Through its €2 million investment fund One Innovation, the TF1 Media Lab has acquired shares in smart video Franco-British start-up Synchronized, whose platform turns any TV or video content into an enriched and personalised experience. Synchronized joined TF1’s acceleration programme earlier in 2018 and was backed by the group’s team to make linear video more […]
London-based speciality satellite operator Avanti Communications issued its quarterly trading update on November 30th. The update reported that revenue for its Q3 (to September 30th) was just $10.8 million (€9.5m). This is marginally ahead of the same quarterly period last year when revenues were $9.7 million. However, the regular reports of quarterly losses is also […]
OneWeb Satellites will start building its first satellites from its brand-new Florida production facility in January. The Exploration Park factory, itself a joint-venture between OneWeb and Airbus Defence & Space, will build a target 900 satellites at the initial rate of 2 a day for the $6 billion mega-constellation. OneWeb has two production lines at […]
Nintendo is set to regain its leadership position in video game consoles for the first time since 2009, according to the latest projections from Strategy Analytics’ Connected Home Devices service. The report, Global Game Console Market Forecast, predicts that Nintendo will sell 17.3 million Switch consoles worldwide in 2019, while Sony will sell 17.1 million […]
Russian news agency TASS is reporting that Roscosmos, the country’s space agency, is involved in alleged “systematic legal violations”, and with 16 criminal cases now under way. Alexander Kurennoy, from Russian Prosecutor General’s Office, is quoted by TASS saying: “During the period between 2017 and the first six months of 2018, documents on the activities […]
The Alliance for IP Media Solutions (AIMS) has announced that global engineering and electronics company Huawei has joined the alliance as a full member. A major player in the world’s digital transformation, Huawei is a provider of information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure platforms and smart devices. “As a nonprofit trade alliance, AIMS plays a […]
An Ariane 5 rocket is scheduled to launch two satellites on December 4th subject to weather conditions. India’s much-delayed GSAT-11 is one of the satellites. India’s satellite should have been launched in May but was recalled from its launch site in French Guiana on April 25th, and an expected launch date of May 25th scrubbed. […]
Stefan Lederer, CEO and Co-Founder of Bitmovin, the online video technology specialist, has shared his Top 3 predictions for how content owners will be using technology to enhance and differentiate consumer experiences in 2019, “There’s no doubt that 2019 will see even more live sports being streamed to fans, more studios launching direct-to-consumer online streaming […]
Intelsat has surprised the market with its key shareholders mounting a public offering to sell up to 11.5 million new shares (at a nominal value of $0.01c per share). Intelsat does not receive any of the cash raised by the sale. Intelsat has priced the shares at $25.75 each, and the share offer will close […]
SPI International has extended their partnership with Telekom Serbia by including VoD services on their platform. SPI also cooperates with Telekom Serbia’s daughter companies – Mtel Bosnia, Herzegovina, and Mtel Montenegro. With the VoD platform, 200 thematic titles and series, and 150 localised movies are now available to the viewers in Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia, and […]