Reed Hasting, the co-founder of streaming giant Netflix, has announced that he is stepping down as chairman of the company after nearly three decades. He helmed Netflix’s evolution from a postal subscription service to global streaming leader, but moved away from the chief executive role at the company in 2023. “Netflix changed my life in […]
Would-be global direct-to-consumer cellular supplier AST SpaceMobile lost its seventh BlueBird satellite on April 19th following a launch on a Jeff Bezos-backed rocket. The satellite was insured for $30 million (€25.5m), but that compensation will not help the very damaged reputation of AST (and the Bezos rocket company). AST’s shares fell more than 15 per […]
Qatar-based satellite operator Es’hailSat has signed an MoU with Qatar itself and its Media City to jointly expand satellite broadcasting capabilities and strengthen digital media infrastructure for licensed companies within Media City Qatar. There are some 500 licensed businesses at Media City Qatar. The MoU agreement supports Media City Qatar’s ongoing efforts to build the […]
Faster Football has renewed its global distribution partnership with DAZN, the sports streaming platform. Under the agreement, DAZN will stream the Singapore tournament live and free-to-air on its global platform. Faster Football, which launched as Soccer7Series in 2025, will take place from July 24th to 26th at Our Tampines Hub Stadium in Singapore. The 30-hour […]
Rakuten TV has announced two milestones in its commitment to sustainability: achieving a Bronze medal in its first-ever EcoVadis assessment and completing its first decarbonisation plan. The EcoVadis Bronze medal places Rakuten TV in the top 35 per cent of companies evaluated by EcoVadis, a provider of business sustainability ratings, over the past 12 months. Rakuten […]
When looking at purchasing a TV today, it’s not just the hardware specs we need to consider. Screen size, resolution, and colour gamut are still very important, but these elements tell you only a fraction about what user experience you’ll receive. Instead, it’s the TV’s firmware and operating system that often determine whether actually using […]
Luxembourg-based OQ Technology has received a €1 million contract from the European Space Agency for its BEAMSAT-5G, a project aimed at accelerating beamforming technologies and the convergence of terrestrial 5G and satellite communications. The project, called ‘Bringing 5G Beamforming Technologies to SATCOM through Breadboarding and Validation (BEAMSAT-5G)’, officially kicked off on 3 February 2026 with […]
Greater Love TV is launching on DISH TV in the US on April 29th, making its programming more accessible to viewers across the country. Greater Love TV will be available on DISH (channel 98-03), marking a significant milestone as it expands its reach into homes nationwide. The channel will be available to DISH customers through […]
Moments Lab, the AI-driven video discovery company, announced at NAB that it is collaborating with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to help media and entertainment companies unlock the value of their video archives by removing the barriers traditionally associated with migration and video indexing. The approach leverages AWS resources alongside validated partners for migration, video understanding, […]
Konstrukt, a technology and engineering firm specialising in media supply chain solutions, has announced that its open-source Omakase Player now enables native integration and playback for the Time Addressable Media Store (TAMS) framework. Omakase Player is a core component of the TAMS Tools UI, delivering a frame-accurate viewing experience for cloud-native media workflows. The announcement […]
The BBC has acquired French drama The Sentinel from StudioCanal. The eight-part wartime sci-fi series fuses was created by Guillaume Lemans, in collaboration with Xabi Molia. It is based on the graphic novels Les Sentinelles by Xavier Dorison and Enrique Breccia. At the outbreak of World War I, Gabriel Ferraud – a gravely wounded soldier […]
One observer has described the launch and deployment cadence of Starlink satellites as “insane”, and praises how SpaceX has launched and deployed an impressive 4,207 Starlink satellites over the past 469 days. Brian Basson, a keen watcher of everything space-related, says that the achievement is considerable and places extreme pressure on rival activities from Amazon […]
The worst kept secret in broadcasting is out; Matt Brittin becomes BBC DG to wrestle with the myriad challenges facing the corporation. News focuses on his background as a senior European Google executive. He’s also a white, male, British, Oxbridge graduate in his late fifties. Don’t hold your breath for radical moves. He’s also a […]