Spacecom, which operates the Amos fleet of Israeli satellites will launch its next satellite, Amos-17, on August 3rd. The satellite was built on a ‘fast track’ basis by Boeing and will be launched by a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. Amos-17 will operate from 17 degrees East. Spacecom CEO and president, David Pollack stated, “Spacecom has […]
LG Electronics is making its HU85LA laser ‘short throw’ projector widely available. Officially dubbed its LG CineBeam AI ThinQ 4K laser projector, and a 2019 CES Innovation Award winner, the unit is priced at $5999 in the US. The unit can be placed on a low cupboard or shelf at just 7.2 inches from the […]
The Asian global sports media property, ONE Championship, has launched what it says is Asia’s largest eSports world championship series with ONE Esports’ first confirmed events of the 2019-2020 season. In addition, Carlos Alimurung has been named CEO of ONE Esports, and will be responsible for designing ONE Esports’ vision and strategy, setting the company’s […]
Amino, the global media and entertainment technology solutions provider, has announced a collaboration with app-based pay-TV video streaming platform, MOBITV. The solution will be commercially available in Q4. App-based solutions are increasingly becoming a more viable and cost-effective route to launching next-generation video services. MOBITV CONNECT is such a solution that delivers value to operators […]
Technicolor’s Connected Home business has shipped more than 4 million units of DOCSIS 3.1 devices to cable providers in the EMEA, APAC, and Americas regions. In North America, the leading cable providers accounted for the deployment of 3 million units, with Latin America and Eurasia shipping an additional 1 million units. The company says the […]
Netflix fell short of its quarterly membership target, with subscribers increasing by 2.7 million last week, rather than the five million forecasted – which led to a 11 per cent drop in its market capitalisation. The streaming service also lost subscribers in the US – its core domestic market, down from 60.2 million to 60.1 […]
The investments made in Spain by streaming sports platform DAZN are not paying off as expected. Increased competition from traditional TV operators – with their own OTT platforms such as Mediaset’s Mitele Plus – as well as the lack of key sports TV rights such as La Liga, and declining audience ratings for MotoGP, are […]
Sky Mobile has revealed it will launch 5G connectivity on its network by November, bringing the next-generation of mobile technology to Sky Mobile customers. At launch, London, Edinburgh, Cardiff and Belfast, as well as Leeds and Slough, will be the first to benefit from the new superfast mobile speeds, with wider national rollout planned to […]
Mobile operator Three has announced that all new and existing customers will have access to 5G with no speed caps and at no extra cost on all contract, SIM only and PAYG mobile plans. Three said it is giving customers “all the freedom they need to use 5G whenever and however they wish without worrying […]
UK broadcast regulator Ofcom has fined the news channel RT £200,000 (€223,000) for serious failures to comply with its broadcasting rules – and required the channel to broadcast a summary of the findings to its viewers. Ofcom has rules in place requiring broadcast news to be presented with due impartiality. Its investigation found that RT […]