With consumers across the Middle East and Africa (MEA) becoming more connected and tech-savvy than ever before, the complex issue of content piracy is showing no sign of letting up, according to the latest insights from International Data Corporation (IDC). The global ICT consulting firm asserts that the use of illegal set-top boxes, unauthorised VPN […]
Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) last week destroyed more than 500 “illegal” DTH set-top boxes that were allegedly used to tune into Indian broadcasts. This batch of 500 boxes are the last in a total of 2500 units seized during October by PEMRA on a nationwide clamp-down against cable MSOs in Rawalpindi and other […]
Lebanon-based Arabic all-news channel al-Mayadeen has been taken off the air by Arabsat. The channel’s stated main aim has to be to counter-balance what it describes as the bias of the Saudi Arabian-owned Al Arabiya and Qatari-backed Al Jazeera news channels. However, the Beirut channel has been a frequent critic of Saudi Arabia. Programme director […]
Communications technology specialist Ericsson and Australian telco Telstra have announced the world’s first demonstration of 1 Gbps capability with five carrier LTE-Advanced Carrier Aggregation integrated on a live end-to-end mobile network. Download speeds of up to 1 Gbps will deliver more reliable performance and user experience across a wide range of applications and media streaming. […]
Al Jazeera has launched new mobile and tablet apps on the iOS and Android systems bringing the latest Al Jazeera news and programmes live together with on-demand personalisation. The apps, which are available for Al Jazeera English and Al Jazeera Arabic, will provide breaking news alerts and special coverage notifications with a curated home screen […]
Motive Television, the technology provider to broadcasters and pay-TV operators, has announced that Tablet TV, the joint venture between Motive and Granite Broadcasting Corporation, will begin taking pre-orders for TabletTV Plus on November 12th. TabletTV Plus will initially be available for iOS tablets only. TabletTV Plus features a new user interface and design as well […]
Association of TV Organisations (ATO), the industry body responsible for Television ratings in the Czech Republic, has appointed Kantar and comScore to deliver a cross-platform measurement pilot of TV and video content. This announcement follows a competitive pitch involving four other bidders including GfK and Nielsen. The pilot service, planned for later this year, will […]
Skyline Communications, global leader in end-to-end multi-vendor network management and OSS software solutions for the broadcast, satellite, cable, IPTV and mobile industry, announces that, for the second year in a row, it has been ranked in the Deloitte Technology Fast 50. This prestigious and widely recognized competition puts the spotlight on the fastest-growing technology companies, […]
According to findings from the Third Annual TiVo Multitasking and Social Media TV Survey from the advanced television entertainment market specialist, out of the 806 respondents surveyed, 99 per cent admitted to multitasking while watching TV, with 53 per cent multitasking every time or almost every time they watch TV. When multitasking, only 6 per […]
Following the October 16th announcement that online and mobile commerce giant Alibaba Group had made a non-binding proposal to the board of directors of multi-screen entertainment and media company Youku Tudou to acquire all shares that it did not already own, the pair have confirmed their entry into a definitive merger agreement pursuant to which […]