AMTC News — 3 Nov 2026 (EN)

Google shuts the door on XCPE Botnet

Google dismantles 1.3 million-box XCPE botnet

Google and industry partners have dismantled XCPE, a backdoor that enrolled more than one-point-three million television set-top boxes into a criminal botnet.

Roku Q3 revenue up 24% ahead of Fox deal

Roku revenue rises 24% before Fox deal

Roku's third-quarter revenue rose twenty-four percent, beating expectations as platform revenue increased twenty-three percent to one-point-three billion dollars.

French MPs vote to scrap YouTube advertising tax allowance

France targets YouTube tax allowance

French lawmakers voted to remove a tax allowance benefiting video-sharing platforms including YouTube, increasing pressure to support domestic audiovisual production.

Dakar 2026 is first Olympics event to deploy fully virtualised MCR

Dakar deploys first virtualised Olympic MCR

Dakar twenty twenty-six is the first Olympic event to run core master-control functions in a fully virtualised, software-defined cloud environment.

Virgin Media O2 faces thousands of job cuts

Virgin Media O2 prepares major job cuts

Virgin Media O2 is preparing thousands of job cuts as debt pressure and intensifying competition force a wider restructuring of its workforce.

Toggo app launches on Sky Q and Sky Stream

Toggo reaches Sky Q and Sky Stream

RTL's Toggo app has launched on Sky Q and Sky Stream, bringing around nineteen thousand children's episodes to Germany and Austria.