Advanced Television

Hotstar, Akamai claim online streaming record

Indian premium streaming platform Hotstar, together with cloud delivery platform specialist Akamai Technologies, are claiming streaming history on May 22nd during the first qualifier match of cricket’s VIVO IPL 2018. The match between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Chennai Super Kings attracted an unprecedented 8.26 million peak concurrent viewers tuning in simultaneously to witness the match’s conclusion, […]

May 24, 2018

Spain: Jazztel best for Netflix; Movistar worst

Movistar has been declared the worst telco operator to watch Netflix on in Spain, and Jazztel the best, according to network speed data produced by Netflix. Movistar ranked bottom with a speed of 2.78 Mbps per second, being the only Spanish operator with a speed lower than 3 Mbps. The rock-bottom ranking has been the […]

May 24, 2018From David Del Valle in Madrid

FCC moves closer on C-band for 5G scheme

FCC chairman Ajit Pai, addressing the Wireless Spectrum Association meeting on May 23rd, said that the potential re-use for 5G of the 3.7-4.2 GHz frequency ranges will be addressed in July. He told delegates that he had some good news on C-band, saying: “Last year the FCC agreed to explore repurposing more mid-band spectrum, including […]

May 24, 2018By Chris Forrester

Spain: Champions League final in 4K

Samsung has teamed up with OTT service beIN Connect, owned by Mediapro, to broadcast the Champions League final between Liverpool and Real Madrid on May 26th in 4K through Samsung UHD Smart TVs. Owners of Samsung UHD Smart TVs can download the beIN Connect’s app to their set to gain access to the 4K broadcast.

May 24, 2018From David Del Valle in Madrid

Samsung ad campaign to turn-off TVs

Millions of TV sets across the UK will appear to turn themselves off this weekend as part of a marketing campaign for electronics giant Samsung which aims to showcase the evolution of television and its role within our homes. The disruptive campaign which has been created and produced by Taylor Herring launches on May 25th […]

May 24, 2018

Spotify to pay royalty settlement

Spotify, the popular music streaming app, will pay out $112 million (€96m) in a settlement agreement, following two lawsuits that claimed songwriters hadn’t been paid enough in exchange for their music appearing on the service. The class action originally came from David Lowery, a musicians’ rights advocate from the band Camper Van Beethoven, and Melissa […]

May 24, 2018

Disney-ABC TV Group’s Rosenblum steps down

Bruce Rosenblum, president of business operations at Disney-ABC Television Group, has stepped down from the role after less than two years with the company. In an internal memo , DATG president Ben Sherwood informed staff that Rosenblum’s departure arose from the recent restructuring of The Walt Disney Company, which was announced in March. The reorganisation […]

May 24, 2018

ESPN to be exclusive home of UFC in US

UFC, the mixed martial arts organisation, and Disney’s Direct-To-Consumer and International segment along with ESPN, have announced the full scope of the historic multi-year agreement that makes ESPN-branded media platforms the exclusive digital and television home of the UFC in the US, further expanding streaming rights to UFC on ESPN+ and building upon the agreement […]

May 24, 2018

Eutelsat loses access to 133W orbital slot

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has rejected Eutelsat’s application to exploit the 133 degrees West orbit position over the USA, and has awarded rights to the slot to Intelsat. The FCC says that Intelsat was the first operator to file an application [with the FCC] to use the position. Intelsat already has a smallish satellite […]

May 24, 2018

Space Tech panel: Fears over launch glut

Speakers at the opening session on May 22nd at the Space Tech Expo conference in Pasadena warned that most of the current ‘wannabee’ launch ventures would fail, because of lack of demand. The panellists were not referring to the well-established players such as Arianespace, SpaceX or India’s ISRO, but to newcomers. Stephen Eisele, VP at […]

May 24, 2018By Chris Forrester