Backscreen, the cross-gen OTT platform vendor, has partnered with Scalstrm, a leader in sustainable and efficient streaming technology, to enhance Backscreen video streaming capabilities. This collaboration hardens video delivery services of Backscreen with exceptional streaming performance and sustainability of the Scalstrm solution. Backscreen will integrate Scalstrm’s Origin solution within its video processing flow combining OTT […]

FullFibre, a wholesale full fibre network provider along with its in-house ISP retail company, BeFibre, and Zzoomm, a growing full fibre business operator, have agreed to merge. The enlarged group will have a large full fibre footprint with some 600,000 properties ready for service and over 65,000 customers. The merged business will seek to accelerate […]

Xperi has partnered with Tubi, the free streaming service, to bring an array of free content to TiVo OS powered TVs across the UK. Tubi, owned by Fox, offers a content library of over 250,000 movies and TV episodes, a growing collection of exclusive originals and over 250 live channels. TiVo OS will play a key role […]

OLED panel revenues increased 28 per cent YoY in Q3 2024, and are expected to increase 16 per cent in 2024 with growth from smartphones, TVs and IT-based applications. As revealed in Counterpoint’s latest OLED Shipment Report, (generated by Display Supply Chain Consultants) OLED panel revenues increased 28 per cent YoY in Q3/2024. This improvement […]

The BBC has published its first Climate Transition Plan, detailing how the broadcaster intends to be Net Zero by 2050. This forms part of the Corporation’s commitment to building a sustainable BBC and wider media industry. The BBC says it has been making significant progress towards its science-based targets, aligning a commitment to natural history […]

Prime Video has revealed that Spanish Original young adult movie Your Fault has become the most-watched International Original on Prime Video ever at launch. The sequel from Mercedes Ron’s best-selling the Culpables book trilogy, Your Fault, launched on Prime Video on December 27th 2024 in 240 countries and territories worldwide. At launch, Your Fault, ranked […]

SpaceX’s Starlink broadband-by-satellite system could soon be legitimately be available to South African residents. Local reports say that the nation, which requires incoming businesses to have a shareholding which includes a 30 per cent ‘black’ ownership (officially Historically Disadvantaged Groups), is close to approving Starlink’s availability. South Africa recently announced that it would introduce new […]

Disney+ Hotstar’s exclusive broadcast of Coldplay’s Music of the Spheres World Tour concert in Ahmedabad attracted 8.3 million views and garnered 165 million minutes of watch time. Viewers tuned in from all parts of the country with Maharashtra, Gujarat, Karnataka, NCR Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal contributing 85 per cent viewership. Streaming […]

Analysts at consultants McKinsey, along with the World Economic Forum reporting from Davos in Switzerland, say that the space economy is projected to be worth $1.8 trillion (€1.72tn) by 2035. “Space is no longer a distant frontier; it’s woven into the fabric of our daily lives, from the morning weather report on your smartphone to […]

The Alpine Hexagon Cup 2025, the leading padel competition, is set to reach over 825 million households worldwide through a global network of 38 broadcast partners having renewed key partnerships from the inaugural event and signing key new deals. The Hexagon Cup 2025 will deliver free-to-air live access to every match globally (excluding the US) […]