The global State of Mobile Internet Connectivity Report 2021 from mobile industry trade body the GSMA shows that, despite the COVID-19 pandemic, more than half of the world’s population is now using the mobile Internet. Mobile Internet usage translates to just over 4 billion connected people, 225 million more compared to 2019, and up from […]
French public service broadcaster France Télévisions and private broadcaster TF1 have taken legal action against Canal+, accusing the pay-TV operator of not observing release windows. The pair are seeking reparation of over €41 million, following Canal+’s decision to offer free-to-view access to its content and films on all IPTV boxes during the first Covid lockdown […]
YouTube has removed RT’s German-language channels for “breaching its Covid misinformation policy”. “YouTube has always had clear community guidelines that outline what is allowed on the platform,” said the streaming platform. RT’s German channel was initially issued a strike for uploading content that violated YouTube’s Covid misinformation policy, resulting in a suspension of posting rights […]
As part of its recently announced redundancy plan, Vodafone Spain will close down all its own 34 stores in the country, affecting some 237 workers. All these employees will be added to a definitive list of 509 to be dismissed (slightly down on the initially announced 515) for “economic, productive and organisational reasons”. The company […]
Parks Associates has announced the release of its latest Consumer Insights Dashboard, a new ongoing service that analyses the firm’s quarterly surveys of 10,000 US broadband households to track consumer adoption of home devices and services. The research reveals that among the most commonly adopted CE device categories, smart TVs and smart speakers/displays showed significant […]
GroupM has releasing the findings from its This Year Next Year UK 2021 Forecast update, which provides forecasts of media companies’ advertising revenues for 2021. It now expects the overall advertising market to grow by 30 per cent this year vs the previous estimate of 24 per cent published in the June findings. This is […]
Never has capital investment been more top of mind for technology, media and entertainment and telecommunications (TMT) companies, according to the Global Capital Operations and Innovation Study (COInS) from advisory firm EY. The survey of 500 global TMT executives reveals that 87 per cent of respondents identified as ‘leaders’ believe recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic […]
A report from Norther Sky Research (NSR) suggests that while the Inflight Connectivity (IFC) market has inevitably been hard hit by the Covid pandemic and the severe cancellation of air traffic, both for business and holiday journeys, recovery is now taking place. As aviation traffic continues to bounce back following widespread vaccination programmes, the IFC […]
South Africa suffers regular electricity load shedding, where local power supplies are cut during heavy demand. Now the country’s business leaders are arguing with regulator ICASA that much the same risks apply to spectrum bandwidth. Business Leadership South Africa (BLSA) head Busi Mavuso said that if ICASA proceeds with its plan to take back temporarily […]
Channel 5 will launch an extended, early-evening weekday news bulletin this autumn. An hour-long 5 News programme at 5pm will replace the two existing 30-minute broadcasts, at 5pm and 6:30pm, in Channel 5’s early evening schedule. The broadcaster says this will” enable the programme to examine and unpack stories in greater detail and create space […]