By Jonathan Easton Sports streamer DAZN has announced the appointment of Aviv Giladi as its president of broadcast partnerships. The exec will oversee DAZN’s global strategy to oversee all joint venture partnerships, including WTA Media, FIBA Media, and the European Handball Federation (EHF). Prior to DAZN, Giladi served as chairman...

By Stuart Thomson Telekom’s Tim Höttges and Google’s Sundar Pichai Deutsche Telekom has unveiled an expanded partnership with Google spanning enhanced mobile messaging for businesses, a new ‘sovereign cloud’ for Germany and its new Android TV-powered Magenta TV One set-top. The Magenta TV One, which has been available in Germany...

By Jonathan Easton Streaming company Cinedigm has launched a partnership in AR innovator Nreal. The deal will see three of Cinedigm’s most popular channels to Nreal’s newly introduced AR “TV” app. Three channels –  Bloody Disgusting TV, Realmadrid TV and CONtv – will be made available to Nreal Light AR...

By Jonathan Easton The DVB Project and the 5G Media Action Group (5G-MAG) have announced the creation of a joint task force focusing on the future of TV over 5G. The work of the JTF will be based on the commercial requirements for DVB-I over 5G, which were recently published...

By Ron Chen, Senior Correspondent ASEAN Region         A global leader in cyber protection, Acronis, has unveiled the newest details to its Acronis #CyberFit Partner Programme. This update to the company’s existing programme places increased emphasis on supporting partner development, particularly for cloud-based services, increasing their marketing and social media visibility...

By Stuart Thomson French pay TV operator Canal+ has teamed up with Snapchat to make episodes and extracts from key Canal+ series and exclusive original formats available on the social media network’s Discover platform. The agreement foresees the inclusion on Discover of 14 shows including Broute, La Boîte à Questions,...

By Stuart Thomson Golf’s DP World Tour and Sky Sports have extended their broadcast partnership in the UK and Ireland, with Sky Sports remaining the home of the DP World Tour until 2024 and the Ryder Cup until 2025. The deal will see all DP World Tour events broadcast live...

By James Blackman The LoRa Alliance has added a number of new testing capabilities to its LoRaWAN Certification Test Tool (LCTT), for device makers to pre-test the performance of IoT solutions before seeking formal certification from a LoRa Alliance Authorized Test House (ATH). New capabilities in the LCTT self-test service...

Telenor Group partnered with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to accelerate the modernisation of its core network and increase the use of cloud technology to offer 5G and edge services to enterprise customers. The Norway-based operator detailed plans to work with the US cloud giant to develop new services for certain...

By Olga Rosca The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is extending a €5 million(US$5.7million) loan to EXIMBANK to boost the competitiveness of Moldovan micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs). The loan agreement was signed Thursday by EBRD President Odile Renaud-Basso on her first official visit to Moldova. The...