Advanced Television

SportsTribal chooses Stoneroos OTT NOW! solution

SportsTribal TV is a new free, sports streaming TV service representing a wide range of new and exciting 24/7 sport-based entertainment channels from around the world, all on one streaming service. SportsTribal has chosen the white-label OTT NOW! solution from Stoneroos for its launch in late 2020. The decision by SportsTribal TV follows a large […]

September 1, 2020

Whip Media partners with ZOO Digital

Whip Media Group, an enterprise platform that provides a broad range of integrated services, enhanced by unique analytics, to the world’s largest entertainment organizations to more efficiently manage, distribute and monetize their digital content, today announced a strategic supply chain partnership with ZOO Digital, a provider of cloud-based dubbing, subtitling, localization and distribution services to […]

September 1, 2020

A1 Hrvatska launches personalized TV solution deployed by Zappware

With A1 XploreTV, A1 Hrvatska has launched its advanced personalized TV solution. After Bulgaria, Austria and Slovenia, the A1 Group solution is has now been released in the Croatian market. Ivana Markovic, General Manager for Private and Small Business users of A1 Hrvatska, said: “The new user experience deployed by Zappware is impressive in terms […]

August 31, 2020

BT TV launches Unlimited Substitutions campaign

BT is kicking off its 2020/21 season launch campaign with a host of notable football names featuring in its television advert, which it says showcases “the breadth of content and flexibility available to customers on BT TV”. BT TV is the only place where fans will be able to switch seamlessly between BT Sport, Sky […]

August 30, 2020

Walmart joins Microsoft for US TikTok bid

Walmart, the US retail giant, has confirmed it will partner with Microsoft to make a bid for the US operations of social media app TikTok. TikTok, owned by China-based ByteDance, has been ordered to sell its US arm to an American firm or face a ban in the country. US President Donald Trump has alleged […]

August 28, 2020

3pm football TV blackout lifted

The FA has confirmed that the Saturday 3pm TV blackout will be lifted when the new season starts, making it likely that all Premier League games will be available to UK viewers – much like as they were during Project Restart. Games will continue to be played inside empty stadiums due to the pandemic, and […]

August 28, 2020

OneWeb wins FCC approval for extra 1280 satellites

The FCC has approved OneWeb’s request to deploy an additional 1,280 satellites to provide high-speed broadband services in the US. The approval increases the number of satellites OneWeb can operate in the US market from 720 to 2,000, offering the company “greater opportunities to deliver satellite-based broadband services to the public,” the agency said in […]

August 28, 2020By Chris Forrester

Salt may challenge Liberty buy of Sunrise

Xavier Niel, the French billionaire behind Saltand the Free brands in France and Italy, claims the deal breaches an exclusivity agreement. Niel announced he was considering a law suit on the day UPC Switzerland, the local Liberty Global cable unit, issued its prospectus laying out the terms for its €6.2 billion acquisition of Swiss MNO […]

August 28, 2020

Data: US downstream peak traffic declines

Over 72 million homes and businesses across America subscribe to broadband delivered by cable providers. With the ongoing pandemic, these connections are more important than ever, including home Wi-Fi networks, as the nation adapts to the realities of “social distancing” and many of our daily activities have moved online. To better explain how changing consumer […]

August 28, 2020

Report: 5G could deliver $3.3 trillion for LatAm

Omdia and Nokia’s Why 5G in Latin America report finds 5G will come to Latin America, sooner rather than later. The region lags its peers in productivity and economic growth, both of which will be enhanced by digital transformation. This, in turn, requires

August 28, 2020