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SES gains extra Canadian Nunavut business

SES has struck a deal with Canada’s SSi to supply additional capacity to connect consumers, students, government entities and businesses across Northern Canada, including all 25 communities of Nunavut. The agreement sees access to expanded broadband capacity following a partnership signed between SSi Canada – the developer-operator of QINIQ broadband and SSi Mobile services in […]

April 28, 2022By Chris Forrester

Canada’s Rogers cracks 8 Gb/s

Canadian technology and cable giant Rogers Communications has released its Q1 financials. As part of the release they said that tests and consumer trials have successfully confirmed their ability to deliver 8 Gigabits per second symmetrical data transfer on its fibre network. The tests more than doubled the fastest published Internet speeds of any major […]

April 22, 2022By Chris Forrester

FAST Channels TV diversifies OTT platforms with localised content worldwide

FAST Channels TV has expanded its footprint worldwide by localising channels and building diverse and ethnic channels including 17 African channels, 20 Indian channels, and 18 LatAm channels in addition to the 120+ English language channels currently available. Global Industry Analysts released a report OTT Devices and Services – Global Market that presented perspectives on […]

April 12, 2022

Telesat approved for US government contracts

Canada-based Telesat has gained formal clearance to deal with US government customers – essentially the US military. Telesat Government Solutions (TGS) is the actual business which has been seeking US work under the businesses new boss Tom Eaton. But the move is a major step in winning contracts for Telesat’s upcoming Lightspeed low Earth orbiting […]

April 5, 2022By Chris Forrester

Electric Entertainment, Bell Media licensing deal

Electric Entertainment, the Los Angeles based production, distribution and post-production company, and Bell Media, Canada’s leading content creation company, have announced a licensing deal for Electric Entertainment’s three new series, “The Ark,” “Leverage: Redemption,” and “Almost Paradise.” The deal includes the premiere season of the upcoming SYFY original “The Ark”, in addition to the new […]

April 5, 2022

Study: Countries with highest-earning eSports gamers

A study by casino experts MapleCasino analysed the total earnings countries have gained from eSports, along with the number of eSports players the country has, to establish which countries have the highest earning professional gamers. The analysis revealed that Jordan has the highest average earnings per eSports gamer, with the country’s 84 athletes earning a […]

April 1, 2022

Report: UK ‘Brand risk’ lowered by move away from cookies

Integral Ad Science (IAS), a global player in digital media quality, has released The Media Quality Report – 16th Edition. The report, based on the analysis of billions of data events worldwide, provides transparency into the performance and quality of UK digital media and advertising placements in the second half of 2021, alongside worldwide comparisons. […]

March 30, 2022

iQIYI launches on Roku in US

iQIYI, an online entertainment service in China, has announced that its IQIYI channel is now available on Roku devices in Canada and the US. iQIYI’s current overseas subscribers will now be able to enjoy iQIYI content through their Roku devices by simply logging on to the iQIYI channel on their Roku device. iQIYI International service […]

March 29, 2022

CommScope deploying ECO Service Management Platform for TELUS

CommScope, a global player in home network solutions, will provide TELUS, one of Canada’s leading service providers, with its cloud-based ECO Service Management Platform to manage its next generation connected home consumer premises equipment (CPE). The ECO Platform will provide TELUS with the ability to automate the management and control of CommScope and third-party CPE devices. […]

March 29, 2022

Beyond Rights reveals Spring slate

Beyond Rights has revealed its new content slate for MIPTV, introducing a wide range of unscripted content from a variety of different genres, and numerous returning seasons of popular and well-established programme brands. In total, the business is launching more than 180 new unscripted hours into the international market at this time. Leading the new […]

March 28, 2022