Advanced Television

Orange completes trial of Fujitsu 1FINITY optical transport solution

Fujitsu Limited has announced that global communications service provider (CSP) Orange has completed a successful lab evaluation of the 1FINITY T900 Series Transponder. Evaluation of the 1FINITY T900 solution demonstrated outstanding performance at 800Gigabits per second (Gbps) wavelengths over long distance with low power consumption, enabling affordable and sustainable optical transport. Faced with escalating data […]

June 4, 2025

Affinity Solutions launches Fansactions

Affinity Solutions, the consumer purchase insights company, has announced the launch of Fansactions, a solution that connects fans and brands by providing unprecedented visibility into the relationship between sports media investment and consumer purchase behaviour. Fansactions enables advertisers to directly see and measure ROAS for optimal, real-world outcomes by combining billions of deterministic online and […]

June 4, 2025

Chief completes Battersea Power Station doc The Masterplan

Independent UK prod co Chief has announced the completion of its documentary The Masterplan, starring Jason Flemyng (Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels, Boiling Point and A Working Man), the official story Battersea Power Station from its inception to its present-day transformation into a vibrant cultural destination. Once an industrial powerhouse, Battersea Power Station is […]

June 4, 2025

Barb: Paramount+ sees biggest Q4 growth in UK SVoD subs

Barb, the industry’s standard for understanding what people watch, has released data from its Establishment Survey showing that 20.1 million UK homes (67.5 per cent) had access to an SVoD service in Q1 2025. This is a slight increase from 20 million UK homes in Q4 2024. The service-level subscriptions data are as follows: Netflix: […]

June 3, 2025

Sky launching Glass Air

Sky has unveiled Sky Glass Air, a new TV with 4K picture quality, hands-free voice control, and Sky built in, all streamed over Wi-Fi, with no dish or box required. Glass Air will be available to buy from £6/month for new and existing customers when it goes on sale on June 10th. With a Sky […]

June 3, 2025By Nik Roseveare

Nandy: ‘We’ll consult on AI, copyright’

UK Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy has confirmed that the government will consult with representatives of the creative industries on the implications of AI. Delivering a keynote speech at the Deloitte and Enders Analysis’ Media & Telecoms 2025 & Beyond conference in London, Nandy noted that broadcast viewing is down by a quarter, but that on […]

June 3, 2025By Colin Mann

Fubo, DAZN sign US partnership

FuboTV, the sports-first live TV streaming platform, and DAZN, the sports streaming platform, have announced a multi-year partnership in which both sports streaming companies will distribute their owned-and-operated linear channels, which include exclusive sports rights, on each other’s US platforms. The announcement kicks off the first phase of the integrated partnership, which will include additional […]

June 3, 2025

ruwido unveils addressable promotion service

At ANGA COM, ruwido has unveiled its new, addressable promotion service that opens new revenue streams for service providers. The concept sees a traditional remote control transforming into a remote control as a service – turning a familiar household device into a tool for communication, promotion and revenue generation. A touch-sensitive LCD button, integrated into […]

June 3, 2025

South Korea grants licence for Eutelsat OneWeb LEO services

Intellian Technologies, a specialist in satellite connectivity solutions headquartered in South Korea, and satellite operator Eutelsat have announced that the South Korean government has officially granted a regulatory licence for the deployment of Eutelsat OneWeb’s Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite services in Korea. In a first-of-its-kind decision, the Ministry of Science and ICT (MSIT) approved […]

June 3, 2025

Moments Lab secures $24m funding

Moments Lab, a specialist in AI video discovery, has raised $24 million (€21m) in funding, led by Oxx, with participation from Orange Ventures, Kadmos, Supernova Invest and Elaia Partners. The new capital will accelerate Moments Lab’s U.S. expansion and advance its R&D work as it builds on its patented MXT-2 multimodal AI and rolls out […]

June 3, 2025