By Jonathan Easton Kenya Broadcast Corporation (KBC) has announced a partnership with Israeli satellite services provider Spacecom. The deal will see KBC’s DTT service broadcast via the AMOS-17 HTS (high throughput satellite) digital satellite. In addition, Spacecom has also provided KBC with on-the-ground professional services to migrate Signet’s DTT service...

By Celestine Okorie, Correspondent South Africa Africa’s leading music streaming platform, Boomplay and leading mechanical copyrights collection agency, Composers Authors and Publishers Association (CAPASSO), have inked an extended licensing partnership as part of Boomplay’s expansion strategy across the continent. The deal increases CAPASSO’s mandate to collect and distribute publishing royalties...

By Emmanuel Oluebube, Correspondent UK The multinational pharmaceutical company, Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC (Hikma), has  announced that it has entered into an exclusive licensing agreement with Almirall S.A., a global biopharmaceutical company, to commercialise FinjuveTM in certain Middle East and North Africa (MENA) markets. FinjuveTM is a finasteride spray that is...

By Jonathan Easton The International Bowling Federation (IBF) has announced a partnership with NAGRA to launch a new streaming app for the world of bowling. Dubbed StrikeCloud, the digital transformation initiative promises “a gamified, content-rich loyalty app” which will give a global access point to the sport. The app presents...

By Ron Chen, Correspondent ASEAN Region As part of a long-term strategy to ramp up its presence in the global and regional smart logistics market, autonomous cargo transportation company, Evocargo has signed a cooperation agreement with Roads & Transport Authority (RTA) to showcase and initiate trials of Autonomous Logistics via...

By Jonathan Easton Roku has announced a partnership with Nielsen to measure content on its devices within Nielsen Digital Content Ratings (DCR). Digital Content Ratings provides access to deduplicated reach and demographic insights for channels on Roku devices to identify which programmes most effectively reach key audiences. Nielsen described the...

By Ron Chen, Correspondent ASEAN Region The applied research pillar of Abu Dhabi’s Advanced Technology Research Council (ATRC), Technology Innovation Institute (TII), has announced that its Secure Systems Research Centre (SSRC) has partnered with three prestigious universities on  secure mesh communications research projects. Mesh Network is a network topology in...

By Oystein Bergmann, Correspondent Scandinavia Ericsson's Port of the Future demonstration was one of the key demonstrations at ArcelorMittal's inauguration of its first Digital Lab in Dunkirk: a place to animate the digital ecosystem, designed to accelerate the digital transformation of the leader in the steel and mining industries. Ericsson,...

By Ron Chen, Correspondent ASEAN Region DHL Global Forwarding, the leading provider of air, ocean and road freight services, and TotalEnergies have signed a contract for a solar energy project in Dubai. It is in continuation with their Strategic Cooperation Agreement signed in 2019. TotalEnergies will solarize eight of DHL’s...

By Jonathan Easton RTL Group has announced a partnership with Amobee to strengthen its ad-tech business in continental Europe with a new joint-venture company. RTL and Amobee will form a jointly owned sales and service company called TechAlliance. The new company will combine the ad-tech services of Amobee and Smartclip...