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Google Cloud, Ericsson partner for 5G and cloud solutions

Google Cloud and Ericsson have announced a partnership to jointly develop 5G and edge cloud solutions to help communications service providers (CSPs) digitally transform, and to unlock new enterprise and consumer use cases. Google Cloud and Ericsson are working together to develop new solutions at Ericsson’s Silicon Valley D15 Labs, an innovation centre where advanced […]

June 30, 2021

WBA OpenRoaming primed for residential rollout

The Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA) has announced the completion of a successful proof-of-concept trial to automatically onboard Wi-Fi client devices to a residential Wi-Fi 6 network, paving the way for the rollout of WBA OpenRoaming across in-home Wi-Fi and wide-area wireless broadband networks. The trial, which was carried out by leading smart Wi-Fi solutions provider and WBA member, Airties, was carried out […]

June 24, 2021

Bitmovin encoding, Google Cloud for VuClip

Bitmovin, a global player in online streaming video technology, has announced that VuClip, has achieved scalable, high-performance video encoding with Bitmovin on Google Cloud. The deployment is part of a new Bitmovin service offering, ‘Bitmovin Cloud Connect,’ that enables OTT content providers such as VuClip to deploy the company’s cloud-agnostic encoding solution on all existing […]

June 22, 2021

Media experts demand public service Internet

A group of media experts, under the banner of The Public Service Media and Public Service Internet Manifesto, have declared that: “The Internet and the media landscape are broken”. In a move that runs counter to the often-heard populist calls for the BBC and other public service media to be defunded, the manifesto demands the […]

June 18, 2021by Angharad Rhiannon

CMA studying Apple, Google mobile ecosystems

The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has launched a market study into Apple’s and Google’s mobile ecosystems over concerns they have market power which is harming users and other businesses. It is taking a closer look at whether the firms’ effective duopoly over the supply of operating systems (iOS and Android), app stores (App […]

June 15, 2021By Colin Mann

ZEE5 launches in US on June 22

ZEE5, the SVoD platform for South Asian content, has announced it will launch in the US on June 22nd. ZEE5 has enjoyed success in the key South Asian markets within weeks of its local launches, and is fast expanding its presence in Europe and the UK. The platform is currently under beta testing in the […]

June 11, 2021By Chris Forrester

Study reveals most-visited websites

Following the revelation by communications regulator Ofcom that the UK is online more than any other European nation, web technology provider Fasthosts.co.uk has updated its findings on the busiest websites; from search engines to social media platforms, news sites to entertainment and everything in between. Unsurprisingly, Google is crowned the world’s busiest website. In just […]

June 10, 2021

UK academics put spotlight on big tech platform regulation

With much of our time spent on online platforms, which are becoming increasingly important and influential in people’s daily lives, how they are regulated is becoming a vitally important issue. Now high-profile research conducted as part of the UK Arts & Humanities Research Council Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre (PEC) has analysed how eight […]

June 3, 2021By Colin Mann

FindAnyFilm.com adds Disney+ titles

Online movie search aggregator service FindAnyFilm.com, in cooperation with Disney UK, is integrating Disney+ titles into the listings service, allowing FindAnyFilm users to search Disney content across all formats; from cinema screenings to physical disc, digital transactional and now SVoD. Insight from pro-copyright education body the Industry Trust for IP Awareness, who manage FindAnyFilm.com on […]

June 1, 2021By Colin Mann

8K Association membership grows

The 8K Association (8KA), the cross-industry group dedicated to promoting the growth of the 8K ecosystem, has seen strong growth in its membership in the last year. Membership is coming from all parts of the 8K ecosystem including Google, who has joined to “track and help define how the evolution of 8K content will be […]

May 26, 2021