A Greek commercial TV channel has been banned for a 24-hour period because of on-air racism. A sports commentator on Channel “E” (also known as Open TV) made the offensive comments against a coloured player, Thanasis Antetokounmpo, a tall basketball star who a child of Nigerian immigrants to Greece. Antetokounmpo plays for the Panathinaikos basketball […]
The FCC has taken what it describes as “ a significant step” toward holding a major 5G spectrum auction in 2019 by adopting new rules that will promote the availability of high-band millimetre wave spectrum for the next generation of wireless connectivity. The airwaves in the combined Upper 37 GHz and 39 GHz bands are […]
Global Afro Urban media group TRACE has announced the acquisition of the UK-based music channels Chart Show TV, Chart Show Hits, Starz and The Vault from Sony Pictures Television (SPT). With this agreement, the media group has acquired, amongst other assets, four Sky channel electronic program guides (EPGs) and the associated brand assets. Through this […]
Insight TV one of the world’s largest UHD broadcasters and producer of native UHD HDR content covering action sports, entertainment, and lifestyle, has announced that it’s launching its content in China on Shanghai Oriental Pearl (Group) Co., Ltd. (Shanghai Oriental Pearl’s) BesTV platform. This is the first time that viewers in China will be able […]
Global information services provider Neustar has revealed the findings of a media effectiveness evaluation that analysed advertising channels for 70 US movies, representing a majority of wide-release box office sales. The analysis covered eight different marketing channels – TV, online, display, online video, paid Facebook advertising, out of home advertising (OOH), radio, print and paid […]
A report from analysts at MoffettNathanson (MN) suggests there are already different strategies emerging from the rival OTT suppliers to Netflix. MN says that 2018 will go down as the year in which some of the largest traditional media companies started to show their cards vis-a-vis their over-the-top distribution strategies. “With three large-scale mergers (AT&T-TWX, […]
In 2019 Orange Spain will launch Djingo, a smart speaker that will enable subscribers to manage their TV service, make calls and control all home connected devices. Djingo will make its debut in France in the spring and then in Spain later in the year, announced Orange’s executive president Stéphane Richard at an event in […]
Liquid Telecom, which started life as the satellite service operator Econet Satellite Services, is to invest some $400 million (Rand 8 billion) into Egypt and its infrastructure and data centres. The investment is being made into Telecom Egypt, and was announced at a signing ceremony in Sharm el-Sheikhn at the Africa 2018 Forum. Liquid Telecom […]
As part of long-term plans to support investment in fibre networks, UK comms regulator Ofcom has set out initial views on how to define geographic markets from 2021, when carrying out the next review of wholesale telecoms networks. By spring 2021, Ofcom plans to have regulation in place that varies by geographic area. To promote […]
Sky has announced that 2019 will be the final year of its involvement in cycling, drawing to a close a decade of owning and sponsoring Team Sky. The team will now need to find a new backer if it is continue from 2020. The team has delivered 322 all-time wins including eight Grand Tours, 52 […]