Less than one-in-seven UK digital households (12 per cent) have reduced or plan to reduce their spending on home broadband, mobile connectivity or streaming according to a EY Decoding the digital home study – which surveyed more than 2,500 UK consumers on their attitudes toward technology, media and telecoms experienced in the home. Almost half […]
Research from entertainment technologist TiVo for IBC 2023 reveals that almost half of all UK consumers have not reduced their video spending as a result of increases in the cost of living. On average, UK consumers subscribe to six paid video content sources, with an average monthly bill of £78.06 (€90.71). However, while having access […]
The Qvest Group has strengthened its service portfolio through the acquisition of TeraVolt. The OTT developers and consultants from Hamburg have established themselves in the field of big screen applications, respectively Connected TV, and personalised live sports broadcasting. With the combination of TeraVolt’s specific expertise and comprehensive production know-how, Qvest says it offers its customers […]
FreeTV, the next generation of OTT Internet TV in Israel, is now available for the open market with more than 50 live channels and tens of thousands of VoD assets. FreeTV operates as an end-to-end deployment on the Redge Media platform. FreeTV is an innovative TV service that is revolutionizing the TV landscape in Israel. […]
Recent seasons of iconic children’s series Sesame Street are set to debut on Amazon Kids+. Children in the UK will laugh and learn with eight of the latest seasons of Sesame Street, totalling 280 episodes, produced by nonprofit media and education organisation Sesame Workshop. From October 1st the all-in-one subscription service will be showing seasons […]
Inmarsat’s latest satellite, its I6-F2 craft, has not been manoeuvred since its power failure anomaly was reported. Inmarsat, now owned by Viasat, has not made any announcement but the fear is that the craft will be declared a total loss. Ground observations state that I6-F2’s orbit has changed only very slightly and those likely due […]
To celebrate its 100th anniversary, The Walt Disney Company has opened its vaults to reveal a list of 30 locations across Europe, Middle East and Africa that have inspired its movies, parks and fan’s hearts over the last century. From Big Ben in London to the colourful province of Cinque Terre in Italy, the list of […]
Sony Corporation and Deutsche Telekom are working together on a programme of activities to leverage Sony’s expertise in camera, encoding, IoT and media orchestration with Deutsche Telekom’s latest developments in advanced 5G networking. The two organisations are jointly conducting trials to apply Deutsche Telekom’s dynamic network slicing technology to latest generation contribution and production workflows […]
The Digital TV Group (DTG), in partnership with Ateme, Imaginary Pictures, Virgin Media O2 and University of Surrey have successfully secured Government funding to develop a solution to optimise mobile network performance in High Demand Density (HDD) environments such as music festivals, sporting events, and major public gatherings. The 5G ONE4HDD consortium aims to design […]
Viaccess-Orca (VO), a specialist in providing OTT and TV platforms, content protection, and advanced data solutions, is collaborating with Microsoft on new advancements in generative AI. At IBC, VO is showcasing how it is harnessing the latest innovations in large language models (LLM) through integration with LLMs on Microsoft Azure including Azure OpenAI Service to […]