Advanced Television

Data: 2.2k UK content removal requests to Google since 2020

Surfshark has explored global government requests to Google, revealing trends, top-requesting countries, and reasons behind content removal Since 2020, UK’s courts and government agencies have requested Google to remove content 2.2k times, positioning UK in the 14th place globally, according to Surfshark’s study. On a global scale, governmental requests for content removal climbed to nearly […]

January 14, 2025

T-Mobile acquires Vistar Media

T-Mobile has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Vistar Media, a provider of technology solutions for digital-out-of-home (DOOH) advertisements. Through the T-Mobile Advertising Solutions business, T-Mobile will acquire all of Vistar’s capabilities. This includes its intelligent marketplace and technology solutions for buying, selling and managing media campaigns across a global network of more than […]

January 14, 2025

Spain, Hong Kong, Singapore top Netflix ISP Speed Index

Five per cent of Internet Service Providers (ISPs) saw a 0.2 Mbps increase, 70 per cent remained the same, and 25 per cent experienced a decrease of 0.2 to 0.6 Mbps this month on the Netflix ISP Speed Index – a monthly update on which ISPs provide the best prime-time Netflix streaming experience. Three countries […]

January 14, 2025

nexfibre urges regulatory consistency in full fibre roll-out

nexfibre has released a report, UK Fibre: A Fork In the Road, outlining a series of recommendations for Ofcom’s upcoming Telecoms Access Review (TAR) with the objective of maintaining investment in the roll out of full fibre in the UK, promoting sustainable competition in the market and restraining anticompetitive behaviour from the dominant operator. The […]

January 14, 2025

Samsung TV Plus launches K-pop channel in Europe

Samsung’s free ad-supported streaming TV (FAST) service, has announced the launch of its first European FAST linear channel dedicated to K-pop in the UK, France, Spain, Italy, Germany, Sweden and The Netherlands. The launch of the K-POP by CJ ENM channel marks the first instalment of Korean content on Samsung’s European streaming service. Available exclusively […]

January 14, 2025

Forecast: FWA equipment spend $48bn+ in next 5 years

According to a report by Dell’Oro Group, a source for market information about the telecommunications, security, networks, and data centre industries, Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) has surged in recent years to support both residential and enterprise connectivity due to its ease of deployment along with the more widespread availability of 4G LTE and 5G Sub-6GHz […]

January 14, 2025

Data: UK men concerned about impact of social media

Around three quarters (76 per cent) of young men in the UK are worried about the impact of social media on young men’s mental health, but almost as many are optimistic that it can improve – with two thirds (66 per cent) of young men in the UK saying that they feel social media can […]

January 14, 2025

UKTV Ventures invests in Rest Less

Multi-channel broadcaster UKTV has it invested in Rest Less, the UK’s digital platform for people aged 50 and older, using its multi-million-pound investment fund, UKTV Ventures. With over 1 million members in the UK, Rest Less is a digital platform and advocate designed to support midlifers to get the most out of life. Through a […]

January 14, 2025

Freezing weather puts spotlight on all-weather tracks in horse racing

The plummeting temperatures in the UK in the early stages of 2025 have forced ITV Racing – the sport’s terrestrial broadcaster – to be nimble with their schedule on a Saturday afternoon. Many of the leading Jumps meetings in January have been abandoned due to frozen tracks, but the broadcaster has still been able to […]

January 14, 2025

Forecast: Wholesale roaming revenue to double by 2028

A study from Juniper Research, experts in telecommunications markets, has found that global revenue from wholesale roaming will grow from $9 billion (€8.7bn) in 2024 to $20 billion by 2028. Juniper Research predicts that the increasing deployment of 5G standalone (SA) technology, which supports the growing need for real-time monitoring of roaming connections and activity, […]

January 14, 2025