According to Openreach’s annual update, broadband traffic across the UK increased by 10.5 per cent in 2024 to 103,590 Petabytes (PB) of data. A closer look at the numbers reveals that peaks coincided with specific online events, such as Prime Video’s Premier League coverage, the release of popular gaming title downloads, the setup of new […]
Tubi, Fox Corporation’s AVoD service, has announced that it surpassed 97 million monthly active users and streamed over 10 billion hours during the 2024 calendar year. Tubi offers a collection of movies and TV episodes, including over 300 exclusive originals, across connected televisions, mobile devices, the web and more. “Tubi’s momentum is growing as audiences […]
With a greater number of lower-cost ad-supported TV sources available, TV viewers’ resistance to ads continues to wane. The results of Hub’s semi-annual TV Advertising: Fact vs Fiction survey indicate most consumers prefer to watch TV ads in exchange for lower subscription costs, particularly those who remain concerned about the economy and potential inflation. Key […]
Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang kicked off CES 2025 with a keynote that included new products to advance gaming, autonomous vehicles, robotics, and agentic AI. AI has been “advancing at an incredible pace,” he said before an audience of more than 6,000 at the Michelob Ultra Arena in Las Vegas. “It started with perception […]
Pro-copyright consumer education body The Industry Trust for IP Awareness’s ‘Moments Worth Paying For’ campaign is teaming up with national treasure Danny Dyer to present an exclusive message ahead of True Brit Entertainment’s Marching Powder, set to hit the big screen across the UK and Ireland on March 7th 2025. In this brand-new and exclusive […]
Meta has announced that Dana White, John Elkann and Charlie Songhurst have been elected to the company’s board of directors. Mark Zuckerberg, Founder and CEO of Meta, commented: “Dana, John and Charlie will add a depth of expertise and perspective that will help us tackle the massive opportunities ahead with AI, wearables and the future of human […]
The stage is set for the start of the Grand Slam tennis season as Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) steps up to screen live and exclusive coverage of every match from every court at the Australian Open on Max and discovery+. For the first time for its tennis coverage, streaming product innovations will be available to […]
LG Electronics has announced a partnership with Xbox, providing players with access to hundreds of games with the Xbox app on LG Smart TVs. Owners of LG’s latest Smart TVs will be able to discover and play a wide selection of PC and console games from a number of partners, and soon Xbox, through the […]
Ligado Networks filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on January 6th. Ligado holds some extremely valuable ‘L-band’ spectrum over North America but is in the middle of a bitter dispute with the US government and has accused the US government of improperly blocking it from commercialising licensed spectrum through what it called one of the […]
TiVo, a wholly-owned subsidiary of entertainment technology company Xperi, has announced it will be entering the US television market with Sharp Home Electronics Company of America. Already available in Europe, TiVo OS has eight partners, such as Sharp Europe, to introduce its smart TVs Powered by TiVo with over 33 brands including Bush, Daewoo, Digihome, […]