DELTA, the Netherlands-based provider of Internet, TV, telephony and energy, is deploying Amino’s MOVE TV delivery platform to provide a full end-to-end solution to deliver multiscreen entertainment services. Amino has worked closely with DELTA to transition its existing cable TV subscriber base to an all IP-based service model – and enable a range of advanced […]
Rohde & Schwarz has announced the appointment of Yew-jin Cheong as the Director of Broadcast and Media to focus on its file-based media, encoding and multiplexing as well as monitoring and multiviewer solutions in the Asia Pacific region. With over 18 years of technical and commercial experience in broadcast and media throughout its value chain, […]
Swedish multiplay telco Tele2 and multiplay broadband operator Com Hem have agreed to merge, creating a leading integrated connectivity provider. The Merger will be implemented by Tele2 absorbing Com Hem. The pair say the combination of two highly complementary businesses will create a leading integrated operator by combining an award-winning mobile network with the fastest […]
Orange France has launched a new ad-free TV service targetting 15-35 year-olds that features the likes of eSports, Manga content and South Park, for €4.99 per month. Pickle TV is available to the operator’s mobile and TV customers in France via a set-top box, an app or the web. It offers a range of niche […]
Digital TV standards body the Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) has commemorated the achievement of what it says is a “major milestone” in TV history, with final member votes being tallied for approval of remaining standards that together comprise the ATSC 3.0 suite of next-generation TV standards. Announced at CES 2018 in Las Vegas, the […]
About twenty years ago, a Judicial Inquiry following a notorious murder in south London found the police to be ‘institutionally racist.’ It was the first time an institution or organisation had been ‘found guilty’ of a behaviour that if displayed in an individual would be a crime. Mysoginism, as such, isn’t against the law, though […]
Bloomberg News is headlining a quote from Italian economic development minister Carlo Calenda saying that Telecom Italia (TI) should be split into two listed companies (Network Co and retail company), and that he is in talks to define the ‘perimeter of the network’. This report comes followinf news last week that Vivendi is set to […]
Hulu closed its fiscal year 2017 with more than 17 million total subscribers across its SVoD and live TV plans in the US – over 5 million more subscribers and a more than 40 per cent lift from the company’s last publicly reported total in 2016. The company also announced that its total audience grew […]
On January 7th, a Falcon 9 rocket from SpaceX apparently failed to launch a top-secret US government ‘Zuma’ spy satellite. However, SpaceX’s president Gwynne Shotwell firmly denies the loss was a Falcon 9 problem. In a Tweet on January 9th she said: “For clarity, after a review of all data to date, Falcon 9 did […]
Excitement about emerging technologies and the resilience of historically leading categories will drive the US consumer technology industry to a record-breaking $351 billion in retail revenues ($266 billion wholesale) in 2018 – 3.9 per cent higher than 2017, according to research from the Consumer Technology Association (CTA). The latest edition of CTA’s semi-annual industry report, […]