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Industry TrendsThe sale of BT Sport and the relationship between content and telcos
Despite huge investments, the track record of telcos in the content business is decidedly mixed. Does BT’s plan for a full or partial sale of its sports pay-TV business signal that telcos are rethinking the idea of investing in content?
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IBC Technical Papers highlight industry innovation
Technical Papers on subjects ranging from drones to sustainability are available to read at IBC365, including video presentations by some of the authors.
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Shaping Post-Covid Resilience for the Premium Content, Pay-TV and Telco Businesses
IBC Showcase: This paper outlines how content and service providers can build a resilient Covid-19 response in regard to their business and their subscribers.
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Huawei’s UK ban: How it will impact broadcasters
The UK has banned Huawei from 5G deployments, but how could this impact plans to use the mobile tech in broadcasting? James Pearce investigates.
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Arqiva confirms restructure and redundancies
Arqiva is working on a restructure of its business that could result in a third of its staff being made redundant.
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Entries open for RTS Young Technologist of the Year Award 2020
The Royal Television Society (RTS) has launched the Young Technologist of the Year Award 2020.
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Streaming rise, Vodacom’s 5G rollout and cinemas reopening
4-8 May: Your guide to what’s happened this week in the media, entertainment and technology industry.
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O2 UK and Virgin Media in talks over potential merger
Spanish telecoms operator Telefónica has confirmed it is holding talks with Liberty Global about creating a tie-up between its UK mobile arm O2 and Liberty’s Virgin Media.
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Huawei licences InterDigital’s 3G, 4G, 5G and HEVC codec patents
InterDigital has signed a multi-year license agreement with Chinese manufacturer Huawei with the companies agreeing to dismiss pending litigation between the two.
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Netflix earning wins & Quibi fast tracks TV casting capability
20-24 Apr: Your guide to what’s happened this week in the media, entertainment and technology industry.
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Facebook invests $5.7bn in Indian telco Reliance Jio
Facebook has invested $5.7 billion to take a 10% stake in Indian digital firm Jio Platforms, marking the social media giant’s largest investment since it bought WhatsApp in 2014.
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M&A review: ViacomCBS strikes two acquisitions, Fox’s AVOD purchase
IBC365 looks back at some of the notable mergers and acquisitions of the past month within the media and technology industry.
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UK government orders social media companies to tackle 5G fake news
Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and TikTok are among platforms being called to take action on content linking 5G to Covid-10 with scientists saying the conspiracy is “complete rubbish.”
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T-Mobile & Sprint finalise merger & Sony Pictures pushes cinema releases
30 Mar - 5 Apr: Your guide to what’s happened this week in the media, entertainment and technology industry.
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Disney+ launches in Europe
Disney’s new SVOD platform has officially launched across Europe, offering subscribers access to thousands of hours of Disney, Marvel, Star Wars and National Geographic content.
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NAB Show 2020 cancelled, Vivo commences 6G R&D
9-13 Mar: Your guide to what’s happened this week in the media, entertainment and technology industry.
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Deutsche Telekom bids on aggregation with Disney+
German telco Deutsche Telekom is reportedly in talks with Walt Disney to gain the content rights for Disney+ on its MagentaTV platform to fight against the competition from Vodafone.
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RTVE and Rohde & Schwarz unveil 5G broadcast trial in Barcelona
Spanish broadcaster RTVE has partnered with Rohde Schwarz and several other technology partners to demonstrate 5G broadcast and multicast technology in Barcelona.
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Ofcom repays UK telcos overcharged fees & EU crack down on big tech firms
17-21 Feb: Your guide to what’s happened this week in the media, entertainment and technology industry.
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BT launches flexible TV packages to tackle streamers
BT has partnered with Netflix, Amazon and Sky to offer aggregated TV packages across sport, film and entertainment.
