Altice USA, the fourth largest US cable company, plans to invest further in the US by building a next-generation fibre-to-the-home network capable of delivering broadband speeds of up to 10 Gbps across its footprint. Altice USA will extend fibre deeper into its existing hybrid fibre coax (HFC) network and leverage cutting-edge and proprietary technologies developed […]
John Pilger, Emmy and BAFTA award-winning director and journalist, yesterday debuted his new documentary film ‘The Coming War on China’ in an exclusive preview screening by RT. This feature-length documentary is John Pilger’s 60th film for television and explores the possibility of a new cold war and its nuclear danger. Coming straight after the election […]
UK comms regulator Ofcom is proceeding with a formal notification to require the legal separation of infrastructure unit Openreach from BT, after BT failed to offer voluntary proposals that address Ofcom’s competition concerns. The news came a matter of hours after the telco named experienced businessman Mike McTighe as Chairman of the unit under changes […]
As anticipated, AT&T has announced package and price details of its streaming services following its acquisition of DBS satellite operator DirecTV, led by the DirecTV NOW package at $35 (€33). Beginning November 30th, will offer three video streaming services – DirecTV NOW, FreeVIEW and Fullscreen, which it suggests represent TV networks and made-for-digital video content […]
Entertainment technology and audience insights specialist TiVo and Netflix have signed licensing agreements they say allow both companies to deliver a better entertainment experience to consumers. A product agreement calls for TiVo to continue integrating Netflix into TiVo set-top boxes available to consumers through a select, but growing number of pay-TV providers and retail stores. […]
A record number of American adults (57 per cent) shopped online or planned to shop online over Black Friday Week (Monday before Thanksgiving through Cyber Monday) – with the number of mobile (smartphone and tablet) consumers quickly approaching the number of those who use a desktop or laptop, according to data released today by the […]
HBO España – the first HBO branded destination in Spain – has gone live. Spaniards will now have access to the streaming service that offers all seasons of HBO’s popular and award-winning content and series from other renowned content providers as well as movies, documentaries and family content from Disney and Nickelodeon. The service offers a subscription video on demand […]
A new campaign is calling on UK consumers to join the fight to ensure more choice and better quality in the mobile sector and curb BT’s dominance. Three UK, TalkTalk, CityFibre, Federation of Communication Services, Gamma and Relish have come together as ‘Make The Air Fair’ to call on regulator Ofcom to make sure no […]
Industry players attending SET Mid-West, the Seminar on Broadcast Technology and New Media, organised by SET the Brazilian Society for Television Engineering (Sociedade Brasileira de Engenharia de Televisão) in Brasilia, dealing with issues such as the challenges of switching off analogue TV signals in Brazil’s capital city, have drawn attention to the absence of coverage […]
Video experience specialist Accedo and video app provider Digiflare are to merge, creating what they say will be the world’s leading video experience company. Accedo was founded in 2004 by Michael Lantz and Fredrik Andersson, and Toronto-based Digiflare was founded in 2008 by David George and Mano Kulasingam. Both companies have grown rapidly to be […]