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Google and Facebook get involved in another new APAC subsea cable

August 17, 2021 14:23 - 1.75 MB

A new subsea cable that will ensure Taiwan stays connected to the rest of the reason is being championed by US internet giants Google and . Telecoms.com is launching a Digital Seminar Series in the autumn of 2021. As a valued reader we'd like your feedback on the top three topics of interest as listed below: 1. What’s next for 5G? What has gone right in 5G so far and what can be improved, key challenges to delivering on 5G promises, and if it’s time to start looking beyond 5G. 2. Ope...

The Greening of Streaming, One Year On

August 17, 2021 14:20 - 7.22 MB

It is interesting, after writing in these pages for 20 years, reflecting on what sometimes grows from them! A year ago I wrote an article titled "The . Please enable JavaScript to view the comments powered by Disqus. The Greening of Streaming, One Year On It is interesting, after writing in these pages for 20 years, reflecting on what sometimes grows from them! A year ago I wrote an article titled "The Greening of Streaming." I had, for the first time, decided to investigate the envi...

Meet Nielsen’s New PPM “Wearables” - Radio World

August 17, 2021 14:17 - 2.46 MB

In September, Nielsen will begin placing 3,000 new Portable People Meter Wearables in its pool of active PPM panelists. “PPM Wearables feature an . In September, Nielsen will begin placing 3,000 new Portable People Meter Wearables in its pool of active PPM panelists. “PPM Wearables feature an updated design that is smaller and more aligned with current wearable technology trends,” the research company said in the announcement. “The new PPM Wearable comes in a variety of ways to wear ...

ITV’s SDN Freeview licence faces unexpected challenge

August 17, 2021 12:46 - 1.54 MB

ITV could lose access to a substantial portion of the Freeview terrestrial platform after a rival bidder emerged for Multiplex A.The Telegraph . ITV could lose access to a substantial portion of the Freeview terrestrial platform after a rival bidder emerged for Multiplex A. The Telegraph reports a last-minute bid has emerged for the Multiplex run by the ITV-owned SDN. Should it be successful, the consortium has promised to make “substantial payments” to the treasury. It also says it ...

The smart home is flailing as a concept—because it sucks

August 06, 2021 07:41 - 7 MB

A couple of weeks ago, the tech industry group Consumer Technology Association (CTA) released a predictably cheery report on the state of consumer technology. It forecasted record-breaking revenues of $487 billion this year, with laptops, wireless earbuds, personal fitness devices, and 5G phones singled out for especially strong growth. Yet tucked into that upbeat forecast was a spot of dreariness: Smart home devices, once hailed as tech’s next big computing platform, would experienc...

First Meetup for Greening of Streaming! | GreeningofStreaming

July 29, 2021 13:50 - 4.7 MB

Greening of Streaming: Focussing on Sustainability in Streaming. With the massive uplift in streaming consumption there is far more awareness of streaming services and the impact of these services on the planet. Greening of Streaming has been created to raise awareness of the issues, spread best practice and provide a voice to wider stakeholders and external observers of the industry. It will be prepared to hold a mirror up for its members to reflect on their own practices and see ho...

A Guide to How Each Studio Now Handles Theatrical Windows

July 26, 2021 23:07 - 8.42 MB

Studios used to play by the same rules. Now each seems to have its own strategy for handling windows and home platforms. A guide — for now. This week, Paramount opens “Snake Eyes,” an origin story for their “G.I. Joe” franchise, and Universal debuts “Old,” M. Night Shyamalan’s graphic novel adaptation. In theaters, that is. Unlike the recent “Space Jam: A New Legacy” (Warner Bros.) or “Black Widow” (Disney), these two won’t have immediate home availability. Confused? You’re not alone...

Kaltura Valued at $1.24 Billion After IPO

July 26, 2021 14:56 - 2.72 MB

Please enable JavaScript to view the comments powered by Disqus. Kaltura Valued at $1.24 Billion After IPO Kaltura has been valued at $1.24 billion after floating on the NASDAQ, 15 years after launching. The enterprise video company, which is partner and competitor to web video tech like Zoom and Microsoft Teams, also raised $150 million to accelerate marketing and sales. "This is a veteran company, and it's a marathon, not a hundred-meter sprint," said CEO Ron Yekutiel speaking to f...

Why the Akamai outage tells us there is a need for change

July 23, 2021 20:26 - 6.94 MB

For the ones that missed it: Akamai had a major outage yesterday. Just like it had an outage last month. Including the outages of Fastly and Cloudflare in June, these are some serious outages of several big CDNs in a short time frame. These outages have a serious impact on businesses, individuals, and even society in general. And we are not even talking about smaller outages or outages of less-known CDNs around the globe, the last two months. But of course outages like the ones of Ak...

Study: Brits spend 51% of lives in front of a screen

July 21, 2021 12:04 - 4.06 MB

A study by Uswitch analysed how much time Brits are spending in front of a screen and what effects this can have on wellbeing. Brits have been in front of a screen now more than ever, whether it’s as a form of entertainment or simply the work from home lifestyle many are now used to. But how much time do we really spend in front of a screen? UK Adults are spending over half of every day in front of a screen . The study reveals that the UK is spending 386 minutes (6.4 hours) using the...

The impact of the ever-shifting edge | Light Reading

July 20, 2021 14:05 - 624 KB

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The global chip shortage is starting to have major real-world consequences

July 20, 2021 07:49 - 8.95 MB

The Epyc 2nd generation chip, manufactured by Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) is arranged for a photograph during a launch event in San Francisco, California, U.S., on Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2019. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images The severity of the global chip shortage has gone up a notch over the last few weeks and it's now looking as though millions of people will be impacted. As technology has advanced, semiconductor chips have spread from computers and cars to toothbru...

IBM Joins the MIT Climate and Sustainability Consortium; Part of a Broader IBM Future of Climate Initiative

July 15, 2021 13:55 - 5.34 MB

By Solomon Assefa and Marina Rakhlin Today, IBM along with a dozen other enterprises, including Apple, Boeing, Cargill, Dow, PepsiCo, Verizon and others became the inaugural members of the MIT Climate and Sustainability Consortium (MCSC). Together our mission is to accelerate the large-scale, real-world implementation of solutions to address the threat of climate change. IBM’s membership in the MCSC is yet another milestone in our commitment to lead with solutions that mitigate and a...

You Don’t Have to Be a Hyperscaler to Run a Sustainable Data Center | Serverfarm Data Centers

July 15, 2021 13:55 - 6.62 MB

Celebrating the sustainability initiatives by the tech giants The giant cloud players have used their scale to push forward on renewable purchasing and other sustainability initiatives. Serverfarm backs all real actions to boost data center efficiency and to reduce GHG emissions. We’re committed to doing everything in our power to tackle climate change, including supporting commitments around carbon emissions reductions from across the industry. In the last couple of years, a seeming...

Spain: DAZN extends Premier League rights

July 15, 2021 08:39 - 1.25 MB

DAZN will keep on showing the Premier League in Spain until 2025. The online sports platform has renewed their contract with the top-flight English football league for another three years, giving it the rights to 235 matches per season. Its current deal expires after the 2021/22 season. An agreement with Movistar means matches can also be seen on television in the country. “With the renewal of our agreement with the Premier League in Spain through 2025 we will continue to offer fans ...

US FTC reportedly to probe Amazon’s acquisition of MGM

July 12, 2021 17:01 - 1.95 MB

The US Federal Trade Commission is reportedly launching a probe into Amazon’s planned acquisition of MGM. According to The Information, citing unnamed sources, the FTC has opened an in-depth investigation into the merger that could last for six months or more. News of the possible probe follows the June appointment of Lina Khan, seen as a critic of big tech companies and Amazon in particular, as FTC chair. Amazon had asked for Khan’s recusal from cases involving it, citing comments s...

Will Zoom Video Communications Be a Trillion-Dollar Stock by 2030?

July 12, 2021 07:15 - 4.53 MB

Zoom Video Communications (NASDAQ:ZM) is coming off of an epic year of triple-digit-percentage sales growth and has been catapulted into global consciousness by the COVID-19 pandemic. But now more than one year removed from the start of the global health crisis, the Zoom boom is over. Already with an enterprise value (market cap minus cash and equivalents) of $110 billion (compared to less than $20 billion at the start of 2020), Zoom stock reaching $1 trillion by 2030 -- a tenfold to...

Biden’s Executive Order: What It Means For Big Tech And You

July 12, 2021 07:03 - 6.56 MB

President Biden's new executive order "on Promoting Competition in the American Economy,on Promoting Competition in the American Economy," talks a big game on promoting competition across the U.S. For the tech portions of the document, it's not clear how much walk there is to follow up the talk — but already, advocates are hopeful that it means a more free and open internet. The order, which Biden signed Friday, basically says the federal government will make curtailing monopolistic ...

The Olympics is now a TV-only event, and that’s bad news for TV

July 08, 2021 23:46 - 3.29 MB

The Tokyo Olympics will be held without fans due to a rise in Covid-19 infections in the city, Japanese government officials announced today. Short of another postponement of the games, that’s just about the worst news possible for TV networks hoping the Olympics would buck the trend of weakened sports ratings during the pandemic. Japan and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) agreed last month to allow 50% fan capacity at the games, which are set to run from July 23 to Aug. 8. ...

Why Moore’s Law Doesn’t Apply to Clean Energy Technologies

July 06, 2021 06:38 - 9.04 MB

Earlier this month, Moore’s law -- the prediction that the number of transistors on an integrated circuit would double every two years -- turned 50 years old. It so happens that the silicon solar panel, the dominant variety in the market today, is about the same age -- roughly 52 years old. And over the last half-century, while the computing power of an identically sized microchip increased by a factor of over a billion, the power output of an identically sized silicon solar panel mo...

A single frame of the controversial 1947 Alien autopsy film that was recorded following the UFO crash in Roswell is being auctioned as an NFT with an opening bid of $1 million

June 01, 2021 20:45 - 1.85 MB

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