As the Formula One circus pitched up in Austin, Texas, for the US Grand Prix, ESPN and Formula 1 revealed they have forged a new agreement that will keep the FIA Formula One World Championship on ESPN and ABC through 2022. F1 returned to the ESPN networks in 2018, seeing double-digit television viewership growth in […]
ITV’s exclusive coverage of the Rugby World Cup Final on November 2nd reached an audience peak of 12.8 million viewers making it the most watched TV moment of 2019 on any channel. This was the biggest audience for a rugby match since the 2007 Rugby World Cup Final (also between England and South Africa). Some […]
Gearhouse Broadcasting, Input Media, Hyperactive Broadcast and Chief Entertainment are various operating subsidiaries of Gravity Media Group. They are being brought together under the Gravity Media brand. London headquartered, Gravity Media is a regular supplier of broadcast facilities to England Rugby, BBC Sport, Sky Sport (in particular for Formula 1 coverage), the Japanese Grand Prix, […]
The DPP, the media industry’s business network, released a new report to its members on the localisation and versioning processes required for the international distribution of content. Home Truths: The Localisation Challenge explores the relationships between media companies as they prepare content for global markets – and how those relationships expose the need for greater […]
US pay-radio operator SiriusXM reported revenues up 7 per cent for its Q3 trading and the broadcaster touched the $2 billion (€1.8bn) revenue mark for the first time ever, and helped by the consolidated results from its Pandora streaming division. Year-on-year subscriber growth (including self-paying subs) was 210.000 and taking its total base to more […]
South Africa’s telecoms regulator ICASA has published details of various options open to government for the adoption of 4G and 5G technologies. Part of the plan covers the redistribution of 700 MHz and 800 MHz bands, currently used by analogue TV, as well as the licensing of the 3.5 GHz band specifically for 5G usage. […]
Jukka Leinonen, CEO of the Finnish telcom operator DNA, has been appointed head of Telenor Group’s newly formed Nordic cluster. In his new role, Leinonen will be part of Telenor’s Group Executive Management and assume the role of chair of Telenor Sweden and Telenor Denmark, in addition to retaining his responsibilities as CEO of DNA […]
According to research from the IoT analyst firm Berg Insight, the number of smart homes in Europe and North America reached 64 million in 2018. The most advanced smart home market is North America, having an installed base of 33.8 million smart homes at the end of the year. This represents a penetration of 24 […]
Amazon Web Services (AWS), an Amazon company, will open an infrastructure region in Spain. The new AWS Europe Region will consist of three Availability Zones at launch, and will be AWS’s seventh region in Europe, joining existing regions in Dublin, Frankfurt, London, Paris, Stockholm, and the upcoming Milan region launching in early 2020. The Spain […]
A record 1.6 million viewers tuned in to watch Radio 2 Live In Hyde Park on BBC Red Button this year. The annual one-day festival, which took place on September 15th, featured performances from Simply Red, Kelsea Ballerini, Bananarama, Clean Bandit, Status Quo and Pet Shop Boys. The headline set from the Pet Shop Boys […]