In 2018, Plume made OpenSync available as an open-source, silicon-to-service framework. It is now the go-to platform for the broadband industry, with over 350 CSPs relying on it to provide cloud-driven services for 43 million locations. No other industry initiative is as scaled as OpenSync. What Plume believed could be achieved in 2018 is now […]
Formula 1 drive Lewis Hamilton is launching a film and TV production company, saying he intends to help “diverse voices” and tell “impactful stories”. The production company, entitled Dawn Apollo films, is already working on two prjects: a Formula One movie set to star Brad Pitt and be helmed by Top Gun: Maverick director Joe […]
Apple has confirmed it is raising the prices for its TV+, Music and services-bundle subscriptions for the first time since their respective launches. Since its launch, Apple TV+ has been priced at £4.99 per month in the UK. Effective immediately, the SVoD service will now cost £6.99 per month, and the annual price has gone […]
Apple’s iPhone 14 has already promised ‘emergency’ S.O.S. connectivity in remote areas in the US or Canada by using Globalstar direct-to-smartphone satellites. Now Iridium, already extremely active in supplying satellite-phone connections, says it will bring in “basic” S.O.S. for emergencies and casual use. Apple’s service will provide iPhone 14 users outside of a normal cellular […]
CCS Insight has produced its latest set of 100 predictions that share its expectations for the technology landscape in 2023 and beyond. This year the research team has focused on potential changes ahead for the digital world, for the digital society, and for the digital self. Focus areas include sustainability, personal futures, advances in infrastructure, […]
Research from Ampere Analysis shows that Disney has taken a firm lead for scripted content in North America, having ordered more new scripted content by the end of September than it took in the whole of 2021. Netflix has focused more on international with its scripted output falling by 15 per cent in North America […]
The connected car market is the latest battleground for media companies, as they prepare to fight for a piece of an addressable market that will be comparable in scale to that of pay-TV set-top boxes by 2025, according to Omdia research. Omdia expects connected car numbers to increase from 230 million in 2021 to reach […]
Apple Original Films’ “Emancipation,” directed and executive produced by Antoine Fuqua (“Training Day,” “The Equalizer”) and starring and produced by Will Smith (“King Richard,” “The Pursuit of Happyness,” “Ali”), will premiere in theaters on December 2nd 2022, and on Apple TV+ on December 9th. The announcement was made following an advance screening of “Emancipation” hosted […]
The NFL and Apple have announced a five-year deal that sees Apple become the official sponsor of the Super Bowl Halftime show. The deal is worth a reported $50 million (€51.5m) per year. Additionally, Apple Music, the NFL and Roc Nation have revealed that Barbadian singer, actress and entrepreneur Rihanna will take centre stage at […]
Oprah Winfrey and Apple have ended their multiyear agreement. It came into being in 2018 and its most tangible result was The Oprah Conversation which aired on Apple TV+. There was always an element of freedom within the agreement and this enabled Winfrey’s interview with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle to hapen in March 2021, […]