Quantel and Snell have released the results of a global survey into the industry’s views on IP and 4K adoption. More than 1,000 people responded to the survey from small, medium and large-scale public and private broadcast and post production organisations across more than 80 countries. The headline findings on IP are
Research conducted by IHS and Valdani, Vicari & Associati on the availability of broadband services across all European Union member states has been published by the European Commission (EC). For a second year running, IHS Technology provided the EC with data on availability of broadband services by various technologies in all European Union Member States. […]
OneWeb is the audacious plan to girdle the Earth with 648 mini-satellites and thus deliver low-cost broadband and Internet services to the complete planet. The intention is to “provide high-speed internet connectivity equivalent to terrestrial fibre-optic networks”. OneWeb is Channel Islands-based and comes from founder Greg Wyler and systems director Brian Holz. Both were closely […]
Ericsson has signed a multi-year broadcast and media services deal with BT Sport to help launch three new television channels and an interactive red button service in the UK. Ericsson will be responsible for designing, building and running BT Sport Europe, free-to-air service BT Sport Showcase, and BT Sport UHD. BT Sport UHD will be […]
Günther Oettinger, the European Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society, has revealed that the EC is currently assessing the functioning of the Audiovisual Media Services Directive (AVMSD) in the context of traditional and new media converging into a larger, predominantly-digital media environment as well as the fact that physical boundaries – including among national media […]
Within two months of its local launch, over a million Australians across 400,000 households had signed up to Netflix, the latest Streaming Video On Demand (SVoD) data from Roy Morgan Research shows. But will the numbers flatten or decline as the introductory free trials end—or really rocket up now the latest season of Game of […]
Digital UK and Freeview have confirmed that set-top box manufacturer Manhattan TV will launch a range of Freeview Play products early next year. The UK-owned company will offer a standalone receiver (T3) and two digital recorders (T3-R), providing 500GB and 1TB hard drive options. All products will include Wi-fi connectivity as standard and be available […]
Popular Spanish streaming site Rojadirecta has been ordered by a Madrid court to stop linking to certain football streams or have its site blocked by local ISPs. The site’s operators are refusing to budge without a fight and have already announced an appeal against the preliminary injunction. Rojadirecta is operated by the Spanish company Puerto […]
Following a trial period, the Orange TV sticks has officially launched in Romania. The stick brings films, TV shows and TV programmes from Orange TV Go to users’ TVs and turns portable devices such as smartphones or tablets into remote controls. Customers can access 75 TV channels – 20 in HD – as well as […]
Brits can now switch broadband supplier with one phone call. The new rules came into force this week and mean anyone who wants to change broadband supplier now only has to notify the company they wish to move to. That supplier should then handle every aspect of the change. The changed regime may not actually […]