US cord cutters’ average broadband usage has risen rapidly to more than half a terabyte of data per month creating largely untapped opportunities for service providers, according to the Q3 2019 OVBI (OpenVault Broadband Industry) report issued by OpenVault, a provider of industry analytics and technology solutions for broadband operators. The report sheds new light […]
Intelsat’s share price fell back 12.34 per cent on November 12th, badly hurt by a negative report from investment bank JPMorgan and amid concerns that there are now significant “complications” in how the proposed C-Band Alliance might fare in the long-awaited FCC decision on reassignment of key satellite frequencies. JPMorgan specifically downgraded Intelsat from ‘Overweight’ […]
Social analytics company ListenFirst has revealed, somewhat unsurprisingly, that social media interest in the Disney+ streaming service was massive on launch day (November 12th) among consumers. There were 1.28 million tweets mentioning Disney+ in first day of its launch with the big uptick in conversation happening at 6am PT when the East Coast awoke to […]
Despite all manner of negotiations spread over some 17 months between would-be mega-satellite operator OneWeb and Intelsat, the pair never actually reached an agreement, says OneWeb in an application to a New York court. OneWeb – and its financial backer Japan’s SoftBank – is asking the court to dismiss an action started on September 10th […]
At the very start of this decade, in 2010, the Swedish Media council pointed at a shift in viewing habits among younger audiences. Broadcast viewing was dropping but on the other hand, internet usage was increasing rapidly, reports Mediavision, the Sweden-based strategy and business development consultant. As seen so many times before, behaviour of early […]
Digital media and broadcast services technical specifications industry consortium DVB has confirmed the approval of its DVB-I specification by the DVB Steering Board in Geneva. It has been published as DVB BlueBook A177. The DVB-I specification aims to ensure that linear television delivered over the Internet is as user-friendly and robust as a traditional broadcast […]
MultiChoice and its DStv services are doing well in terms of subscribers, up some 600,000 (7 per cent) active pay-TV homes in South Africa, for example. But ARPU in South Africa fell by 5 per cent as consumers shifted to lower-value bundles. MultiChoice reported higher core earnings on November 11th, but admitted it is struggling […]
World-be satellite operator LeoSat has abandoned its launch plans. It was reported back in September that LeoSat was having difficulty in raising the next stages of its financial needs. On Oct 21st Ronald van der Breggen, CEO, announced he had left the company leaving founder Mark Rigolle in charge. News has emerged from specialist newssite […]
At AfricaCom, Orange is announcing the construction of a new international backbone network in West Africa. This infrastructure will be built around a terrestrial fibre optic network coupled with submarine cables and will benefit from centralised supervision. This multi-regional West African network will connect to the rest of the world through various submarine cables and […]
The Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) – a global coalition dedicated to protecting the dynamic legal market and reducing online piracy – has obtained a consent judgment and permanent injunction against Omniverse One World Television, Inc. in the federal district court for the Central District of California. Omniverse was a major supplier of unauthorised […]