatech is providing training and overseeing integration and […]
TiVo has formed a partnership with Ness Software Engineering Services (SES), a global provider of end-to-end software product engineering services and consultancy. TiVo will leverage the expertise of Ness SES in designing and deploying advanced television solutions by creating an Engineering Centre in Iasi, Romania. This new Engineering Centre will provide TiVo with the ability […]
Spacecom, the operator of the AMOS satellite fleet, thas revealed that the AMOS-5 satellite has won a multi-year contract to transmit Nigeria’s newest Pay TV platform from ACTV (African Cable TV). From its 17°E prime orbital position, the satellite will send ACTV’s signals to viewers throughout Nigeria over its Ku-1 beam. ACTV is a new […]
Vubiquity, a global provider of premium content services, has announced the appointment of Nick Ruczaj as Senior Vice President of Commercial for EMEA and APAC. Ruczaj will oversee the company’s sales efforts across the region and head up its on-the-ground presence in the UK, Greece, Germany, UAE, South Africa and Australia. The new appointment comes […]
Comigo has announced that ChitramTV, a German service provider that offers Telugu, Tamil, Hindi, and Malayalam language content to viewers in Germany and the UK, has chosen an Android-based STB solution from Comigo to offer advanced personalisation, as well as interactive and social capabilities, to the TV screen. Comigo’s STB solution enables ChitramTV customers to […]
CBS AMC Networks EMEA Channels Partnership, a joint venture between AMC Networks International – Zone and CBS Studios International, have announced a raft of new drama acquisitions for its successful CBS Channels across the EMEA region, amounting to 234 hours of world-class content. The deal with CBS Studios International includes The Borgias, which will be […]