Vodafone Spain is speeding up its 5G deployment and plans to extend into five more cities in the country by summer 2020 – coinciding with the first anniversary of its 5G launch, according to El Español. The five cities most likely to see a 5G launch are among these candidates: Murcia, León, Alicante, Córdoba, Granada, […]
Filipino media and entertainment group ABS-CBN has filed a $4 million (€3.59m) lawsuit against a Texas resident and a streaming service for allegedly pirating its content through illegal set-top boxes. Anthony Brown and 1700 Cuts Technology were accused of selling the set-top boxes on Facebook, enabling buyers to access ABS-CBN’s live programming without paying appropriate […]
More than 30 per cent of French homes own a 4K TV screen and this figure is set to increase to 60 per cent in 2021, according to UHD Partners France. Holding its annual conference in Paris, UHD Partners France said that among the key reasons for 4K uptake are the growing volume of 4K […]
Luis Vicente has been named the new CEO of Eleven Sports. He will take up the role on January 15th 2020. Vicente joins from FIFA where, as Chief Digital Transformation & Innovation Officer, he worked to champion new technologies, gaming, data and content strategies. He has also worked with some of the world’s leading brands […]
French pay-TV broadcaster Canal+ has reportedly agreed a deal to broadcast the top fixture each game-week from the Europa League, or the new Europa Conference League tournament that launches in 2021, for the 2021-24 seasons. The deal will also grant Canal+ the rights to broadcast the finals of both competitions, giving it a total 16 […]
There wasn’t much ‘white smoke’ from the FCC’s chairman Ajit Pai in his statement on December 10th as regards to the upcoming C-Band auction. But the Senate Commerce Committee met and approved the 5G Spectrum Act which now goes to the Senate for a formal vote. Then to the House and then signed off by […]
LiveU has published its annual State of Live report based on data gathered from its global customer base of thousands of users. The findings reflect the substantial growth in IP news and sports broadcasting with a 50 per cent increase in the number of LiveU units used to stream live events and 250 per cent […]
OneWeb Satellites, the joint-venture between OneWeb and satellite builder Airbus, is adopting a low-cost magnetic ‘grappling fixture’ solution to potential space debris. Developed by Altius Space Machines, RUAG Space USA and Astroscale, and nicknamed ‘DogTags’, the fixture creates an easy interface that enables safe and reliable capture of satellites by the broadest range of capture […]
Two Japanese services experienced notable increases on November’s Netflix ISP Speed Index – its monthly update on which Internet Service Providers (ISPs) provide the best prime time Netflix streaming experience. Nifty jumped 0.45 Megabits per second (Mbps) to a 3.15 Mbps average. Freebit rose 0.25 Mbps to a 2.62 Mbps average. However, the United States’ […]
A software glitch is preventing the BBC’s iPlayer app from running on many of Samsung’s smart TVs. Affected owners are being advised to download a software update, but the patch does not work on some older models – reportedly models released between 2o11 and 2015 – which will have to wait until the new year […]