Analyst: 5G TV could rival cabsat, IPTV
TV and video delivery is likely to become a core capability of next generation 5G wireless services, concludes a report from Strategy Analytics. Recent demonstrations have suggested that 5G will...
View ArticleFacebook rallies partners for safer Africa Internet
Facebook has launched a series of initiatives to help make the Internet a safer and better place for people across Africa, especially children and the youth. Facebook is partnering with public sector...
View ArticleAltice USA selects NAGRA content protection
NAGRA, a digital TV division of the Kudelski Group and provider of content protection and multiscreen television solutions, has announced an agreement with Altice USA, the fourth largest US cable...
View ArticleOneWeb panel supplier gears up
Jersey-based OneWeb, which is planning a 900-spacecraft constellation of broadband satellites, is ordering solar panels from an Albuquerque, New Mexico factory. SolAero, in a statement, says that it is...
View ArticleCisco: Live mobile video to grow 39-fold
By 2021, more members of the global population will be using mobile phones (5.5 billion) than bank accounts (5.4 billion), running water (5.3 billion), or landlines (2.9 billion), according to the 11th...
View ArticleIntelsat satellite suffered thruster problem
Intelsat’s I-33e is successfully on orbit having entered service on January 29th. The craft was launched last August and had been expected to enter service during Q4 last year. Intelsat is now...
View ArticleOzTAM adds weekly Live VPM Report
Australian TV measurement company OzTAM has added a weekly Live Video Player Measurement (VPM) Report to the reports available on its website. Posted on Tuesday mornings, OzTAM’s Live VPM report...
View ArticleNothing Neutral about Trump
Journalism might be the first draft of history (as well as a lot of less honourable or important things) but, even so, it is too early to be bringing a name to our current era. But there can be little...
View ArticleAustralia’s nbn reaches 4m homes
Australia’s national broadband network (nbn) has reached a significant roll-out milestone, with four million premises now Ready for Service (RFS). This landmark means that the nbn network is now...
View ArticleEutelsat H1 surprises
Eutelsat’s has reported better than expected half-year numbers. While the headline revenues of €754.4 million were down 0.9 per cent, cost savings and efficiencies helped deliver a respectable level of...
View ArticleAntitrust probe for Telecom Italia and Fastweb
Italy’s Antitrust Authority has opened proceedings against Telecom Italia and Fastweb for possible uncompetitive practices regarding their joint fibre optic venture Flash Fiber. Flash Fiber aims to...
View ArticleAustralia: 80% confused by broadband offers
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) consultation on fixed broadband speeds has found eighty per cent of consumers are confused and want broadband speed information to be presented in...
View ArticleBelgium: Orange launches LOVE package
Orange Belgium has launched its ‘LOVE’ package to support its convergent positioning. LOVE allows Orange customers to access what is essential to them by offering them flexible combinations of mobile,...
View ArticleDEN Networks goes OTT
Indian cable TV giant DEN Networks has launched its OTT service, DEN+, with 144 free-to-air channels. Describing the debut as a “soft launch” and available to consumers using Android or iOS devices and...
View ArticleAkamai: 140% increase in DDoS attacks
Akamai Technologies, a specialist in content delivery network (CDN) services, has released its Fourth Quarter, 2016 State of the Internet / Security Report. The report, using data gathered from the...
View ArticleAustralia: Kids spend more time online than watching TV
Australian kids now spend more time using the Internet than watching television, Roy Morgan’s Young Australians Survey shows – but when it comes to at-home entertainment, TV still reign, for now....
View ArticleNetflix Speed Index: New leaders in Taiwan, Thailand
Netflix has released January 2017 statistics from its ISP Speed Index – a monthly update on which Internet Service Providers (ISPs) provide the best prime-time Netflix streaming experience. In India, 7...
View ArticleQantas launches inflight BYOD on demand
Qantas customers on WiFi enabled domestic flights will be able to watch their favourite shows, avoid missing out on live sport and listen to almost any song they like, with Foxtel, Netflix and Spotify...
View ArticleAustria, Serbia join Global FTTH Ranking
The number of fibre to the home (FTTH) and fibre to the building (FTTB) subscribers in Europe increased by 23 per cent over the first nine months of 2016, reaching nearly 44.3 million FTTH/B...
View ArticlePakistan judge okays Indian movies for cable TV
BBC Monitoring is reporting that a Pakistan High Court in Lahore has permitted Indian films to be shown on private TV channels, provided the channels have a valid licence. Chief Justice Syed Mansoor...
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