Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai has shared with his colleagues a draft proposal which would take steps toward making the 3.45-3.55 GHz band available for commercial use throughout the contiguous United States. This item will be on the agenda of the FCC’s September 30th Open Meeting and, if adopted, would position this 100 megahertz […]
BBC Three’s audience has shrunk significantly since the channel went digital-only in 2016. Research service Enders Analysis charted viewing figures for the year before it went digital-only, with the year to November 2019. It said viewing of BBC Three content, including BBC Three programmes shown on other BBC linear TV channels, is down 72 per […]
TikTok’s future may be uncertain in the US, but its UK operations continue to grow robustly despite security concerns. According to eMarketer’s latest UK social network forecast, the Chinese-owned video-sharing platform will have several milestone moments this year and next. TikTok will grow its UK user base by 75.2 per cent this year, reaching 8.5 […]
Bela Bajaria has been put in charge of global television at Netflix, whilst the streamer has confirmed that Cindy Holland, an architect of the streamer’s original-content strategy, is leaving. In her new role, Bajaria will oversee all original series for Netflix. She joined Netflix in 2016, and had previously been in charge of unscripted programming […]
Spain’s fourth telco operator MásMóvil has launched a trial of 5G services in 15 Spanish cities hot on the heels of its rivals Movistar and Orange. MásMóvil will offer the new services to its customers through its low-cost brand Yoigo, partly using its own 5G networks and partly through its access to French Orange’s infrastructure. […]
Paul Kagan, whose approach to cable research transformed the way analysts, and the media industry looked at the cable business, died in August aged 82, his family has announced. Kagan is best remembered for his Carmel, California research company, Paul Kagan Associates, started in 1969. Kagan decided to value cable companies based on multiples of […]
Streaming data from UK OTT service NOW TV reveal Brits are turning to apocalyptic and dystopian movies for comfort in the wake of the ongoing pandemic, with the likes of After Earth, Minority Report and The World’s End seeing a significant surge in viewing during lockdown. Viewing data analysed over the lockdown period showed streams […]
EE has released its latest Mobile Network Index report, tracking the changing trends and habits on its mobile network as lockdown started to ease in the UK. The insights highlight: The increase in movement as lockdown restrictions lifted The popularity of holiday and travel sites as people planned trips away The UK’s hotspots for watching […]
Nigeria’s Communications Commission (NCC), the regulatory body overseeing the country’s communications sector, has issued new licences and permits equal to 13 additional feeds from mostly existing satellite operators to provide satellite services within the country. The extra permits go to Intelsat, Eutelsat, Avanti, Yahsat, SES (via NSS New Skies), Inmarsat and Iridium. OneWeb is also […]
China Aerospace Science & Industry (CASIC) says it will launch the next 12 of a planned 80 satellites to serve the demand for Internet of Things (IoT) connectivity during 2021. Two CASIC satellites were orbited in May this year into Low Earth Orbit (LEO). The satellites utilise inter-satellite laser links, which enable them to communicate […]