Advanced Television

NZ next to ban Huawei

New Zealand’s intelligence agency has blocked the telecom industry’s first request to use 5G equipment provided by China’s Huawei Technologies. Services provider Spark New Zealand, which made the request, said on it would review the reasoning before considering any further steps. The decision comes as Western nations become increasingly wary of what they say is […]

November 28, 2018

Gamers more likely to use multiple SVoD services

Juniper research has found that users who viewed games videos were more likely to subscribe to a greater number of SVoD services than the average user; around six SVoD services, compared to two to three. Juniper surveyed SVoD viewers in the US, the UK and China. Despite this, the Digital TV & Video Streaming Survey: Consumer […]

November 28, 2018

Netflix signs Roald Dahl content deal

Netflix and The Roald Dahl Story Company have jointly announced that Netflix is extending the Roald Dahl universe of stories for global family audiences with an exclusive new slate of original animated event series, based on the books from the acclaimed author’s library, including Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Matilda, The BFG, The Twits, and […]

November 28, 2018

netgem.tv offers best of free & pay-TV

Entertainment technology specialist netgem.tv has launched its next-generation of smart TV service. Combining its new app-powered TV personalised service, which will be available on iOS/Android bundled with the UK’s first Freeview and 4K media streamer – the NetBox 4K -, to bring TV streaming experience to a new level for UK consumers. Promising to offer […]

November 28, 2018By Colin Mann

Netherlands: EC approves Tele2, T-Mobile merger

The European Commission has approved the merger of Tele2’s Dutch operations and T-Mobile Netherlands without conditions. The combined company aims to create a strong alternative to the incumbents for Dutch consumers and businesses. The merger between Tele2 NL and T-Mobile NL was announced on December 15th 2017, and has since gone through a regulatory process […]

November 28, 2018

Directors give ProSiebenSat.1 a boost

Members of ProSiebenSat.1’s board of directors have been busy buying up the company’s shares, which is generally seen as being a gesture of support. Equity analysts at investment bank Exane/BNPP reported on the moves, gleaned from regulatory filings made by the broadcaster and reported by German newspaper Handelsblatt. The bank says: “Pro7’s new CEO, Max […]

November 28, 2018By Chris Forrester

15% of Singaporeans use illicit streaming device

A study of the content viewing behaviour of Singaporean consumers revealed that 15 per cent of consumers use a TV box which can be used to stream pirated television and video content. These TV boxes, also known as illicit streaming devices (ISDs), allow users to access hundreds of pirated television channels and VoD content, usually […]

November 28, 2018

Trump wants global news rival to take-on CNN

US President Donald Trump has Tweeted that the US should start a global TV news rival to CNN – the network he often refers to as “the enemy of the people” as it continues to probe and raise questions on his actions. His Tweet read: “While CNN doesn’t do great in the United States based […]

November 28, 2018

Heimbecher joins Imagine from Sky Deutschland

Imagine Communications has appointed Stephan Heimbecher as its new international director of consulting services, based out of Munich, Germany. Heimbecher joins Imagine Communications from Sky Deutschland, where he spent the last 16 years at the helm of innovation and standards for the German media company. In his new role at Imagine Communications, Heimbecher will lead […]

November 28, 2018

Greek TV and radio journalists strike

Greek journalists working on TV and radio programmes went on strike for 24 hours on November 27th in support for a national general walk-out. Newspapers will not be published today, November 28th, the day of the general strike. Greek labour unions are demanding an end to Greece’s long-running austerity programme. Union demands include pension increases, […]

November 28, 2018By Chris Forrester