Germany will not exclude Huawei from its 5G mobile networks, because the country wants to create “a level playing field” for vendors. The US has banned Huawei from selling 5G equipment to its telecoms companies, saying it contained back doors that would enable Chinese surveillance. The UK will reveal its decision it will be excluded […]
Movie exhibition company AMC Theatres is extending its business into the home. Members of the company’s AMC Stubs loyalty plan in the United States can rent or buy approximately 2,000 of the most popular digital movies from the top Hollywood studios at AMCTheatres.com as well as on the AMC Theatres mobile, connected devices and Smart […]
Meo (Altice Portugal) has warned of a “high probability” of additional operational costs due to ‘gaps’ in the timetable for the DTT migration process of the 700 MHz band, proposed by the regulator. This is one of the five points addressed by the DTT network operator in a letter sent to the president of the […]
Amazon has announced at MIPCOM the launch in France of its Prime Video Channels service – which gives easier access to a bundle of pay-TV channels and SVoD platforms through its own streaming service. Fourteen channels and services are available to Prime Video French users at launch, with additional content soon to be added, Amazon […]
Spain’s fourth largest operator Másmóvil is entering the country’s football TV war by offering all matches from La Liga and the Champions through Mediaset’s OTT Mitele Plus. Másmóvil’s Agile TV service will allow its subscribers to subscribe to Mitele Plus to watch all football on the platform at €19 a month for La Liga and […]
Kaspersky honeypots – networks of virtual copies of various internet connected devices and applications – have detected 105 million attacks on IoT devices coming from 276,000 unique IP addresses in the first six months of the year. This figure is around nine times more than the number found in H1 2018, when only around 12 […]
A study from Hub suggests that gaming is not only compelling entertainment, but also a forum where friendships are created and maintained – especially for young men. Highlights from Hub’s Gaming 360 survey include: Gaming is “social grease” for young men. Male gamers under 35 are far more likely to have social motivators for playing. […]
Ahead of the EU Council meeting this week and a critical week of negotiations to come, Sky News is launching a new pop-up channel that’s dedicated to Brexit-free news. Sky News: Brexit-Free will launch at 5pm on October 16th on Sky Channel 523 and offer a real alternative to evening news programmes which will be […]
OTT service Planet Horror has been launched exclusively on Samsung’s Smart TVs in Spain, offering a selection of horror movie titles in time for Halloween. Viewers can subscribe to the service for €19.99 a year. It is also available to watch online, and on Android and iOS mobile phones. The service is operated by AMC […]
Roku has announced the Apple TV app is available on the Roku platform effective immediately. Roku users can now add the Apple TV app via the Roku Channel Store to discover and watch movies, TV shows and more, including accessing their iTunes video library and subscribing to Apple TV channels directly on Roku devices. Starting […]