Velocix has released new carrier-grade, geo-redundancy features for its Origin server software to boost the fault tolerance and reliability of Cloud DVR, live, and on-demand video streaming services. The company’s Origin geo-redundancy features ensure full operational capacity is maintained in the event of a catastrophic network failure, power outage, or other fault condition that might […]
Rambler Group, Russia’s third-largest internet company, is suing streaming service Twitch for 180 billion roubles (€2.47bn) over pirate broadcasts of English Premier League football games. Rambler alleges its exclusive broadcasting rights were breached by the service over 36,000 times between August and November. It is now seeking to permanently ban the Amazon-owned platform – traditioanlly […]
Spanish telco Movistar will drastically reduce the amount of equipment it buys from China’s Huawei for the core of its 5G networks in Europe. The Chief Technology and Information Officer, Enrique Blanco, said the company will rely on several different providers to provide the equipment for the most sensitive part of its 5G infrastructure adding […]
Liberty Global has confirmed that it has terminated discussions regarding the combination of UPC Switzerland and Sunrise Communications, and that a turnaround plan is on track. “We wish Sunrise well but we are moving on,” confirmed Mike Fries, CEO of Liberty Global. “Despite our willingness to show significant flexibility on terms, it’s clear to us […]
Netflix has revealed subscriber numbers for several different regions as it moves toward a more detailed breakdown of its subscribers. The streaming giant previously disclosed subscriber numbers and financial performance for the US and globally, but the company declared that it would begin reporting four geographic regions with its first quarterly report of 2020: The […]
Euskaltel, the fifth largest telco operator in Spain, is reportedly finalising an agreement with the UK’s Virgin Media to operate under its brand throughout Spain within its national expansion plans. It follows on the heels of Euskaltel signing a deal with Orange to use its FTTH networks in the country. Under the deal with Virgin, […]
YouTube continues to dominate as the most watched online video service in the world, according to Q3 2019 research from Ampere Analysis. The Google-owned video portal is the most watched service in every country except China ( where iQiYi leads). For the first time since Q1 2016, YouTube attracted more viewers than BBC iPlayer in […]
Discovery has acquired Latin American Golf, which operates Golf Channel Latin America, a 24-hour pay-TV channel and the region’s digital destination for golf, from Simple Networks and Fornaluz Productions, an affiliate of Inversiones Bahia. The addition of Golf Channel Latin America will expand Discovery’s global golf media business in the Latin American market, adding a […]
As the 4K content offering remains relatively limited, French TV regulatory body CSA has dismissed the prospect of a full switchover of the DTT network to the DVB-T2/HEVC by 2024. This week the CSA launched a public consultation that aims to establish a consensus on what is needed to modernise the DTT network in metropolitan […]
In a surprise move, Nicky Morgan is to continue as the UK’s Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport despite having stood down as an MP prior to the General Election. Morgan has been made an unelected life peer to serve in parliament’s upper chamber, and will be called Baroness Morgan, a move […]