November is proving to be a challenging month for London-based satellite giant Inmarsat. On October 20th its share price stood at £6.23. Go back a little to August 21st and a share was worth £7.31. By November 17th that value had plummeted to £4.94 – a 5-year “low”. The collapse was down to a general […]
Irish open-access wholesale broadband provider SIRO is partnering with multiplay operator Sky Ireland to deliver high speed fibre services to consumers. The partnership is the latest investment by Sky in its infrastructure in Ireland as part of its strategy to ensure that its customers can avail of the highest broadband speeds across the country. Having […]
Médiamétrie has launched a new service in France that measures the impact of a programme on web users by analysing the nature and volume of interactions on Facebook and Twitter. Social TV Ratings offers a wide range of indicators – impressions, unique authors, sentiment, and affinity – which can be used to quantitatively and qualitatively […]
b<>com, an Institute of Research and Technology, has developed what it claims is a “sickness free” Virtual Reality Platform. In July of this year, the marine theme park Océanopolis in Brest and b<>com tested a new VR dive into the Arctic Ocean, entitled the Virtual Arctic Expedition. Five key takeaways and developments from the project […]
Intelsat has confirmed a multi-year satellite services agreement on Intelsat 19 with TV Plus, a DTH TV provider servicing diverse communities in Australia. Under the previously referenced renewal agreement, TV Plus will use Ku-band satellite services on Intelsat 19 to deliver global content to local viewers in Australia and New Zealand. Located at 166° East, […]
Virgin TV has launched a Virgin TV Box Set of ten episodes of live stand-up comedy performed at Soho Theatre, with five exclusively available to Virgin TV Full House customers. Virgin TV Full House customers can enjoy unlimited access to all ten, hour-long episodes of Soho Theatre Live on demand. Five non-exclusive performances, including sets […]
Taplytics, a product experiment solution, has announced the introduction of TV app testing support for Apple TV, Android TV and Amazon Fire TV Devices. Taplytics now enables companies to test their product decisions on TV apps the same way that they do on web or mobile to enhance viewing experiences across all device types. TV […]
Intelsat has announced that Brazilian regional television broadcaster, TV Catarina, is the latest television programmer to join Intelsat 14, the company’s new video neighbourhood covering the Latin America region. Under the previously announced multi-year agreement, TV Catarina will use C-band satellite services on Intelsat 14 in Santa Catarina, a state in southern Brazil, to support […]
Following the news that Disney had held talks regarding the potential acquisition of 21st Century Fox’s major television and movie production assets, reports have emerged that US media giant Comcast has approached Murdoch-family controlled Fox about a possible deal to obtain more shows to compete against disruptive online streaming giants such as Netflix and Amazon. […]
A minimum of 190 Premier League games will be televised live in the UK from start of the 2019-20 season. Premier League chairmen voted unanimously for the package, with the rights set to go out to auction within the next few weeks. A new package of Saturday night games is set to be offered to […]