A report from Juniper Research has found that consumer virtual reality content will bring over $7 billion in revenue in 2025, an increase of over 160 per cent on the $3 billion it is expected to generate in 2020. The primary driver for consumer content in this space will be console gamers, which will account […]
Worldwide smartphone sales to end-users totalled 366 million units in the third quarter of 2020, down 5.7 per cent from the third quarter of 2019, according to research and advisory company Gartner. Overall global mobile phone sales to end users totalled 401 million units, a decline of 8.7 per cent year-over-year. After two consecutive quarters […]
Internet users in the US vastly underestimate how often their home networks are targeted by cyber threats. That’s one of the key findings of the first-ever Xfinity Cyber Health Report, which combines data from a new consumer survey with actual threat data collected by the xFi Advanced Security platform. As part of the report’s findings, […]
Prince Harry is supporting the launch of the WaterBear Network with an exclusive conversation for the platform. The nine minute presentation titled A Conversation With Prince Harry will be available to view on the platform from December 1st. Talking to WaterBear’s CEO Ellen Windemuth and Head of Strategy Sam Sutaria on behalf of NGO African […]
With Zoom removing usage limits across its platform for the Thanksgiving holiday in the US, cable broadband usage on Thanksgiving Day registered a year-over-year 45 per cent jump, according to OpenVault, a provider of technology solutions and data insights for the broadband industry. An analysis of data collected by OpenVault’s network management and monitoring tools […]
SES has renewed and extended a contract with German-language channels in Southern Africa. Satellite TV viewers across sub-Saharan Africa will be able to continue watching German TV channels offered by Satelio in Namibia and Deukom in South Africa. Satelio and Deukom are operated by Deutscher Televisionsklub Betriebs GmbH and transmitted from a key SES orbital […]
A report to clients from analysts at South Korea’s Shinhan Investment Corp sys that LG Display’s Chinese OLED production lines will increase output in 2021 to a forecast 71.7 percent increase year-over-year and to about 7.87 million units. The analysts say they expect to see a sharp rise in sales of high-margin panels used in […]
WarnerMedia and Globe, the largest mobile network operator in the Philippines, have jointly announced that Globe customers will have a new way to subscribe to HBO GO, WarnerMedia’s streaming service in Southeast Asia, from early 2021. Currently, Globe Prepaid users may go for an extra 1GB for HBO GO with GoWATCH10 on top of their […]
Business solutions advisory firm CSG has extended its long-standing partnership with mobile telco Airtel Africa. As part of the enhanced agreement, CSG will provide Airtel Africa with managed services, including customer relationship management and convergent charging and billing solutions to support the growth the company is experiencing through its 14-country footprint across Africa. “Airtel Africa […]
Blast TV, the global esports media network delivering world class entertainment experiences, has selected EVS’ market-leading VIA and Media Infrastructure solutions as the backbone of its new esports production flypack. The mobile solution is designed so that Blast TV can produce its own live gaming events in-house. With the Covid-19 lockdown impacting mass gatherings, the […]