Maria Rua Aguete, Senior Research Director at Omdia, speaking at the 4K HDR Summit’s virtual edition, said that viewers in the US and Western Europe are increasingly enjoying 4K television. She says that the US ownership of 4K is currently at 52 per cent. Western Europe is at 38 per cent, and will take about […]
Findings from the IHS Markit 2020 5G Economy Study, commissioned by Qualcomm Technologies, reveal a 10.8 per cent net increase in global 5G investment and R&D over the next 15 years, compared to the 2019 forecast. The study also shows an increase in 5G-related jobs to 22.8 million by 2035, up 22.3 million, despite the […]
hayu – the all-reality SVoD service from NBCUniversal International – has launched in Germany and Austria and is available on Amazon Prime Video Channels via the Prime Video app on an array of devices. Targeting the broad base of viewers who are fans of the reality genre, hayu offers top reality TV content including Keeping […]
Worldwide spending on augmented reality and virtual reality (AR/VR) is forecast to accelerate out of the pandemic, growing from just over $12.0 billion in 2020 to $72.8 billion in 2024. According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Augmented and Virtual Reality Spending Guide, the five-year compound annual growth rate (CAGR) for AR/VR spending will […]
Italy’s Telecom Italia Mobile (TIM) has signed a “long-term strategic agreement” for significant Italian capacity on Eutelsat’s Konnect ‘broadband-by-satellite’ service. The TIM agreement is similar in shape to that signed by Orange (of France) and sees TIM contracting the entire Italian capacity on Eutelsat Konnect which started operations this month, as well as the vast […]
All Gallagher Premiership Rugby matches played behind closed doors in the upcoming 2020/21 season will be broadcast live on BT Sport. BT Sport subscribers will be able to follow all six games each weekend live. Once crowds can safely return to stadia, BT Sport will revert to the usual broadcast schedule. Through an agreement between […]
GIGAEurope, the industry association of private investors in gigabit connectivity, has celebrated its launch by bringing together policymakers MEP Miapetra Kumpula-Natri and Anthony Whelan, Digital Policy Adviser in the Cabinet of President von der Leyen, plus senior industry executives from Vodafone Group, Liberty Global, VodafoneZiggo and Telenet. The event highlighted how the coronavirus pandemic surged […]
StarTimes has accused four media outlets of stealing its exclusive coverage of the Ghanaian Premier League football. The Ghana League is hugely popular and StarTimes says Silver FM, Aseda FM, Stade Afrique and Najoe Sounds transmitted a game locally and internationally on their Facebook and Youtube services. “Silver FM, Aseda FM, Stade Afrique and Najoe […]
Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT Group), the Nordic streaming company, has acquired the exclusive rights to show the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup in Sweden, Norway and Denmark. NENT Group will show every match from the tournament on its Viaplay streaming service, with selected matches available on its free-TV channels. Australia and New Zealand will host […]
Amagi, a global SaaS leader in broadcast TV and streaming TV technology, has announced that it has enabled Fremantle’s BUZZR, the country’s only vintage game show network, to transition into cloud-managed broadcast operations for efficiency, scalability, and cost-effectiveness. Using Amagi’s next-generation cloud platform, BUZZR has successfully integrated its broadcast workflows across over-the-air, cable and digital […]