As customer demand for extreme high-capacity, low-latency data transport continues to grow, hybrid networking and cloud connectivity specialist CenturyLink is utilising its global multi-conduit infrastructure to expand the company’s intercity network by 4.7 million miles of fibre, which it says makes it the largest ultra-low-loss fibre network in North America. “Our newly built intercity fibre […]
AMC Networks’ Acorn TV, the North American streaming service streaming service for high British and international television, has expanded its international team with the appointment of Kerensa Samanidis to a newly created role, General Manager of Acorn TV International. The former FilmStruck executive is now based in Acorn’s London office and has recently been a […]
Mai Fyfield will join the BBC Commercial Holdings Board as a non-executive director on August 1st. Mai, who most recently worked as Chief Commercial & Chief Strategy Officer for Sky Group is set to join the board on a three-year term. Her appointment fills a vacant role following Sir Howard Stringer’s departure last year. Prior […]
Spain’s public broadcaster RTVE is at risk due to a lack of money that is preventing it from acquiring TV content. The lack of a specific budget for 2019 – given the transitional status of its management and Government instability – has driven the company to the worst audience share in its history, to the […]
Some six years after it agreed a similar deal with Netflix, customers of UK multiplay operator Virgin Media can now access Amazon Prime Video for the first time directly through Virgin TV. The July 22nd launch gives Virgin Media customers the ability to search for and watch Prime Video content seamlessly through their V6 box. […]
The Internet looks set to lose its lead as the fastest-growing sector of the global advertising market for the first time in two decades, as brands seeking risk-free space to spend their ad budgets turn to traditional media such as cinema and billboards. According to Zenith Media Agency, the global Internet advertising market will surrender […]
OneWeb will today start producing the first of its massive fleet of almost 700 satellite. The factory, to be officially opened today, is itself is a joint-venture between OneWeb and Airbus Space and will utilise some of the skills and experiences achieved in the production earlier this year of a batch of 10 satellites at […]
The Italian Police has dismantled a major IPTV platform in Palermo that provided unauthorised access to pay-TV platforms Sky Italia and DAZN. A 35-year old was reported for violation of copyright law. At his home, the Police found the “source” of the illegal ZSat platform, consisting of 57 Sky Italia decoders, connected to Internet transmission […]
UK digital network infrastructure provider Openreach is introducing a number of wholesale price reductions to encourage Communications Providers (CPs) to upgrade their customers – and attract new ones – onto faster, more reliable and future proof Fibre to the Premises (FTTP) connections. The new prices, some of which come into effect from September 1st, offer […]