Advanced Television

Sweden: 5G auction opens and closes

Sweden’s auction of spectrum in the 3.5 GHz band for the development of 5G has opened and closed after just one day. Sweden’s regulator closed the auction after four rounds of bidding, and the end-result has been described as being “benign” for the telcos involved. The average bidding price was a mere €0.06 per MHz […]

January 20, 2021By Chris Forrester

Canal+ flash sale for subs

Canal+ has launched a sale on French retailer Veepee.fr which specialises in flash sales of – often – designer merchandise at significant discounts. It has more than 72 million users. Veepee is offering new or returning subscribers deeply discounted access to Canal+. The site is offering two “exclusive” offers either for the stand-alone Canal+ channel […]

January 20, 2021By Chris Forrester

Verizon, Unity mobile edge computing partnership

US multiplay telco Verizon and real-time 3D (RT3D) content creation and operation platform Unity are partnering to enable new digital experiences ranging from entertainment applications to enterprise toolkits using 5G, mobile edge compute (MEC) and real-time 3D technology. By bringing together 5G Edge MEC services and the performance of Verizon’s 5G Ultra Wideband network with […]

January 20, 2021

The Muppet Show on Disney+

The Muppet Show, Jim Henson’s iconic variety series, will begin streaming on Disney+ on February 19th. In addition to the first three seasons, fans will be able to enjoy seasons 4 and 5, which have never previously been available on home entertainment. The Muppet Show stars Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Gonzo, and […]

January 20, 2021By Nik Roseveare

Eurosport expands cycling events

Eurosport has secured a raft of rights to world-class Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) events from the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). The agreement incorporates some of the UCI’s blue-chip events including the UCI Road World Championship, UCI Track Cycling World Championship, UCI Mountain Biking World Championship, BMX World Championship, Urban Cycling World Championship, Cyclo-Cross World Championship […]

January 20, 2021

Oetegenn joins Amino board

Media technology specialist Amino has named seasoned industry executive Steve Oetegenn as a Non-Executive Director of the Group. Oetegenn is an industry leader in the online video, pay-TV and digital security sectors, with over 30 years’ experience, who brings deep expertise of the interplay between software and media. Across his career, Oetegenn has worked with […]

January 20, 2021By Colin Mann

BT increases support for lockdown learning

BT has announced it will increase support for families learning from home by adding zero rating of Oak National Academy content to its ‘Lockdown Learning’ support scheme by the end of January. The content will be free for all EE, BT Mobile, and Plusnet Mobile customers, while face to face teaching is paused. The partnership […]

January 20, 2021

SpaceX reschedules 17th Starlink launch

SpaceX delayed its initially planned January 18th launch for the 17th Starlink mission because of bad weather. Rescheduled for January 20th, this will be the eighth time the powerful booster had flown, itself a record. SpaceX plans to loft 60 of its Starlink satellites into orbit (at 08.02 am Florida time, 13.02 GMT) and taking […]

January 20, 2021By Chris Forrester

Ukraine: Viasat World channels on Volia

Viasat World has signed a new carriage deal with Volia, a pay-TV operator in Ukraine. Its portfolio of channels is available immediately on Volia’s cable, IPTV and OTT platforms. Subscribers to Volia’s TV services can access the suite of channels and SVoD services which includes factual channels Viasat Nature, Viasat History and Viasat Explore; period […]

January 20, 2021

Blue Planet embeds Hansen technology

Hansen Technologies has announced a solutions partnership with Blue Planet, a division of Ciena, expanding the successful Partner Program for Hansen’s Create-Deliver-Engage Suite for Communications Service Providers (CSPs). Blue Planet has embedded Hansen technology into its Blue Planet Service Order Management solution, which integrates with other components of the Blue Planet intelligent automation portfolio to […]

January 20, 2021