BT has unveiled what it describes as a pioneering new technology, designed to be a more reliable, quality-focused and sustainable way of delivering live content over the Internet. Multicast-Assisted Unicast Delivery (MAUD) technology is aimed at improving viewer experiences and increasing the efficiency of the complex journey that content takes to reach them. Major broadcasters, […]
BT experienced a record-breaking day for overall volume of traffic across its broadband network on December 6th. Data traffic peaked at 30.1Tbps at around 9pm, with the spike driven by six Premier League games – including Aston Villa’s win over Manchester City, and Chelsea suffering defeat against Manchester United – being streamed live on Prime […]
EE is rolling out its revamped TV offering, replacing BT TV, which delivers live and on-demand services streamed to a choice of set-top boxes that includes a customised Apple TV. EE has also partnered with Apple to produce an EE TV app with live streaming and on-demand content, along with the custom EE-branded remote, and […]
A new EE mast has introduced 4G mobile coverage to Out Skerries, one of the UK’s most remote inhabited islands/ The new new mobile mast that has been activated by EE to connect the island community as part of the Scottish Government’s £28.75 million Scottish 4G Infill programme (S4GI). The programme is delivering 4G infrastructure […]
Chet Patel, MD of Service & Portfolio Businesses at BT, has said that amidst “a major technological revolution”, the telco will play to its strengths as it unveils its latest strategy. In a blog post, Patel wrote: “In business, as in so many aspects of life, you often get better results when you keep things […]
Telstra Broadcast Services (TBS) and BT have entered into an initial five-year strategic alliance to bring together each company’s media network teams, pooling their vast network infrastructure and localised expertise. The deal will increase TBS’ global footprint by some 50 per cent and expand its customer-base to more than 170 broadcast and media organisations worldwide. […]
BT is readying a High Altitude Platform Station (HAPS), the extremely high-flying aircraft for a test over its Adastral Park R&D facility in Suffolk, UK. BT is partnering with Stratospheric Platforms (SPL) and is exploring integrating the HAPS technology with fixed terrestrial networks, and the option of a non-terrestrial 5G as alternative to serving ‘not […]
BT has reported H1 revenue (to September 30th) of £10.4 billion (€11.9bn), in line with the prior year. Adjusted revenue was also at £10.4 billion, up 3 per cent on a pro forma basis due to increased fibre-enabled product sales, inflation-linked pricing and improved lower margin trading in Business partially offset by legacy product decline. […]
More than 46 million signals of potential cyber-attacks are seen on average every single day across the world, according to data released by BT. The cybersecurity experts currently log more than 530 signals of potential attack per second as they guard their global networks against an army of malicious actors seeking to exploit vulnerabilities – […]
Appear, a specialist in media processing and delivery technology, has announced the appointment of Andy Rayner as Chief Technology Officer (CTO). In this pivotal role, Rayner will steer the company’s technological strategy. “I’m delighted that Andy has joined us and look forward to working with him on Appear’s future technology strategy and product roadmap,” said […]