The YouTube app was removed from Amazon’s Fire TV on December 29th – four days earlier than expected – as the dispute between tech giants Amazon and Google rages on. ALL Fire TV devices now advise to use the web browser if they wish to watch YouTube content. Google had previously warned it would remove […]
UEFA, the governing body of European football, has been granted a UK High Court injunction aimed at tackling illicit streaming of matches. Mr Justice Arnold made an order against the six main retail internet service providers (ISPs) in the UK (British Telecommunications PLC, EE Limited, Plusnet PLC, Sky UK Limited, TalkTalk Telecom Limited and Virgin […]
For the first time ever, Italian state broadcaster RAI will not transmit the FIFA Football World Cup. Commercial rival Mediaset has won the exclusive rights to air the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia in Italy as well as in Spain. Mediaset has promised it will broadcast all 64 matches of the tournament, which takes […]
OLED panels, for use in TV displays or to be further sliced up for use in smartphones, enjoyed spectacular sales success in 2017. LG Displays says it will invest 5 trillion Korean Won (about $4.7bn) to be a new fabrication plant in China at Guangzhou in Guandong province, to help meet local and international demand. […]
Thomas Bremond, GM of International Advanced Advertising at FreeWheel and Charlie Johnson, VP, UK and Northern Ireland at Digital Element have offered their predictions for the advanced TV sector in 2018, highlighting the importance of advertising experiences and the need to focus on VPNS. Bremond commented: “After a year when transparency, brand safety and viewability […]
Rallying around a plan to eliminate the digital divide by 2022, a diverse group of community leaders, rural advocates and top innovators have launched of Connect Americans Now. The new alliance will work with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and other policymakers to ensure that there is sufficient unlicensed low band spectrum in every market […]
Qatar-based news channel Al Jazeera has launched a Mandarin web-based ‘channel’, targeting an audience of 1.4 billion potential viewers. The launch is part of Al Jazeera’s plan to engage with Chinese audiences and will add to its existing input within Chinese social media platforms. “Today we are witnessing another of Al Jazeera’s milestones in expanding […]
The BBC dominated the Christmas Day TV ratings, with eight of the 10 most popular broadcasts, coming courtesy of the public broadcaster. A Christmas special of Mrs Brown’s Boys topped the charts with 1 in 3 viewers (32.6 per cent) tuning in for the “comedy” show. The Strictly Come Dancing Christmas special and episodes of […]
Troubled specialist satellite operator Avanti used the Christmas break to issue its slew of bad news contained within its end-of-year results. December 27th saw the statement unveiled, for its trading year to June 30th. Revenues for the year were just $56.6 million (€47m), down a dramatic $26.2 million on the already worrying 2016 revenues of […]
Proving that there are still some untapped sub-genres, the Cowboy Channel has launched on DirecTV (Channel 603). The channel was already available to DISH subscribers in the US, and most cable MSOs. The channel has been around for some time. Initially launched in 1979 as the National Christian Network, it morphed into FamilyNet back in […]