Advanced Television

Spain: Karate Combat on Gol

GOL, the FTA Spanish broadcaster, has acquired the rights to Karate Combat’s second season in Spain. Each Sunday night, from now until December, combat sports fans will get to see the Karate Combat Season 2, featuring bouts between the world’s top athletes in four virtual worlds rendered in real-time using Unreal Engine, the video game […]

October 9, 2020

Sesame Street stands up to racism

Sesame Workshop, the non-profit educational organisation behind Sesame Street, will address racism – and model how children can stand up to it – in The Power of We: A Sesame Street Special. Designed as a co-viewing experience for children and families, the special will stream on HBO Max and PBS KIDS in the US October […]

October 9, 2020

I Hate Suzie on HBO Max

Sky original drama I Hate Suzie is set to premiere on HBO Max, with the streaming service becoming the exclusive US home. The eight-part series follows Suzie Pickles, played by Billie Piper, who has her life upended when she is hacked and pictures of her emerge in a compromising position. Piper and co-creator Lucy Prebble, […]

October 9, 2020

UKTV Yesterday invests in Buildings that fought Hitler

Brighton based Indie Hello Mary is currently in production with an eight-part documentary series for UKTV’s specialist factual channel, Yesterday, and Australia’s SBS. The Buildings That Fought Hitler (8×60’) will premiere next year and will also be available on UKTV’s on-demand service UKTV Play. Presented by Rob Bell, The Buildings That Fought Hitler explores the […]

October 9, 2020

Orange collaborates with Smart Africa

Orange, a platinum member of the Smart Africa Alliance, supports the One Africa Network (OAN) project which has the aim of reducing the cost of communication and keeping the traffic generated and destined for Africa within Africa. The Smart Africa Secretariat has emphasised the need to collaborate effectively with the private sector and create synergies […]

October 9, 2020

IMPACT Wrestling adds French, German & Spanish-Language commentators for Bound For Glory

IMPACT Wrestling announced the live broadcast of the promotion’s biggest event of the year, Bound For Glory, will feature commentary feeds in French, German and Spanish in addition to the English broadcast. Bound For Glory is available to fans across the world via FITE.TV on October 24th at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT. Providing Spanish-language […]

October 9, 2020

CMA seeks review of Virgin, O2 merger

The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has made a request to the European Commission to refer the proposed merger of Virgin Media and Virgin Mobile with O2 to the CMA for investigation. Liberty Global plc (Liberty) owns Virgin Media and Virgin Mobile in the UK, and Telefónica S.A. (Telefónica) owns O2. Liberty and Telefónica […]

October 8, 2020By Colin Mann

Netflix in HDR on Sky Q

All Netflix HDR shows can now be watched on Sky Q, including new releases Criminal, Michael McIntyre: Showman, The Duchess, Enola Holmes and Ratched. Netflix joins the growing range of HDR content available on Sky Q, that includes Sky Nature shows like Gangs of Lemur Island and Malawi: Wildlife Rescue, as well as Sky originals […]

October 8, 2020By Nik Roseveare

Musk ready to start Starlink services

Elon Musk, in a tweet after the latest Starlink launch, said that once this batch of 60 satellites are in their correct orbital positions then a test broadband service will start. “We will be able to roll out a fairly wide public beta [service] in northern US & hopefully southern Canada,” Musk said. “Other countries […]

October 8, 2020By Chris Forrester

YouTube confirms F1 livestream

Having earlier announced its intention to offer live streaming of the Formula 1 Aramco Grosser Preis Der Eifel 2020 in Germany on the Formula 1 YouTube Channel, the platform has confirmed its coverage plans. The livestream starts at 11am CEST on October 9th with the first practice session. Fans will be able to watch the […]

October 8, 2020By Colin Mann