Subscription streamers in North America, such as Netflix and Disney+, have embraced ad tiers, and across both advertising and subscription revenues, ad tiers are now the dominant monetisation model in the region. Ampere Analysis expects these to account for more than half (54 per cent) of total subscription streaming service revenues in North America by […]
Jeff Bezos and Eduardo Saverin – Facebook co-founder – are said to be ready buy a stake in 20-time English league winners Liverpool, according to Sky News. News of a deal first emerged in July, and Sky News business editor Mark Kleinman is now reporting that an agreement on a 30 per cent stake is […]
Fibre is one of the most important, but the most overlooked, parts of the digital infrastructure ecosystem, says Rajiv Datta, CEO of Nexfibre. While cloud computing and data centres dominate industry conversations and investment in recent years, Datta argues that fibre is the foundation connecting all these technologies together. “Fibre is the underlying glue that […]
Treo, a global streaming destination dedicated to Culture, Cuisines, Destinations, and Live Entertainment, has announced its partnership with FAST Channels TV to launch its new Free Ad-Supported Streaming Television (FAST) channel, bringing inspiring documentaries, series, live events, and original programming to audiences around the world. Treo offers viewers an immersive collection of programming that explores […]
The UK ranks 33rd out of 34 countries for overall telecom sector health, according to Kearney’s inaugural Global Telecom Health Index which finds that markets with fewer mobile operators often deliver stronger investment outcomes, better networks and healthier long-term sector performance. The Index benchmarks 34 countries worldwide using 20 indicators across financial performance, commercial strength, […]
Spain’s public broadcaster RTVE has significantly stepped up its investment in sports and, in particular, football rights, with €613 million committed to audiovisual rights through to 2032, according to local media reports. The figure represents a 43 per cent increase year-on-year and underlines RTVE’s strategy of using major sporting events to strengthen its free-to-air offering […]
UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham has announced that he will be rolling out a series of ‘everyday fixes’ to help people with the cost of living, kicking off with two measures. Pretend prices and deceptive deals will be a thing of the past under the Prime Minister’s plans to ban retailers from making misleading claims […]
BBC Cymru Wales has agreed a new deal with the Football Association of Wales to broadcast selected games from the Novira Cymru Premier for the next three years. The agreement includes a minimum of 20 live games per season, which will be broadcast on BBC iPlayer, running until summer 2029. Extensive coverage updates will also […]
Contained within the small print of an August 7th announcement covering the massive IRIS2 ‘super-constellation’ of satellites are some key details. The project is budgeted at some €15.6 billion and will comprise 348 new satellites. The original budget, estimated in December 2024, was for about €10.5 billion-€11 billion. It has also emerged that Eutelsat is […]
A study from satellite communications specialist Viasat and industry body the 5G Automotive Association (5GAA) has revealed drivers around the world say they regularly experience coverage ‘black spots’ and are willing to pay for satellite-powered services – especially when it comes to safety. The number of ‘connected cars’ has grown in recent years, usually using […]
Equatys is the proposed Direct-to-Device (D2D) joint-venture covering 2,800 low Earth orbiting satellites with Viasat of California and Abu Dhabi-based Space42 providing the bulk of the financing. Space42, in a financial statement, stressed that its Equatys D2D partnership remained a top priority, despite what appear to be delays in production. “Our work is on full […]
An especially bullish forecast from investment bank Raymond James says that SpaceX could hit annual revenues of $5 trillion within the next decade. Moreover, the revenues would achieve profit margins of around 90 per cent. The key metric to the bank’s forecast is the further reduction in launch costs as SpaceX migrates from its current […]
There’s a lot of panic in the air about AI just now, even President DJT seems to be rethinking the need for some regulation. The trouble is that some experimental agents have gone off and, unasked, tried to hack other’s systems. In truth, the main issue seems to be the ‘move fast and break things’ […]