Households living under lockdown have binged content like never before, driving significant uptake of both incumbent and newly-launched SVoD services. But having already exhausted the pool of new households to sell to, SVoD services must brace themselves for a much slower 2021, advises Maria Rua Aguete, Senior Director, Media and Entertainment at analyst firm Omdia, […]
The never-ending slanging match between Vivendi and Mediaset threw up another missile on Saturday morning. Some Italian newspapers published what Vivendi allege were confidential documents in the long-running legal dispute between the two media giants. Vivendi, in a statement released on Saturday morning, said: “Vivendi is shocked that a confidential document, intended for the protection […]
TikTok is launching a TV service in Europe with Samsung. TikTok’s most-liked and viewed content will be available on a pre-installed app exclusive to Samsung’s most recent smart TVs. Content is organised into 12 categories including gaming and comedy and food. Users will not have to have a TikTok account to watch the service, which […]
London Stadium has switched on a new 5G network, offering fans a fully connected experience as they return to the venue. Multiplay telco EE says its 5G network brings increased speed and reliability to the East London stadium, enabling customers to stay connected when attending events. The enhanced speeds of 5G will improve the event […]
SpaceX is well on track to have 1000 satellites in orbit by the end of January 2021. Rival OneWeb is due to add another 36 craft to its existing fleet of 74 satellites on December 17th. Amazon’s Jeff Bezos has yet to launch any of his Project Kuiper fleet, but observers are expecting launch action […]
Sunil Mittal, executive chairman of OneWeb, has confirmed that the satellite operator will add a global positioning, navigation and timing system onto its 2nd Generation of satellites for a GPS-type service. Mittal’s Bharti is a joint investor with the UK government in OneWeb. Meanwhile, he said that OneWeb’s current fleet can provide a timing service. […]
More than 7,000 residents, believed to have been using an illegal TV streaming service, are set to receive warning notices this week from Lancashire Police in the northwest of England. The force’s cyber-crime unit is issuing the warnings to subscribers of an IPTV service which allows users to illegally stream premium channels at a reduced […]
Satellite operator SES has opened an O3b ground station in Australia. It ensures that enhanced connectivity services can be supplied to businesses and communities across Australia and the Pacific Islands. The new satellite ground station is based at the Pivotel teleport in Dubbo, New South Wales. Specifically, the expanded facility will support O3b’s next-generation mPOWER […]
SpaceX carried its 25th mission of the year into orbit on Sunday December 13th at 17.30pm GMT. The client is pay-radio operator SiriusXM (SXM-7). The original scheduled launch was for Friday December 11th but was scrubbed because of technical issues. The satellite was built for SiriusXM by Maxar Technologies. It is one of two satellites […]
Personalised Smart Home Services specialist Plume is reporting record growth and adoption of its portfolio of advanced Smart Home Services and Communication Service Provider (CSP) applications, which now power more than 20 million active households around the world. Through 2020, Plume has been scaling rapidly and is currently averaging approximately 1 million new home activations each […]