In a move that acknowledges the way the UK Department for Culture, Media and Sport’s remit has evolved, the Prime Minister and Culture Secretary Karen Bradley have agreed a departmental name change. The Department will continue to be referred to as DCMS in all communications, but is now the department for Digital, Culture, Media and […]
A Smartphones Usage and Behaviour report from Kantar IMRB and MMA shows that time-spent on smartphones jumped by 16 per cent in the period Jan-March 2017 over the previous quarter. Strong demand for messaging services, social media platforms, and entertainment apps helped to drive the expansion of mobile internet usage. The average time spent on […]
A key meeting of government officials, political leaders, industry regulators, business heads and international and local experts in Taipei has called for removal of investment constraints in the multichannel video industry, and increased attention to online piracy, as the Taiwan market reshapes itself as an all-digital (and often mobile) regional communications hub. Participants in the […]
The countdown for the launch of Intelsat 35e was halted with just 9 seconds to go when a computer monitoring the Falcon 9 rocket’s guidance, navigation and control criteria aborted the launch. The launch was scheduled for the later afternoon of July at 07.36 Florida-time. SpaceX says it is looking into the problem and has […]
In a sign that broadcasters are increasingly keen to expand their transmissions beyond the established Middle East DTH duo of Arabsat and Nilesat, comes news that Turner Broadcasting’s Cartoon Network Arabia has signed with YahLive on its MENA beam. CNN has been on YahLive since 2014. Viewers across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) […]
Discovery and Swisscom have extended their long-term partnership. The entire Discovery portfolio and newly acquired premium live sport on Eurosport, most notably exclusive Friday night Bundesliga football, will be accessible to Swisscom viewers, delivering on the Discovery commitment to bring more premium content to consumers. In a significant expansion of the relationship, Swisscom and Teleclub […]
ThinkAnalytics, the developer of the world’s most deployed multi-platform TV search and recommendations engine, has announced that Astro, a Southeast Asian content and customer-focused company, has gone live with the ThinkAnalytics Recommendations Engine on the newly launched NJOI Now free video streaming service. NJOI Now lets anyone in Malaysia view content for free on mobile […]
Amino, the IP/Cloud video software and device specialist, has announced that GTD, one of Chile’s leading telecommunications companies, is the latest major TV operator to deploy Amino Enable, its virtual set-top box (STB) software platform. The result is GTD is able to upgrade its STBs and provide a unified user interface across its customer base, […]
The BBC and the England & Wales Cricket Board (ECB) have agreed a new five-year, strategic partnership that brings live cricket back to BBC TV for the first time in 21 years. The deal, which runs from 2020 to 2024, sees the BBC become the exclusive, free-to-air home for cricket. Cricket will take centre stage across […]
HBO is in late stage talks to provide content for Hulu, according to a report in The New York Post. US streaming service Hulu, which offers TV and movies alongside live TV content, is owned by Twenty-First Century Fox, Disney and Comcast. Hulu is aiming to successfully close negotiations in time for Season 7 of […]