A group of leading telecom CEOs have gathered in Brussels, on the occasion of the annual FT-ETNO Summit, to put forward their vision for Europe’s next policy agenda. As Member States and European political groups start discussing the future EU digital policies, CEOs put forward their support for a new, strong industrial policy aimed at […]
Sky Sports will become the home of the NBA in the UK after announcing a new four-year broadcast and multi-platform partnership. Under the partnership, Sky Sports become the NBA’s exclusive broadcast partner and official website operator in the UK and Ireland. The new season begins in the early hours of Octobe 17th, with Sky Sports’s […]
For some months it has been rumoured that Elon Musk’s plans to build a global mega-constellation of some 4425 low orbiting broadband satellites (Starlink) was paused, and even cancelled. ‘Not so’ implied a speaker at last week’s Satellite Innovation conference in Mountain View, California. Steve Jurvetson, a shareholder in SpaceX (and a number if other […]
The Asia Video Industry Association (AVIA)has announced that Netflix has joined as a Patron member, alongside Globe Telecom as a Corporate member, strengthening the mandate of the Association to represent the interests of companies across the broader video industry in Asia. Additionally, in joining AVIA, Netflix has increased their role in supporting the industry by […]
Mark Rigolle, CEO of new satellite start-up LeoSat, says he expects existing partners Hispasat and Japan’s SkyPerfect JSAT to invest up to $300 million each into the venture. LeoSat estimates that its fleet of 84 satellites, being designed and specified by Thales Alenia, will cost about $3.6 billion. Rigolle, a former CFO at SES and […]
Russia’s catastrophic loss on October 11th of an important Soyuz rocket is being rapidly investigated, and the event is subject to a criminal enquiry. Other users of the Soyuz rocket variants include Arianespace, and any potential delay to their planned launches would be damaging to the satellite industry. A preliminary study indicates that one of […]
Vewd, the smart TV OTT software provider, has announced that iVideoSmart the independent premium video publisher in South East Asia, have jointly launched more than a 100 new Vewd certified apps. iVideoSmart premium partners such as GMA, Yan News, Cinemania, Bounty Films, Adagio are already live on the platform. And through iVideoSmart’s collaboration with VideoElephant, […]
SPI International has extended its distribution with NOWO in Portugal. The telco will now feature DocuBox HD, FilmBox Art House, Fast&FunBox HD and FashionBox HD in its channel listings. “The entry of these four new channels reinforces the offer of thematic contents that we have been presenting to our clients. This agreement with SPI International […]
Integrasys has launched a new corporate video with the key figures in the Company and how is making the growth happen. Alvaro Sanchez, Juan Martinez, Jose Torres, Sebastien Couvet and Pedro Ruiz are explaining the current success which is experimenting Integrasys nowadays. Alvaro Sanchez, CEO: “Integrasys is the Carrier Monitoring Systems and VSAT Commissioning Tools […]
Martin Freeman and Daisy Haggard will star in new comedy Breeders, a co-production from Sky and FX Productions. The 10-part series, which will be produced by Avalon Television, will expose the paradox of parenting that it is possible, in the same moment, to love your child to the horizon of the universe, while being apoplectically […]