Másmóvil has announced that its FTTH network has already passed over 29 million homes across Spain. With over €3.5 billion invested over the last seven years in FTTH, the company claims to lead the FTTH coverage in the country thanks to its own network and agreements with other operators. Over the last two years, Másmóvil […]
Byron Allen has made a $10 billion (€9. 3bn) offer for Disney’s ABC and other linear networks according to Allen Media Group. Station owner Nexstar, which bought the CW Network, also has expressed interest in buying ABC and its stations from Disney. Disney CEO Bob Iger has said that the company’s linear networks, including ABC, […]
The Asia Video Industry Association (AVIA), with Dr Paul Watters of Cyberstronomy, have released a report, Consumer Risks from Piracy in the Philippines, that once again highlights the possible dangers Filipino consumers face when accessing pirate sites. The report found that Filipino consumers visiting pirate streaming sites are 21.66 times more likely to be infected […]
ITV has partnered with consumer behaviour data company ViewersLogic to demonstrate the enhanced measurement capabilities that single-source data can bring to its sponsorship packages for advertisers with On The Beach and KFC case studies. The collaboration with ViewersLogic enabled measurement of both the short and long term uplift effect of consumer exposure to the brands’ ITV […]
True Digital Group, part of True Corporation Public Company Limited, Thailand’s premier fully-integrated telecommunications and digital service provider, has announced its latest collaboration with XroadMedia. This initiative leverages XroadMedia’s cutting-edge content discovery and personalisation solution to enhance the privacy-conscious viewing experience for TrueID TV, their video service. True Digital Group wanted to enhance the recommendations […]
UK comms regulator Ofcom has made changes to its Earth Station Networks licence to confirm that non-geostationary orbit (NGSO) satellites can deliver the latest space-based broadband services to ships and boats. At the same time, the new measures are designed to help Ofcom protect other services, such as radio astronomy, from harmful interference. Every satellite […]
Amagi, the global leader in cloud-based SaaS technology for broadcast and connected TV (CTV), has announced the launch of Amagi DYNAMIC at IBC, a ground-breaking platform that empowers rights owners and holders to effortlessly deploy cloud-based live production and playout systems for single live events. By eliminating the need for costly upfront hardware investments, Amagi […]
California-based satellite operator Viasat is reportedly restructuring some of its debt obligations. Viasat now owns London’s Inmarsat, and Bloomberg reports that a group of banks, including JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America, are looking to offload about $1.35 billion of debt that was tied to the purchase of Inmarsat. The banks are reporetedly marketing a […]
AVoD and FAST channel programmer and distributor, wedotv, is expanding its distribution strategy to include satellite platforms, with the launch of a new wedotv FAST channel platform for audiences in Italy via Eutelsat’s Hotbird satellites, at 13° East. Starting this month, wedotv will add a lineup of 30 FAST channels, including its own proprietary FAST […]
NPAW, a specialist in analytics and multi-CDN solutions for online media companies, has announced at IBC the upcoming integration of Nokia’s device probe into its portfolio of video analytics solutions. This integration will bolster NPAW’s ability to monitor end-user devices and improve video service quality for its customers. Starting on October 1st, NPAW plans to […]