Advanced Television

PlayStation 5 launching Xmas 2020

Sony has revealed that its next gaming console, predictably called the PlayStation 5, will be out in time for the 2020 Christmas holiday season. Little else is known about the console, other than some vague details that were reported back in April, but PlayStation boss Jim Ryan took the time to explain in-depth how innovative […]

October 8, 2019By Nik Roseveare

Spacecom suffers potential problem with AMOS 3

Spacecom’s AMOS-3 has lost its backup ‘star tracker’ device, which helps keep the satellite correctly oriented. However, all is well for the moment because its primary tracker is fully functioning and the satellite’s other operations are not affected. A satellite only needs one such tracker, but obviously is at risk if its primary star tracker […]

October 8, 2019By Chris Forrester

Netflix’s The Irishman to play at Belasco Theatre, NY

Netflix has announced that Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman will have an historic theatrical run at the celebrated Belasco Theatre in New York. The Irishman, starring Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, and Joe Pesci, will screen at the famed theatre from November 1st to December 1st. This will mark the first time the Broadway theatre has […]

October 8, 2019By Nik Roseveare

SpaceX reduces launch costs

Reportedly, SpaceX has further trimmed the cost of launching satellites using one of its rockets. Using data from NASA (which uses the USA’s Government Accountability Office research), Space Intel Report (SIR) says that the already highly competitive $62 million per launch used by SpaceX as its ‘base price’, the actual cost now available to clients […]

October 8, 2019By Chris Forrester

NFL, OverTier expand Game Pass partnership

The National Football League (NFL) and OverTier, a Bruin company, have announced an expansion of their partnership for OverTier to operate NFL Game Pass, the league’s SVoD service. Since 2017, OverTier held the rights to operate NFL Game Pass in Europe. The new agreement now brings the service to a combined 181 countries and territories […]

October 8, 2019By Nik Roseveare

Japan: All NBA streamed live on Rakuten

Rakuten and the National Basketball Association (NBA) have announced that all games from the 2019-20 NBA season, due to begin on October 23rd, will be streamed live and on demand on the new service, NBA Rakuten, in Japan. The season starts with defending champions Toronto Raptors vs New Orleans Pelicans followed by an LA derby […]

October 8, 2019By Nik Roseveare

BT partners all Home Nations football teams

BT has signed a series of deals to become the exclusive lead training sponsor of all Home Nations football teams until 2024. The partnership with all four nations will see the BT logo appear on training kit worn by Men’s, Women’s, Youth and Disability Teams from November. Earlier this year BT announced a new five-year […]

October 8, 2019

CommScope expands partnership with Foxtel

CommScope has announced its continued partnership with Foxtel, Australia’s leading pay-TV operator, to bring The New Foxtel Experience to subscribers across the country. The New Foxtel Experience leverages CommScope technology to deliver thousands of hours of TV and on-demand movies as well as access to Netflix for subscribers through Foxtel’s iQ4 set-top box. Whether subscribers […]

October 8, 2019

MediaKind appoints Broome as CTO

MediaKind, the media technology company, has announced the appointment of Allen Broome as CTO. Broome brings more than 20 years of media technology leadership and software expertise to MediaKind and was previously VP Cloud Engineering at Comcast Cable. As CTO, Broome will play a fundamental role in fostering dynamic industry collaboration, with a goal to […]

October 8, 2019

Alchimie launches sports channel Give Me Five

Alchimie, the content aggregator and distributor t Give Me Five a brand-new channel dedicated to leagues of international, domestic and regional, five-a-side and six-a-side football.  To accompany the launch, the channel will report live from Crete on the Socca World Cup 2019. The Socca World Cup will see 40 countries battling it out to wrestle […]

October 8, 2019