Elon Musk’s SpaceX is already proving to be an amazing company, thanks to increased reliability of its rocket launches and now multiple successes in the landing and refurbishing of the Falcon 9’s 1st stage. But Musk, speaking at the International Space Station R&D Conference in Washington, DC, told delegates that the ultra-speedy 24-hour rocket landing-to-reuse […]
In preparation for the approval of next-generation broadcast standard ATSC 3.0 by the Federal Communications Commission, as well as the implementation of national television station ‘repacking’, Sinclair Broadcast Group and Nexstar Media Group have reached a tentative agreement on principles to coordinate the transition of the over-the-air delivery of ATSC 3.0 ‘NextGen’ television services in […]
Big events such as the general election, the Glastonbury festival and the One Love Manchester benefit concert, have made June a massive month for live viewing on BBC iPlayer. 21 per cent of the requests to BBC iPlayer in June were for live TV viewing, the highest level for any month since the Olympics in […]
The number of fixed broadband lines in Italy with speeds higher than 10 Mbps has surpassed 16 million units (+770,000 year-on-year) in the first quarter of 2017. Data from the Communications Observatory, published by Italy’s Communications Authority (AgCom), show a drop of accesses in xDSL technology (-600,000). However, accesses in other technologies grew by 1.37 […]
Discovery Communications is reportedly in talks with Scripps Networks International about merging their broadcasting assets. While the discussions are far from confirmed, analysts at MoffettNathanson Research (MNR) issued a timely note to investors that examined the potential benefits. MNR says: “Given the mix shift to skinny vMVPD sports and news bundles, declining viewership trends and […]
Eurosport has sealed a new deal with the European Broadcasting Union and Amaury Sport Organisation that ensures cycling fans across Europe will be able to watch every minute of the Tour de France live on its channels for the next six years. The four-year agreement will see Eurosport broadcast every single stage of the 2020, […]
The Streaming Video Alliance (the Alliance), an industry forum comprised of leading companies from the online video ecosystem, has announced the immediate availability of two new technical specification documents from the Open Caching Working Group. In addition, the Open Caching Working Group has introduced a new sub group for Edge Storage, led by Western Digital. […]
Vimeo, the ad-free open video platform and an operating business of IAC, has annoucned the appointment of Anjali Sud as Chief Executive Officer. Previously General Manager and Senior Vice President of Vimeo’s flagship creator business, where she has been driving accelerating growth for the past 18 months, Sud will now oversee strategy and operations for […]
Nielsen has announced today that syndicated VoD Content Ratings from nine leading US networks, including Turner and Discovery, will be featured as an enhancement to Nielsen Media Impact, an innovative tool that enables media planners to estimate the impact of their plans on audience reach, sales and brand equity before committing investment. “At Turner, we […]
France Médias Monde has announced a partnership with Wochit, the cloud-based video creation platform, as part of its expanding digital strategy. The partnership will better enable France Médias Monde to rapidly create short-form social video that is optimised for distribution across platforms and screens in order to grow and engage audiences. “Video, and more specifically, […]