EE has built or upgraded over 500 4G sites across the UK since December 2021, as part of the Shared Rural Network (SRN) initiative to extend coverage in rural areas across the UK. The investment constitutes the latest expansion of EE’s 4G coverage across remote parts of the UK. In total, EE has upgraded 1,362 […]
Fibre is increasingly taking root in the five largest European markets. Since the first quarter of 2021, 1.8 million broadband FTTx subscriptions have been taken on average each quarter to reach more than 37 million subscriptions across 146 million households at Q2 2022 in those five countries, reports Dataxis. The technology has disrupted the broadband […]
Research from GWI reveals consumer opinions towards streaming services, and uncovers that – with the cost of living crisis hitting pockets – 22 per cent of consumers say that want to cut back on the number of streaming services they subscribe to. Additionally, 50 per cent of UK users would be willing to unsubscribe from […]
Glasgow is the UK’s most unequal city for broadband connections – with its fastest area 866 times the speed of its slowest, according to analysis of 16,500 consumer speed tests by Uswitch, the comparison and switching service. The highest average download speed measured in Glasgow was 840.4Mbps, logged in the Milton district. Yet just four […]
Indielab, the UK’s accelerator company for content businesses, has announced five new appointments to its evolving team. This news comes ahead of a busy 2023, which will not see Indielab look to expand its programme of national and regional Accelerators and Export Labs for TV, games, film, and animation companies, and also launch its first […]
Beyond Rights has announced a raft of new deals in Benelux that will see more than 600 hours – mostly comprising long-running property, reality and engineering content – land with broadcasters across the region. SBS in Belgium has acquired a 200-hour package featuring Pooch Perfect Australia, two seasons each of Highway Thru Hell, Heavy Rescue: […]
Vodafone has begun the latest phase of its OpenRAN deployment strategy to install the exciting technology on 16 mobile masts providing connectivity to customers in Exmouth and Torquay. The project will take place over the next few months. The deployment is the first time in Europe that OpenRAN has been deployed in an urban environment, […]
myco, a web3 video streaming, funding, production, and distribution platform where viewers earn from watching content and creators earn from creating content, have announces a first look partnership with The Bridge, a leading international film and TV co-production accelerator working with the UK, US and Asian creative industries. The deal, penned by myco Chief Content […]
US electronics manufacturer RCA has made a major move into the UK market with a range of low price TVs powered by the Roku operating system. RCA’s new Roku TVs are available immediately in three different screen sizes (32”, 40” and 55”) via Amazon and other select retailers, with prices starting at £129.99 for the […]
Global sales of British TV programmes returned to growth in 2021/22 after last year’s pandemic-related decline, according to Pact’s TV Exports report. Total UK TV exports grew by 7 per cent year-on-year to reach a record £1.52 billion (€1.76bn), and by 3 per cent compared with 2019/20 levels. “After a period of huge uncertainty during […]