Disney’s Direct-To-Consumer & International (DTCI) segment and ESPN have released a series of enhancements to the ESPN+ streaming service within the ESPN app, designed to improve the consumer experience by serving customized content, more user-friendly navigation, offline viewing and more platforms on which fans can access programming. “One of the most important focuses for ESPN+ […]
Home appliance and consumer electronics manufacturer, Vestel, has launched the first TVs which allow consumers to access pay-TV services directly through their TVs without the need for a separate set-top box (STB), CI CAM or any other external device. The 43” UHD CASTV will be available in Croatia under the JVC brand, offering content from […]
Integrasys is expanding its presence in Asia Pacific. The company is establishing an office in Jakarta, Indonesia, headed up by a newly appointed APAC Sales Manager, Ronny Manurung. Alvaro Sanchez, CEO, Integrasys, commented: “Satellite is increasingly important across Asia Pacific where it is enabling connections in sparsely populated rural areas and continues to be the […]
As previously communicated, the Board of Directors of Modern Times Group MTG has initiated a process to split MTG into two companies by distributing all of the shares in Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT Group) (comprising the group’s Nordic Entertainment and Studios operations) to MTG’s shareholders, and listing these shares on Nasdaq Stockholm. The MTG Board […]
Nokia has announced that its Nuage Networks SD-WAN 2.0 solution has been chosen by managed service provider, SDNbucks, to provide fully managed connectivity for SciSports, a professional sports data intelligence company focused on using advanced deep learning and computer vision technologies to improve professional sports and enrich the fan experience. The SD-WAN 2.0 solution interconnects […]
Discovery Communications is applying for Dutch broadcast licences and plans to move its European pay-TV HQ to The Netherlands due to ongoing Brexit uncertainty. The company said “This decision ensures continuity of our services for the viewer across Europe. This change means that a number of new roles will be created in Amsterdam and a […]
Signalling how the UK television industry has become a truly ‘mixed ecology’ of different players, investment in the creation of home-grown television programmes by multichannel broadcasters has hit £1.1 billion (€1.23bn) a year, according to a report from industry body the Commercial Broadcasters Association (COBA). The watershed moment
Sub-Saharan African OTT movie and TV episode revenues will reach $1.018 billion (€890m) by 2024 – up from $223 million in 2018. Despite this quintupling of revenues, Africa still has a lot of potential growth in the long-term, according to analyst firm Digital TV Research. South Africa will account for 40 per cent of the […]
IT and network technologies integration specialist NEC Corporation has contributed to a video transmission test utilising 5G conducted by Japanese telco NTT DOCOMO and Tobu Railway through the provision of 5G base stations that support 4.5GHz and 28GHz bands. In recent years, the demand for high-definition video is constantly on the rise. This demonstration was […]
Elon Musk’s rocket company SpaceX is laying off 10 per cent of its staff citing an uncertain future and extraordinarily difficult period ahead. “To continue delivering for our customers and to succeed in developing interplanetary spacecraft and a global space-based internet, SpaceX must become a leaner company,” the company said in a statement on January […]