UK multiplay telco BT is revamping its TV packages, introducing flexible bundles which will allow users to change the channels they subscribe to every month. The TV platform has also fully integrated NOW TV from Sky into its packages for the first time. It said that the new flexible packages will allow users to upgrade, […]
According to the new Cisco Annual Internet Report, 5G will support more than 10 per cent of the world’s mobile connections by 2023. The average 5G speed will be 575 megabits per second, or 13 times faster than the average mobile connection. With advanced performance capabilities, 5G will deliver more dynamic mobile infrastructures for AI […]
Movie streaming platform Filmin has launched the first Basque-speaking OTT service, Filmin Euskaraz. The service offers a library of Basque TV productions as well as cinema titles all subtitled or dubbed in Euskara – the Basque language. The platform will include 40 titles, divided into three categories (fiction cinema, documentaries and children cinema), among them […]
A study from Juniper Research forecasts that total operator-billed revenue from 5G IoT connections will reach $8 billion (€7.4bn) by 2024; rising from $525 million in 2020. This is a growth of over 1,400 per cent over the next 5 years. The report identified
The Facebook/PointView test ‘Athena’ satellite is scheduled to launch on an Ariane rocket on March 24th, weather permitting. The satellite is just one of dozens of small satellites which will launch that day on a Vega rocket from French Guiana. The satellite is very much experimental. Weighing just 150 kgs it was built by SpaceSystems/Loral […]
A Falcon 9 rocket successfully placed 60 more Starlink broadband satellites into orbit on February 17th. Launch was at 15.05 local time from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station and SpaceX’s Launch Complex 40. SpaceX confirmed the successful deployment of the satellites. However, the Falcon 9 did not land successfully on its drone barge after […]
ZEE5, the SVoD platform for Indian content, is now available on Roku devices, enabling audiences across 190+ countries internationally (except the US) to now access over 100,000 hours of entertainment on their Roku TV and Roku streaming devices. With this addition, ZEE5 is now available across a wide range of platforms and devices including Android, […]
The Pakistan Super League, Global Sports Commerce (GSC), and beIN Media Group have announced a media rights agreement that will see beIN Sports broadcast the 2020 Pakistan Super League live in Australia, as well as showcasing a daily highlights programme to fans across Asia. The deal means that beIN Sports will broadcast the tournament’s 34 […]
Whisper has announced that Sony Pictures Television (SPT) has invested in The Whisper Group, which comprises of live sports and non-scripted production company Whisper, Chapter 3 Graphics and East Media, with immediate effect. Co-founded by CEO Sunil Patel, broadcaster Jake Humphrey and retired F1 driver David Coulthard, The Whisper Group produces a raft of sports […]
Spaceway 1, once the satellite industry’s most powerful and flexible Ka-band craft, is now safely in a so-called graveyard orbit. Spaceway 1, also at the time the heaviest-ever satellite to be launched, was acquired by DirecTV with a fascinating history behind it. The Spaceway system was planned to be a global Ka-band communications satellite and […]