The C-Band Alliance (CBA) of Intelsat, SES, Eutelsat and Telesat) has provided extremely detailed plans of its proposals to free up C-band spectrum over the US. The Alliance, in its submission to the Federal Communications Commission on May 21st, says that it could release nine licence blocks of spectrum each of 20 MHz, which overall […]
Latin America’s broadband penetration reached 45 per cent of households in 2018 from a previous 43 per cent in 2017. Going forward, 10 million new accesses are expected within two years and internet household penetration will reach 50 per cent of households in 2020, according to GlobalData, a data and analytics company. Ivan Maldonado, Technology […]
Plusnet has been named best broadband provider in the UK for the third year in a row. Research and analysis from UK broadband comparison website Broadband Genie found Plusnet scored well across all categories, comfortably winning the main award. Post Office Broadband was voted most trusted provider and Zen Internet picked up the award for […]
DAZN, the on-demand sports streaming service, has secured the exclusive rights for this year’s Copa del Rey final in four markets; Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Japan. DAZN will also broadcast the fixture non-exclusively in Italy. The fixture on May 25th will see Barcelona take on Valencia in a bid to secure the domestic treble, after […]
IHS Markit, the research group, is handing over its entire media and telecoms division to Informa in return for that company’s Agribusiness Intelligence group. “This agreement is very positive for both IHS Markit and Informa, increasing the focus of each company on core markets where it has particular strengths and a long-term commitment to invest […]
Airbus Defence & Space has won orders for three geostationary satellites. In a complex series of contracts, two of the orders are carried out with Thales Alenia Space and the end customer is Spain’s Ministry of Defence. The third craft is for Malaysia’s Measat commercial operator. The orders were extremely well received by the industry […]
Mobile subscriptions in the Americas will reach 1.5 billion by 2023 from 1.2 billion in 2018, growing at a 4.1 per cent CAGR over the period, says GlobalData, a data and analytics company. 5G Mobile subscriptions in the Americas will reach 204 million by 2023. with MNOs gearing up to launch 5G services over 2019-2020, […]
Eurosport has broadened its relationship with the ATP and ATP Media by landing the exclusive rights for the ATP Tour in the Nordics region for four years starting in 2020. The deal with the ATP and ATP Media, along with its coverage of all four Grand Slams, means fans in Sweden, Norway, Finland and Iceland […]
Back in July 2014 China’s StarTimes Group carried out a ground-breaking ceremony in the Nairobi suburb of Karen. Since then progress has been painfully slow. However, at an event in Beijing on May 17th the company’s Group VP, Guo Ziqi said plans to construct the Ksh6.9 billion ($68.2 million) African hub were still on course. […]
W Series has announced a new partnership with NBC Sports to broadcast the entirety of the series’ inaugural season in all 50 US states. Fans across the US will now be able to watch all the season’s races from the all-female championship. The new deal includes six, one-hour encore presentations of W Series races, broadcast […]