Research from Parks Associates shows the prospect of saving money, either through reduced household bills or a discount on insurance premiums, raises the interest in smart home devices among 60 per cent of the US broadband households that do not own and do not intend to purchase a smart home device. “Roughly 46 per cent […]
App-based TV video delivery solutions specialist MobiTV is to launch a new data centre in Atlanta, GA. This data centre currently serves as a pop location for MobiTV’s managed service connectivity and will become new redundant site for its Sacramento-based data centre. The implementation of the site will be the result of a joint effort […]
Kacific is a satellite operator concentrating its resources on most of the Pacific islands, stretching from Indonesia and the Philippines in the West to Tonga and Guam, French Polynesia, New Zealand in the South and East Pacific. According to a report in trade publication Space News, the embryonic business is now planning a significant expansion. […]
ITV, the UK’s biggest commercial broadcaster, is launching a new magazine as part of a partnership with content agency John Brown Media. The ITV Magazine will be available to purchase for £1 in Waitrose & Partners stores across the country and myWaitrose members can pick up the magazine for free. ITV says its new magazine […]
Netflix has confirmed that Spencer Neumann is joining the company as Chief Financial Officer. Neumann is an accomplished media and financial executive who was most recently CFO of Activision Blizzard and previously held several senior positions at The Walt Disney Company. He succeeds David Wells who served as CFO since 2010. “Spencer is a stellar […]
PCCW Media has secured the exclusive Premier League broadcast rights in Hong Kong for the 2019/20 to 2021/22 seasons. Now TV continues to be the exclusive licensed broadcaster in Hong Kong delivering live coverage of all 380 matches, bringing viewers live action throughout the season. A total of 76 matches will be delivered in 4K […]
Video delivery platform specialist SeaChange International has announced the appointment of Yossi Aloni as Senior Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer (CCO). Reporting to Ed Terino, Chief Executive Officer, Aloni will lead global sales and marketing. He will assist SeaChange in fine-tuning its recently-launched value-based engagement model, which offers content and service providers a complete […]
Universal Electronics has announced a collaboration with Microsoft to launch a new digital assistant platform for the home built on the Microsoft Azure cloud platform using AI and IoT services. Artificial intelligence is now playing a key role in improving access to smart living products and services, and this is only expected to expand in size […]
LG Electronics is taking the home entertainment experience to new heights with the introduction of its latest flagship TVs with ThinQ AI at CES 2019. Powered by the company’s second-generation α (Alpha) 9 Gen 2 intelligent processor and deep learning algorithm, the new models offer a higher level of AI picture and sound experience quality. […]
iPad and iPhone users are no longer able to pay for their Netflix service through iTunes, depriving Apple of an estimated $256 million (€225.4m) in annual revenue. The change, enforced by Netflix, means iOS users will now have to pay for Netflix through its website, rather than through Apple’s service. The move means Netflix will […]