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Most football fans fancy watching the World Cup in the metaverse

Amdocs surveyed people in the UK who planned to watch the 2022 World Cup, and claims that 62% expressed interest in using the metaverse to be part of a virtual stadium.

Google pushes back on the ‘sender pays principle’

Following the renewed plea by European operators for video streamers to contribute to the cost of telecoms infrastructure, Google delivered a riposte.

Operators again beg Europe for Big Tech cash

The CEOs of all the major European operators have signed a letter that once more calls upon the EU to get the biggest data traffic generators pay extra.

Verizon, AT&T and Comcast sued over movie piracy via their networks

US ISPs Verizon Wireless, AT&T and Comcast are being sued by media production companies over what they see as a failure to stop illegal movie downloads, reportedly.

5G subs close to 700 million in Q2 – Ericsson

Swedish kit vendor Ericsson estimates 70 million 5G subscriptions were added in Q2 2022, bringing the total figure up to almost 700 million.

TV subscriptions to pass 3 billion in 2027 – Omdia

New research predicts the number of global online video subscriptions will exceed 2 billion, and the number of pay TV subscriptions will ‘still’ be 1 billion in 2027, though Netflix expected to lose 2 million customers in Q2 2022.

Comcast to do the heavy lifting for Deutsche Telekom’s TV service

Deutsche Telekom’s Magenta TV service has opted to migrate its back-end platform to Comcast’s Cloud TV Suite (CTS).

BT presents a straightforward use case for 5G at live sports

UK telco group BT used the Gallagher Premiership Rugby match between Saracens v Northampton Saints as a showcase for an understated but practical sounding bit of private 5G.

The Telecoms.com Podcast: BT Sport, mmWave and Russia

No guest this week but we do have a special member of the audience this as the Telecoms.com empire continues to grow. The guys start by looking at BT’s latest attempt to rescue its sport division and what that says about telcos betting on content. They move on to ponder the matter of how useful millimetre wave spectrum is before concluding with a look at the effect Russia sanctions are having on the industry.

Video will ‘unquestionably’ be better on 5G

A report claims 5G will unlock new opportunities for video technology, such as improved VR that doesn’t cause nausea and broadcasting applications that ditch the wires.

VMO2 launches TV streaming device

UK converged operator VMO2 has launched a device called Stream for its broadband customers, which aggregates content from multiple TV services and allows billing for them to be controlled in one place.

The Telecoms.com Podcast: BT, 5G and streaming

The lads are delighted to welcome special guest Neil McRae to the pod this week, who is no less than the Chief Architect for BT. They start by exploring what such a grown-up job title entails, in the process learning a fair bit about what makes BT tick from a strategic point of view. That naturally leads onto topics like Open RAN and 5G, including concerns about the latter not being all its cracked up to be, before they conclude with a look at difficulties faced by some major streaming services.