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EchoStar’s IoT success in Europe

EchoStar’s S-band service has achieved a 2023 IoT Business Impact Award from IoT Evolution and announced that seven leading European Internet of Things (IoT) service providers have signed multi-year commercial agreements to develop and sell IoT solutions using EchoStar Mobile’s Pan-European, satellite based, LoRa-enabled IoT network. EchoStar’s customers are API-K, Cyric, DalesLandNet, Dryad, Galaxy1, ProEsys […]

July 4, 2023By Chris Forrester

TF1 targets European free streaming lead

Following the closure of French SVoD service Salto, commercial broadcaster TF1 Group has revealed plans to accelerate into free streaming and become a francophone leader in terms of family events and news, without abandoning the TV screen. CEO Rodolphe Belmer confirmed his ambitions for the MyTF1 platform at a press conference in Paris revealing the […]

June 30, 2023From Pascale Paoli-Lebailly in Paris

CNN launches new FAST channel in Europe

CNN has launched CNN Fast, a new free ad-supported streaming television (FAST) channel, across Europe. CNN Fast is a curated channel of short-form videos that offers international stories across major news events, business, entertainment, sport and the environment. It is available now across several European countries on Rakuten TV and LG Channels and, in June, […]

May 24, 2023

Study: Cost of living not impacting European SVoD subs

A study conducted by RTL AdAlliance, in collaboration with smartclip and Ad Alliance Nederland, provides an in-depth view on Europeans’ attitude towards video content. The results from the second edition of The New Life of the Living Room research uncover the viewing habits of consumers across 10 markets, and their relationship with TV and advertising […]

May 18, 2023

Study: Western Europe dominates broadband league table

A study by Broadband Genie has explored the affordability of high-speed broadband around the globe. The study looked at 132 countries and compared the average salary to the average cost of high-speed internet, finding that access to affordable high-speed broadband is not universally available. The study took survey responses to determine the average salary and […]

May 12, 2023

Televisa selects Eutelsat

Grupo Televisa, a producer of Spanish-speaking content, has selected Eutelsat Communications to further expand the reach of its video services in Europe. Grupo Televisa is a Mexican multimedia company producing Spanish-speaking content across the globe, particularly in Europe. Leveraging Eutelsat’s coverage over the European continent via the Eutelsat 9B satellite, Televisa entrusts Eutelsat to further […]

April 20, 2023

Report: European fibre targets “on track”

As part of the programme of the FTTH Conference 2023 in Madrid, the FTTH Council Europe has revealed several market reports outlining the latest figures on fibre deployment trends in Europe: the FTTH/B Market Panorama 2023, the FTTH/B Global Ranking 2023, the FTTH/B Forecasts for 2023-2028, and the updated report on FTTH/B in Rural Areas, […]

April 19, 2023

Eurovision Services to offer European sport in LatAm via Hispasat

Hispasat has reached an agreement with Eurovision Services to distribute the best European sport via satellite in Latin America for one year, including the main continental football competitions. In this way, Eurovision Services will deliver the signal of these events to the Hispasat teleport in Lurin (Peru) and, from there, it will be sent to […]

April 19, 2023

Study: 8 out of 10 Europeans get Internet at ‘fair price’

Surfshark has released its Global Internet Value Index (IVi), which uncovers countries overpaying for their Internet connection plan. The UK is in 20th place in the world with an index 96 per cent higher than the global average. Oceania and Europe lead the world in Internet value, while Internet affordability in North America, South America, […]

February 21, 2023

Volleyball World expands partnership with SN1 Consulting

Volleyball World has announced an expanded multi-year agreement with SN1 Consulting, under which the Munich-based consultancy will exclusively advise and assist both indoor and beach volleyball media rights sales across select European markets, including Germany.   As a big focus of the expanded partnership, SN1 Consulting and Volleyball World will be working closely together to […]

February 20, 2023