By Leandra Monteiro A global provider of cloud payments and financial messaging solutions, Volante Technologies announced a strategic alliance with HCLTech, a global technology company. Together, the companies will drive payment modernisation to help financial institutions keep up with the fast-paced digital disruption taking place across the industry. “Our partnership...

By Godson Umejiego, Bureau Chief, The Americas & Ron Chen, Bureau Chief, Asia Thursday, at the Friends of the Mekong Senior Officials Meeting in Vientiane, Lao PDR, the United States and Japan, together with Cambodia, Lao PDR, Thailand, and Vietnam, released the Japan-US-Mekong Power Partnership (JUMPP) Action Plan  , a...

By Rod Walton, EnergyTech Senior Editor A longtime self-sustaining native community in California is moving forward with a project to better secure its own energy needs, too. The Soboba Band of Luiseño Indians is partnering with Scale Microgrids on installing on-site power, distributed energy resources within the tribal land. The...

By Melissa Kasule IPLIndia’s broadcast technology and media provider, Planetcast been selected to offer its services for content delivery by Indian Premier League (IPL) rightsholders. The company will provide its services to Star Sports, Viacom18 and Times Internet in aim to deliver live high-definition (HD) and ultra-high-definition (UHD) coverage of...

A perfect synergy is brewing between two Open Finance leaders namely Powens and Unnax. The decision to welcome Unnax into the Powens family was an easy one: a strategic opportunity to strengthen Open Finance leadership in Europe and beyond through combining two innovative fintechs with strong positions in Spain and...

By Melissa Kasule Qatar telco Ooredoo has struck a renewed deal with sports and entertainment broadcaster beIN Media Group to deliver Global Media network connectivity between its two main media hubs in Doha and France. The two companies have worked together since 2014, Ooredoo has built a media network customised...

By Melissa Kasule liiad Group has announced it has completed the sale of a 50 per cent stake in iliad’s Polish entity Polski Światłowód Otwarty (PSO) which owns the UPC network infrastructure in Poland to InfraVia. The joint venture announced in June last year, will be jointly controlled by InfraVia...

By Melissa Kasule AMC Networks has expanded their multi-year agreement VZIO to deliver a range of premium programming to VIZIO Smart TVs, with the addition of the AMC+ app, nine free streaming channels and over 150 on-demand feature films. Among the new streaming channels are Portlandia, MSG Sports Zone, AMC...

By Melissa Kasule DAZN Group and J.League have inked a new broadcasting deal to extend their multi contract from 2023 to 2033, worth approximately ¥239.5 billion or £1.45 billion(US$1.79billion). DAZN and J.League launched its partnership in 2017, with the initial agreement supposed to run for 10 years through to 2026....

By Melissa KasuleThe BBC has revealed former CEO and editor-in-chief of ITN John Hardie will lead its social media review following the aftermath of Gary Lineker’s suspension over a tweet.BBC director-general Tim Davie announced earlier this month the PSB will launch a review looking into its social media guidelines.Hardie who...