Global mobile data traffic is set to reach 52 million terabytes (TB) in 2015, an increase of 59 per cent from 2014, according to Gartner. The rapid growth is set to continue through 2018, when mobile data levels are estimated to reach 173 million TB. Gartner analysts advise communication service providers (CSPs) to rethink their […]
Egypt’s public broadcaster, the Egyptian Radio & Television Union (ERTU) is to be restructured in order to be more competitive against the growing importance of privately-funded commercial channels in the country and beyond. The ERTU’s headquarters are in the Nile-side ‘Maspero’ building. According to Minister of Transitional Justice and Parliamentary Affairs, Ibrahim Heneidy, a new […]
Telekom Austria has named Alejandro Plater as its new Chief Executive having previously been the telco’s Chief Operating Officer. He replaces Hannes Ametsreiter who left the America Movil unit to take the helm at Vodafone Germany. Plater, who has been interim CEO since Ametsreiter’s exit, will officially start the role on August 1st.
Giant screen specialist IMAX unveiled its latest quarterly (Q2) numbers July 23rd and heard CEO Richard Gelfond say that the period had delivered “better than expected” theatre installations and “robust” revenues (up 35 per cent y-o-y). Box office revenues were $343 million. “Our growth this quarter was primarily driven by our stellar box office performance […]
Motive Television has amended the Service Level Agreement (SLA) with long-standing customer Digiturk to upgrade and extend the Content Express platform. The platform is used by Digiturk to support the delivery of Ultra-HD content. Digiturk, the largest satellite broadcaster in Turkey with over 2.5 million subscribers, commercially launched their Motive technology enabled, on-demand services in […]
Univision Communications, a media company reaching Hispanic America, has announced a partnership with Snapchat that will see Snapchat will create unique Live Stories around Univision events, including sports and entertainment. The partnership, which is one of the first between Snapchat and a television network, kicks off with the Gold Cup Final on July 26th. Univision […]
Angelina Jolie is to direct a movie exclusive for Netflix, based on a memoir by a former child soldier in Cambodia. Jolie has co-written the script with Loung Ung, adapted from Ung’s book First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers. The actress/director said she was “deeply affected” by the book and admits […]
BT Sport is to celebrate becoming the home of European football with a new advertising campaign featuring football stars from across the continent. Airing on July 25th, the new television campaign pays homage to the glamour and spectacle of the tournament and features British talent, tournament legends and players including Real Madrid’s Gareth Bale, Paris […]
Scripps Networks Latin America has announced the launch of food lifestyle channel Food Network on Cable Onda, the largest pay-TV platform in Panama. Food Network, which is now available in both standard and high definition, offers global programming featuring kitchen competition, culinary adventure, instructional cooking and home entertaining. “Food Network is the gold standard in lifestyle […]
In a move that it says creates a global leader in customer premises equipment (CPE), Technicolor is buying Cisco’s CPE business for €550 million in cash and stock. Technicolor says the deal will see its Connected Home business achieve adjusted EBITDA in excess of €200 million in 2016. The move signals further consolidation of the sector following ARRIS’s acquisition […]