The latest data from the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) shows extremely modest growth from the nation’s 5 DTH operators. TRAI says the operators added just 80,000 net new (active) subs in the quarter-year to September 30th. At that point the five players had about 69.45 million subscribers (69.37m as at July 31st). Dish […]
With all the 8K TV hype currently happening at CES 2019, Andrew Gray, Marketing Director EMEA at Limelight Networks, has addressed the fact that there are no services to accompany all the new hardware. Gray commented: “At CES 2019, the elephant in the room is there to be seen by all in 8K definition. Announcements […]
Arianespace has confirmed that it will launch the first batch of 10 OneWeb satellites on February 19th, weather permitting. The satellites have been built by OneWeb’s satellite building partner, Airbus in Toulouse, and will be launched by a Europeanised version of Russia’s Soyuz rocket from Kourou in French Guiana. OneWeb has contracted 21 of these […]
London-based sports production specialists Input Media captured and delivered complete coverage of The Emirates FA Cup third round for the first time, with all 32 matches made available as world feeds for The FA’s international rights-holders and a new digital clips service racking up 46 million views on social media. One digital clip was viewed […]
SenseTime Group, the world’s most valuable artificial-intelligence start-up, is preparing for a new financing round with the China-baned company aiming to raise about $2 billion in fresh funding this year. Bloomberg reports that SenseTime, which counts Alibaba Group as an investor, raised more than $1.2 billion last year including a round announced in May that […]
Surrey Satellite Technology (SSTL), based in Guildford, UK, unveiled its portion of Eutelsat’s highly versatile ‘Quantum’ satellite on January 9th. The satellite is being built under a public–private partnership between the European Space Agency (ESA) and the satellite operator Eutelsat with Airbus as the prime contractor. The satellite platform, which has been designed and manufactured […]
Korean mobile telco SK Telecom and Sinclair Broadcast Group, one of the largest TV broadcasting companies in the US, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with connected products and solutions specialist Harman at CES 2019 in Las Vegas jointly to develop and commercialise digital broadcasting network-based automotive electronics technology for global markets. The move […]
SVoD services Netflix and Videoland are continuing to attract new customers in the Netherlands, according to Telecompaper’s Video behaviour of Dutch Consumer report for Q3 2018. Since launching in September 2013, Netflix has grown every quarter, although that growth curve is now starting to plateau. Dutch Videoland is still in a strong growth phase and […]
The National Basketball Association (NBA), Turner Sports and Twitter have agreed a live streaming deal that will provide fans in the US with a complementary experience on Twitter (via @NBAonTNT) for 20 NBA on TNT games this season. During the second halves of those games, fans can watch the action through a single-player, isolated camera […]
Over 65s are almost four times more likely to have shared ‘fake news’ on Facebook than younger generations, according to research published in the journal Science. On average, Facebook users in the US over 65 shared nearly seven times as many articles from fake news domains as those aged between 18 and 29, researchers from […]