ITV has agreed terms to take a 13-year lease on Broadcast Centre in White City from the BBC. The move will bring all of its London based staff into one location for the first time. ITV’s London staff are currently split between two central London locations (floors in Waterhouse Square in Holborn and in 200 […]
Amazon Web Services (AWS), an Amazon.com company, has announced the general availability of AWS Wavelength on the Vodafone 4G/5G network, allowing software developers and enterprises to build ultra-low latency applications for mobile devices and users in the United Kingdom. Customers can now deploy parts of their application that require ultra-low latency at the edge of […]
The launch by an Arianespace rocket from Russia of 36 OneWeb satellites has been delayed by 24 hours. OneWeb has delayed the launch of its next batch of satellites until later today (May 28th). Russia’s space agency Roscosmos said the delay was down to “technical issues” and the replacement of an electrical item on the […]
Marquee TV, the performing arts streaming service offering opera, dance, theatre, and music on demand service, has partnered with Indigo, the experts in audience insight for the cultural sector, to research attitudes towards cultural content offered online and what audiences are looking for in a post-Covid world. The two companies have unveiled their findings to […]
The Transpacific Yacht Club in California, has appointed London based 1080 Media TV as Host Broadcaster for the 51st edition of this famous biennial Los Angeles to Honolulu yacht race. The classic ‘Open Water’ race, stretches 2225-miles across the Pacific Ocean from the USA’s west coast to the finish in front of the iconic ‘Diamond […]
Music streaming service TuneIn has lost a long-running Copyright infringement appeal in the UK courts. The London Court of Appeal has found in favour of an action brought in 2017 by Sony Music Entertainment and Warner Music. The music giants argued that TuneIn lacked a licence to play music in the UK. Back in November […]
Virgin Media has connected 3,500 additional homes in Hackney, London, to its broadband network, bringing next-generation gigabit speeds to the area. As part of its ‘Project Lightning’ network expansion programme, Virgin Media is expanding its broadband network across the UK, bringing ultrafast speeds to residents and small businesses. Hackney is the latest area to benefit […]
Netflix is moving into a new headquarters in London’s West End as it seeks to expand its UK productions. The streamer is taking over the lease on an 87,000 square-foot building on Berners Street from current occupant Capita, according to Bloomberg. Netflix, which has 269 employees in the UK, already rents some 30,000 square feet […]
ReedPOP has aannounced that, despite its best efforts the next MCM Comic Con London, scheduled to take place in October 2020, has been cancelled. In a statement the company said: “MCM Comic Con London is not just an event that happens twice a year, it is a community of loving, passionate and creative fans who […]