OTT sports platform DAZN is trying to secure its financial future, with owner Len Blavatnik exploring options to raise funds for a business that has significantly suffered by the postponement of major sports around the globe. The London company has spent billions for the rights to live sporting events, including Champions League football, FIBA basketball […]
A white paper from satellite operator AsiaSat argues that C-band is not the correct band to support the key performance indicators (#KPI) promised by 5G. In the white paper – titled Choosing the Right Spectrum for 5G – Hai Hu, Senior Communications Systems Engineer, AsiaSat, notes that higher data rates, ultra-low latency and massive machine-type […]
Satellite operator SES is clearing a portion of its C-band spectrum in an “accelerated” manner in accordance with the FCC’s timeline and Order published on April 23rd. SES will file the election later today (May 26th) – ahead of the key May 29th FCC deadline. “Accelerated clearing, including the migration of existing customers, is an […]
Intelsat, despite its bankruptcy process, has launched CellBackhaul over the US for 4G and 5G mobile network operators. This is good news for the company and users as it will help provide coverage to the rural and suburban regions of the US with little or no access to mobile broadband. Intelsat says it is providing […]
South Africa’s complete conversion from analogue to digital broadcasting was due to be completed by June 2015. The long-delayed process finally received a push towards the finish line on May 22nd. The country’s media regulator, ICASA, published its frequency spectrum realignment plan for the frequencies between 470 MHz and 649 MHz and in ICASA’s words: […]
AT&T, already under Wall Street pressure to hive off its DirecTV subsidiary, is facing further complications with one of its DirecTV Latino divisions. On May 22nd, the Venezuelan High Court ordered that all DirecTV property and operations be seized. This include technical installations, relay dishes and other assets. The application to the court was the […]
The International Telecommunications Satellite Organisation (ITSO) is the international group that overseas and monitors Intelsat’s public service obligations. Its members are drawn from 149 member states and is itself governed by the United Nations, and it was the UN which established Intelsat in 1973. ITSO has no means of raising money itself. The means of […]
English Premier League clubs will have to pay back to broadcasters a further £36 million (€40m) a week for every week the season stretches beyond July 16th. This is on top of a £330 million refund to local broadcasters Sky and BT Sport, and international broadcasters. The Daily Telegraph also reports that if the season […]
OneWeb, despite its bankruptcy, wants to pay special incentive bonuses to its few remaining staff in order to hold onto their skills during and perhaps beyond the bankruptcy process. But the US Trustee is objecting strongly. In a filing to the Court the Trustee reminds Judge Robert Drain that OneWeb paid out “large bonuses…shortly before […]
UK advertising regulator the ASA has published its latest report on children’s exposure to TV ads for alcohol and gambling, providing exposure figures for 2019. The UK advertising rules contain scheduling restrictions designed to reduce significantly under-18s’ exposure to ads for age-restricted product categories such as alcohol and gambling. Reflecting that, reporting on exposure data […]