Ofcom chief executive Sharon White has said she is “absolutely confident” that the broadcasting regulator was right in ruling that the planned purchase of Sky by Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox would not undermine its broadcasting standards. Culture Secretary Karen Bradley chose to disregard Ofcom’s judgement that the deal should only be referred to the […]
Not only has Netflix’s audience grown significantly in the past two years, but the composition of its user base has changed dramatically as well, according to a DeepProfile study from consumer intelligence research platform CivicScience. Back in May of 2015, CivicScience published a detailed study on the profile of Netflix users, as well as people who […]
Streaming platform and device specialist Roku has unveiled two new streaming players in the UK, which it says will give people who enjoy TV better ways to connect to the streaming entertainment they love. Roku Express is the most affordable streaming player Roku ever launched in the UK, priced at just £29.99 (€33.50) MSRP. Roku […]
Italy’s Corte di Cassazione (Supreme Court) has sentenced a 52-year old Palermo man to four months imprisonment for using codes purchased from third parties to access the Sky Italia pay-TV platform. Unsuccessfully, the defendant defended himself by claiming that he purchased the software for decoding codes on the web to justify the fact that “the […]
Facebook has asked football’s UEFA media bosses permission to live stream the Champions League and Europa League games into certain markets and territories which do not have TV rights for the matches. In particular, it seems that Facebook had in mind nations such as India and Colombia. However, the social media giant has not placed […]
South Africa is set to introduce new regulations to cover streamed content coming into the country. Communications Minister Ayanda Dlodlo says there will be a draft White Paper issued shortly for public consultation. The current Broadcasting Act has been in place since 1999 and the minister says it is time for an update. Speaking to […]
An Airbus-built electric satellite Eutelsat 172B has reached its target geostationary orbit in record time. Eutelsat 172B was only launched on June 1st, and uses electrical ION thrusters to reach orbit. This system represents massive savings in the amount of on-board fuel which a chemically-driven satellite would need. The downside is that such electric thrusters […]
SpaceX will tonight (October 11th, weather permitting) launch a condominium satellite operated by SES and EchoStar. The twin-mission satellite was built by Airbus Defense & Space and will go to 105 degrees West. SES will use a portion of the craft and its C-band transponders. EchoStar will tap into the satellite’s 24 Ku-band transponders for […]
Recognising the increasing popularity and potential of eSports, Swiss channel MySports is bringing a new TV format to Switzerland. From October 23rd, episodes of the Arena eSports programme will be shown exclusively on the sports channel. The 30-minute show provides news on developments in the eSports world and reports on eSports events. On October23rd at […]
The latest forecast from research firm CCS Insight shows the global mobile phone market remaining stable for the next five years, with about 2 billion mobile phones sold every year. However, this steady total masks underlying shifts as feature phones continue to decline as a total proportion of the market, 4G technology dominates sales and […]