ATEME, a specialist in video delivery solutions for broadcast, cable, DTH, IPTV and OTT, announced today that Swisscom, Switzerland’s leading telecoms company and one of its leading IT companies, has selected ATEME’s TITAN virtual encoding solution for its innovative MediaCloud project. The project’s aim is to build one of the industry’s first IPTV virtualized video […]
Matthew Hancock, the UK’s Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, has indicated that Comcast’s $31 billion (€25.4bn) bid for Sky does not raise the same concerns as the initial, rival bid by Fox for the 61 per cent of the broadcaster it does not already own. In a Statement, Hancock said: “On […]
“Just do the math,” some might say, and imagine the buying power of a Netflix with a spectacular 360 million subscriber base. At that level – even at current $10 or so monthly subscriber rates – the potential is simply enormous. A 350+ million subscriber base would more than match the combined buying power of […]
Traditional multichannel video losses in the US in the first quarter showed modest improvement over the same period in 2017, but the magnitude of the decline remains elevated, according to the Q1 2018 US Multichannel Subscriber Report by Kagan, a media research group within S&P Global Market Intelligence. Combined cable, direct broadcast satellite (DBS) and […]
Sky has unveiled plans to create and build a dedicated innovation centre on its Osterley campus in West London as it continues its push into developing world leading consumer technology. The space will house an ever-growing number of technology engineers and software developers focusing on innovation across Sky’s broadcast and streaming platforms, consumer products and […]
A man from Norwich in the East Anglia region of the UK has been sentenced to 10 months imprisonment for selling illegal TV devices and for re-offending, since being prosecuted and sentenced for the same crime in October 2016. William Marston, who traded as ‘Billie the Bookie’, appeared at Norwich Crown Court on May 4th […]
The launch of a campaign to clamp down on social media firms has got off to a rocky start, as the culture secretary, Matt Hancock, admitted it was likely to be two years before there was any new law. In a round of media interviews, Hancock said there was no date for legislation, but it […]
Spanish telcos Telefónica, Orange and Vodafone are offering free faster FTTH speeds in an attempt to gain more subscribers. From today, Telefónica is doubling its speeds no extra cost for its 3.4 million FTTH customers, going from 50 Mbps to 100 Mbps and from 300 Mbps to 600 Mbps. Orange is increasing the Internet speeds […]
Findings from Leichtman Research Group indicate that the largest cable and telephone providers in the US – representing about 95 per cent of the market – acquired about 800,000 net additional broadband Internet subscribers in 1Q 2018. These top broadband providers now account for 96.5 million subscribers – with top cable companies having 62.2 million […]
According to a report from Parks Associates, more than 50 per cent of US broadband households own a smart TV and more than 40 per cent own a streaming media player. “The rise of voice control enables consumers to control their cameras and sensors and their streaming service through the same interface,” said Jennifer Kent, […]