According to Kimberly Chang, Technology, Media and Telecommunications (TMT) Leader at consulting firm Deloitte, the demise of media is an oft-told story, but Deloitte’s 2017 Media Consumer Survey shows that there is much in how Australian consumers are behaving that is positive for the media industry. “Not only is watching TV and video content on […]
A report from Juniper Research has forecast 1.4 billion 5G connections by 2025, an increase from just 1 million in 2019, the anticipated first year of commercial launch. This will represent an average annual growth of 232 per cent. Juniper’s research warned that to be successful, 5G fixed wireless broadband would need to meet expectations […]
China Digital TV used the occasion of its Q2 numbers by saying that it was working to regain its position on the New York Stock Exchange. The NYSE has started the delisting process for China Digital because the average trading price in the Chinese company’s shares has fallen below the Exchange’s continued listing requirements. China […]
China’s StarTimes Group, at a ceremony in Hulumi, near Abuja, Nigeria on August 11th, said it was committed to boosting the growth of digital television in sub-Saharan Africa. The vice chairman of StarTimes, Guo Ziqi, noted that the task is to rapidly link local communities and create more wealth and job opportunities. StarTimes says it […]
WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment) and PPTV have confirmed that WWE Network will be available in China for the first time beginning on August 18th, launching exclusively on PPTV as an SVoD service featuring all WWE live PPV events, including WrestleMania and the upcoming SummerSlam. PPTV customers can download the PPTV App and watch WWE Network […]
Colombian authorities have reportedly hit América Móvil and Telefónica’s Movistar with a 4.7 trillion Pesos (about $1.55bn) fine for alleged unauthorised use of the country’s public infrastructure. Journalist Alan Burkitt-Gray, writing in Capacity & Global Telecoms Business, says that the Colombian authorities are willing to accept further negotiations as to the payment period. Otherwise the […]
STV has announced its new chief executive ahead of the departure of Rob Woodward. ITV’s Simon Pitts is expected to take the helm at the Glasgow-based broadcaster in January 2018. Woodward announced in April that he would be leaving the company after ten years to seek “fresh challenges”. Pitts is currently ITV’s managing director of […]
Cairo-based satellite operator Nilesat has seen profits squeezed over the first six months of this year. For the period January 1st – June 30th, its net profit was $36.7 million, down 30.7 per cent on the same period last year which saw net profits of $40.05 million. The company said in a statement to the […]
HomeGrid Forum has announced that Dr. Leonard Dauphinee has taken over from Donna Yasay as the Forum’s President. As Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of the Broadband Group at MaxLinear, a promoter member of the Forum, Dauphinee is responsible for the technology roadmap of its Broadband business. In his CTO role, he owns the […]
A meeting of the DVB Steering Board has approved the new specification for DVB TTML subtitling systems. The specification enables the delivery of next generation subtitles in transport streams for broadcast television services, based on W3C Timed Text Markup Language (TTML). The new specification complements the bitmap based subtitle solutions, which have been in use […]