The UK Space Agency used the Farnborough Air Show to announce awards totalling more than £33 million (€39.2m) to 20 UK space innovation projects. Former British astronaut Tim Peake was on hand to help out, saying: “So many exciting, innovative companies represented, doing amazing things in the space industry for the benefit of people on […]
Japan’s Astroscale’s UK subsidiary has received around $15 million (€17.8m) from the UK Space Agency and the European Space Agency to de-orbit a dead OneWeb satellite. The funding goes into ELSA-M, or End of Life Services mission, and is scheduled for 2026. The new cash comes on top of an €18 million grant which covered […]
Disney+ has has announced that UK original series In Vogue: The 90s will premiere on September 13th with the first three episodes, followed by the second batch of three episodes on September 20th, available exclusively on Disney+ in the UK and Ireland, on Hulu in the US and select other countries on Disney+. The series […]
An advanced airborne 5G connectivity system has been successfully integrated to a Britten-Norman Islander aircraft, completing a series of demonstration flights. The technology is being developed by a number of UK companies led by Stratospheric Platforms Limited (SPL), a Non-Terrestrial Networks telecoms developer, with design, integration and demonstration flights provided by manufacturer Britten-Norman. SPL develops […]
Viaplay Content Distribution will launch the Viaplay channel as an add-on subscription on Prime Video via Prime Video Channels in the UK on July 9th. Viaplay’s UK content offering will focus on Nordic series and films. Subscribers will have immediate access to thousands of hours of Nordic and European content. Gerald Biart, Viaplay Group, VP […]
Freshwave, working with network infrastructure vendor CommScope, has achieved a world first by bringing 4G connectivity from all four UK mobile network operators (MNOs) indoors via a combined small cell box. Freshwave’s Omni Network is an industry-changing approach which currently uses CommScope’s ONECELL. It’s being rolled out at various Freshwave customer sites across the UK […]
Data from Kantar Media TGI is showing that 9 per cent of UK adults say they usually watch political programmes on TV, which equates to around 5 million people. That is a higher proportion than those that watch chat shows, science programmes or arts & culture series. Digging into this 9 per cent, the data […]
WOS Wrestling is returning to live action with WOS: The Return, featuring many of the top stars from the popular 2018 ITV series and successful live tour in 2019. WOS stars already confirmed include Grado, Sha Samuels, Adam Maxted, Martin Kirby, Alpha Male Iestyn Rees and Ashton Smith. WOS: The Return will consist of two […]
Ahead of Clash at the Castle in Scotland on June 15th, WWE, part of TKO Group, has announced that WWE Live will return to the UK & Ireland later this year. This October, WWE Superstars will visit the Utilita Arena in Cardiff, the M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool, the Utilita Arena in Newcastle and, for […]
DAZN, the sports streaming platform, has announced that the DAZN app is now live on Sky in the UK and Ireland. Customers can sign up to DAZN’s service via Sky Q, Sky Glass and Sky Stream, giving access to a range of sports content – including DAZN’s portfolio of free live and VoD content – […]