TVT has announced the appointment of Yuko Suguro as Head of Operations in Japan. Suguro joins from Discovery where she was one of the team that launched the channel in the region, and brings to the new role over twenty years’ experience of operational and technical management. TVT provides specialist media services that enable broadcasters […]
IABM has gained 16 new members in the first two months of 2017, continuing the rapid growth in membership that saw an increase from 410 to 495 over the course of 2016. IABM’s portfolio of business intelligence offerings, industry leadership, networking opportunities and member discounts on space at key exhibitions throughout the year were cited […]
More consolidation is taking place in the Spanish cable market. The Basque Country-based Euskaltel is reportedly close to acquiring the regional cable network Telecable, based in Asturias, north of Spain, in a deal valued at €750 million. Euskaltel is in advanced negotiations with the British group Zegona, owner of Telecable, to carry out the acquisition […]
Discovery Communications and Group Nine Media have announced a new partnership between Eurosport and NowThis, a socially-distributed millennial media brand, around the production and co-distribution of sports-related social video. As part of the partnership, NowThis will act as a social video production arm for Eurosport’s Olympic coverage. Eurosport will provide NowThis access to its library […]
BBC Earth, the BBC’s global factual brand, has published findings of an international study titled The Real Happiness Project showing nature programming’s direct impact on the mood and wellbeing of its viewers. The research, conducted with Professor Dacher Keltner, an expert in the science of emotion at the University of California, Berkeley, confirms that even […]
SES-15, a new satellite for Luxembourg-based operator SES, has arrived in Kourou, French Guiana, in readiness for its launch by Arianespace next month. SES-15 will launch to 129 degrees West. Meanwhile, another satellite, SES-10 is standing by at SpaceX’s facility in preparation for an impending launch on a pre-flown rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida. SES-10 […]
Eutelsat’s first high-power all-electric satellite is being readied by builders Airbus for shipment to Kourou, French Guiana. It will be flown to Kourou on a special aircraft on March 20th. Eutelsat 172B is a true giant, but its launch weight on April 25th will be about half that of many other satellite in its class. […]
Avanti Communications, a London-based speciality satellite operator, has reportedly said that its revenues per MHz/month are well down. A year ago Avanti was generating $1800-$2000 per MHz/month. That has fallen to $1600-$1800 per MHz/month by June 30th 2016. By December 2016 those rates had fallen further to $1500-$1600 per MHz/month. It also seems that its […]
The Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (SCTE), its global arm, the International Society of Broadband Experts (ISBE), and the Multimedia over Coax Alliance (MoCA) have announced a new SCTE/ISBE Standards operational practice that is designed to ensure interoperability between MoCA 2.0 and the cable telecommunications industry’s new DOCSIS 3.1 specification for advanced broadband services. SCTE […]
BBC Worldwide has appointed its current Head of Strategy, Matt Garside, as Director of Independent Production, a new role that will involve oversight of the company’s indie portfolio strategy, performance and future investment opportunities. Following an active period in the market over the last 18 months by BBC Worldwide, Garside will be tasked with supporting […]