According to a forecast report by Ovum, FTTx optics will reach a record level in 2015, following a record-breaking 2014. The report forecasts that FTTx optical components revenue will exceed $1 billion this year, up from $953 million in 2014. Next year will remain
Thai TV tried last month to give back two unwanted digital TV terrestrial frequencies in Thailand. Now the regulator is saying that it must still pay the remaining portions of its up-front licence fee and the annual fee that went hand-in-hand with the award of the frequencies. Thailand’s National Broadcasting & Telecoms Commission (NBTC) is […]
iflix, the Southeast Asian online streaming service, has entered into another landmark content distribution agreement with The Walt Disney Company Southeast Asia. The deal covers The Walt Disney Company’s raft of content across the Marvel Studios, ABC Studios, Buena Vista International and Touchstone Pictures brands, including blockbuster hits Thor, Iron Man, Real Steel and The […]
Broadpeak, a provider of content delivery network (CDN) technologies, has revealed that Turkish DTH provider D-Smart has deployed Broadpeak’s umbrellaCDN solution to support its OTT service offering. Using Broadpeak’s CDN selection tool, D-Smart can offload traffic to third-party CDNs in order to address peaks in live video consumption. By allowing D-Smart to manage many simultaneous […]
Piksel has announced its role as technology partner to the European airline Transavia for its new in-flight entertainment service. Transavia is using Piksel Voyage to offer travellers better quality viewing experiences and more convenient content selection in the air through use of their own devices. By leveraging the capabilities of the Piksel Palette and Piksel’s […]
Box has announced that Endemol Shine Netherlands and FremantleMedia North America, two of the world’s largest creators of television programmes, are deploying Box’s cloud sharing and collaboration platform. The companies have chosen Box to provide centralised and secure content management, both internally and externally. “The media and entertainment industry is responding to huge technology shifts […]
Volicon have announced the appointment of Paul Higuera as Senior Director of Sales, Europe. He will head up the new Volicon office in Gloucestershire, U.K., where he will be responsible for growing the company’s business and strengthening customer relationships throughout Europe. Higuera, in addition to being a very experienced technical sales team manager, has a strong […]
According to BBC director general Tony Hall, the BBC licence fee has “got 10 years of life left in it,” and he has dismissed the suggestion of replacing the charge with a subscription model to pay for the Corporation’s output. Speaking to the BBC’s Andrew Marr, Hall agreed the licence fee needed to “adapt, modernise […]
Following weekend reports, multinational cable and telecommunications player Altice has confirmed it has made an offer to acquire France’s Bouygues Telecom through its subsidiary, Numericable-SFR. Altice will update the market in due course. The reports suggested that Numericable-SFR, France’s second-ranked mobile operator, had offered to buy smaller rival Bouygues Telecom for about €10 billion in […]
According to ZenithOptimedia’s new Advertising Expenditure Forecasts, in 2017, the Internet will be the biggest advertising medium in 12 key markets, which together represent 28 per cent of global adspend. In four of these markets, Internet advertising will attract more than half of total adspend. Globally, the Internet will remain in second place, behind television, […]