Amazon Prime Video and Avalon have announced a brand-new comedy special with Rob Delaney launching globally on January 17th 2020. Jackie, recorded at the Hackney Empire in London will unpack the horror and the joys of his life in the UK’s capital city: from swimming in tea, unearthing scammers, being a father and a husband, […]
The months of extensive lobbying in favour of a privately-held C-band spectrum auction came to naught when FCC Chairman Ajit Pai, in a Tweet on November 18th said: “After much deliberation and a thorough review of the extensive record, I’ve concluded that the best way to advance these principles is through a public auction of […]
The recent record CNMC fine of almost €80 million on Mediaset and Atresmedia for illegal ad practices has led regional TV stations, represented by Federación de Organismos de Radio y Televisión Autonómicos (FORTA), and smaller DTT channels to claim for damages of up to €70 million to €100 million from the largest TV broadcasters. The […]
Total telecommunications and pay-TV service revenue will reach $404.5 billion (€365.4bn) by the end of 2019, representing a 0.5 per cent decline over 2018, according to GlobalData, a data and analytics company. Ivan Maldonado, Technology Analyst at GlobalData, commented: “Despite this decline, which is mainly due to declining revenues from mobile and fixed-voice data communications, […]
A report from Ampere Analysis focuses on one of the globe’s most advanced SVoD markets – the Nordics. Since its launch in the region in 2012, Netflix has been the driving force in the OTT market, achieving 4.5 million subscribers by the end of 2018. However, despite boasting a large catalogue of international content at […]
Amazon is the measure of all things in Germany when it comes to OTT content, suggests TeraVolt, an agency for digital TV products. Meanwhile, Google and Apple are far behind the e-commerce giant in this area. Amazon’s Fire TV devices currently reach almost four million German households and, according to expert estimates, could grow to […]
Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) and AT&T have announced that SPE has acquired AT&T’s minority stake in Game Show Network. SPE now owns 100 per cent of the multimedia entertainment company offering original and classic game programming to millions of subscribers through the US-based cable network. It also offers online and mobile games to millions of […]
SK Telecom has announced its comprehensive plans aimed at expanding its VR business and ecosystem. To lead the popularisation of VR services, the company has launched an innovative 5G-based VR service named ‘Virtual Social World’. Virtual Social World is a VR service that allows multiple users to engage in diverse activities and create contents in […]
Despite there being plenty of discussion regarding new and promised ‘mega-constellations’ either being launched or planned, the fact remains that O3b – a wholly-owned subsidiary of SES is alive and already in orbit with its cluster of satellites. November 18th saw Gilat Satellite Networks announce that it has reached a major landmark with the selection […]
The European Space Agency is looking to set a budget of almost $2 billion (€1.7 billion) for research and development on new technologies within the satellite sector. The R&D work, if approved by European ministers at an upcoming conference on November 27th – 28th, will focus on the integration of satellites into 5G, very-high throughput […]