MP & Silva has announced its appointment of Wu Swee Sin as Managing Director, Asia Pacific (excluding China, Japan & Korea). Swee Sin, who will start the new role on 1st February, is an accomplished senior executive with over two decades of international management experience. Swee Sin joins from Lagardere Sports Asia, where he held […]
Halo Post Production, winner of the 2016 best post facility award from Broadcast magazine, has boosted its picture post functionality with PixStor software-defined storage from Pixit Media – powered by Netapp E series storage. The system was implemented and installed on-site by ERA, specialists in image-centric IT solutions for the creative industries. The new installation […]
Virgin Media and BT have announced a new five year Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) agreement. Under the new deal, EE, a BT Group company, will provide wholesale mobile network services to Virgin Media, a subsidiary of Liberty Global, the world’s largest international TV and broadband company. This gives Virgin Media increased flexibility to grow […]
Elon Musk’s SpaceX rockets have been given a clean bill of health by the FCC following a catastrophic explosion on September 1st, and the first launch takes place today (January 9) at 10.22 am (Pacific Time). The launch was originally scheduled for January 8, but postponed because of anticipated bad weather and heavy rain at […]
Vodafone has selected China’s Huawei to upgrade ONO’s network – with the goal of offering 7.7 million residential and businesses units up to 2 Gigabytes speed in two to three years’ time. With an investment of €100 million, in an initial phase the download speed will reach 1 Gbps and the upload speed will hit […]
India’s TataSky, backed in part by Rupert Murdoch, is claiming leadership in terms of the number of DTH channels on offer to subscribers. TataSky says its subscribers can view more than 600 channels and services. As at December 2016 it was offering 483 standard-definition and 76 HDTV channels. Additional to this total are another 31 […]
The World Teleport Association (WTA) has published its annual rankings for the Top Teleport Operators of 2016. The annual rankings of companies by revenue and revenue growth are compiled by surveying teleport operators around the world as well as referencing the published results of publicly-held companies. “The technology and market
Facebook has appointed former CNN news anchor Campbell Brown to head up its news partnerships. Brown said that she will be helping news organisations and journalists work “more closely and more effectively with Facebook…. I will be working directly with our partners to help them understand how Facebook can expand the reach of their journalism, and […]
AMC Networks International (AMCNI) – Central Europe, broadcaster of AMC in Central and Eastern Europe, and United Group, the largest alternative telecom provider in the Balkan region, have announced a strategic deal that secures a next level of coverage for AMC across both cable and DTH platforms in the Balkans. Home to original drama series […]
2017 will see Eurosport and the Eurosport Player will deliver almost 1,000 hours of live top level tennis, showing every Grand Slam match from every court, starting at this month’s Australian Open. Eurosport presenter and ex-tennis pro Mats Wilander said: “In everything we do at Eurosport, its fans first. And in 2017 we are relishing […]