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Elon Musk congratulated his staff and SpaceX technicians on May 20th for topping 3 million Starlink customers in 99 countries. But behind the scenes there could be serious problems ahead for Starlink, and in particular for its ‘direct-to-smartphone’ ambitions. The background focuses on recent transmissions carried out on a UK-registered satellite by SpaceX. The satellite…

Leading Asian broadcast systems integrator Ideal Systems has announced that it will be hosting the global launch of a totally new software-based encoder for broadcasters at the upcoming Broadcast Asia exhibition in Singapore. The new encoder solution from TotalMedia is part of a growing suite of video processing tools offered by TotalMedia that have been…

The New Yorker has refocused its newsletter strategy in an effort to retain its cohort of 1.2 million paid subscribers and grow its audience beyond that — by sending fewer emails. Last August, The New Yorker began sending newsletters less frequently and giving paid subscribers early access to content in their inboxes. As a result,…

Amazon Advertising’s revenue neared $47 billion last year, up from 24% compared to 12 months earlier, with analysts suggesting its media earnings growth now outpaces Facebook and Google.  An eMarketer forecast maintains the e-commerce giant’s advertising revenue will top $67 billion by 2025, and earlier this week at Amazon Publisher Services’ summit, it revealed new…

Ahead of the Ministerial evidence session for its inquiry on Defending Democracy with the Minister for Security, Tom Tugendhat and the Secretary of State (DSIT) Michelle Donelan, the Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy (JCNSS) of the UK Houses of Parliament has published the final pieces of written evidence received from big tech and…

Channel 4 Sport’s YouTube channel will broadcast every single televised moment of live sport from the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games. The announcement of the new partnership comes with 100 days to go until the first day of competition. Channel 4 – the official UK media partner for the Games – is enhancing its long-standing partnership with…

A report from FASTMaster – a source of FAST data and analysis in the US created by industry thought leader Gavin Bridge – reveals that not only are there the biggest number of FAST Channels in the US to date, but even though the medium has matured, it is still growing. In addition to presenting…

Warner Bros Discovery’s (WBD) Max, streaming service is now officially live in 20 countries across the Nordics, Iberia, and Central and Eastern Europe. The countries include Andorra, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Hungary, Kosovo, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Norway, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain and Sweden. Max offers subscribers an…

The Spark, a song created by a group of nine-to-12-year-olds including refugees, has amassed 8.6m views It is called The Spark and has been declared the song of the summer – a viral sensation from a group of children in Ireland who filmed the video in a day. Since launching on 15 May, the song…

Channel 5 has secured the first UK exclusive rights to air documentary Stormy – a documentary telling the story of Stormy Daniels in her own words. The programme is produced by Sarah Gibson and Erin Lee Carr, the duo behind the hit documentary Britney vs Spears. Stormy delves into the compelling and controversial story of…