An additional four of the smaller US cable operators are taking a demo 4K/UltraHD channel from satellite operator SES. SES is transmitting seven UHD channels from its satellites covering the US (SES-1 and SES-3) and potentially serving almost 100 million US and Canadian homes. SES has struck new Ultra HD trial agreements with Marquette-Adams in Wisconsin, […]
South Africa’s roadmap to digital adoption for broadcasting has had more than a few pot-holes to slow adoption. However, the country’s Dept. of Communications says that it will take another two full years to wrap the process up. South Africa originally signed up to the ITU’s global ‘analogue switch-off’ target date of June 2015, but […]
EchoStar 23, a high-power satellite built by Space Systems/Loral, and originally due for launch “in the late Q3 period” of this year, is looking for an extremely urgent launch. EchoStar-23 is a Ku-band DTH/DBS satellite. The problem is that SpaceX has a long queue of clients wanting their satellites to be launched. But for EchoStar, […]
Global media company Turner has announced a new division to lead its digital innovation internationally. Aksel van der Wal, currently senior vice president and chief financial officer, is promoted to the new role of executive vice president, digital ventures and innovation, for Turner’s international operations, effective January 1st 2017. Under his leadership the new division […]
By Chris Forrester The family of the late Ray Dolby (who died in September 2013) still retain a significant stake in the specialist noise reduction and audio/video technology company, Dolby Labs. The latest sale by the family was of 100,000 shares on August 11th, at $49.62 a share (and worth $4.96 million). Despite disposing of […]
A NASA advisory committee has expressed concerns about how SpaceX fuels its rockets. In particular, a letter sent by the special advisory group almost a year ago to NASA said SpaceX’s planned fuelling of its Falcon 9 rocket for manned missions to the International Space Station – with astronauts on board – was “contrary to […]
Constantin Median, a major sports, entertainment and event organiser in Germany, is to link with Tata Communications to create a new media hub in Germany. It will offer content delivery, management, storage and computing services for businesses in media, sports, gaming and music industries across German speaking countries in Europe. “This deal enables Tata Communications […]
Spanish satellite and telecommunications operator Hispasat will broadcast live, via satellite and in 4K format, the talks given at the 4K World Summit in Seville. This year marks the second edition of the summit and it will be attended by important representatives of the industry worldwide. This demonstration will show 4K World Summit attendees the […]
Simplestream, a provider of live streaming and live-to-VoD solutions, has announced a tablet extension and offline viewing capability to the At The Races mobile betting app, enabling ‘At The Races’ to spread its reach and meet consumer expectation for services to be accessed from any device. At The Races is the UK and Ireland’s most […]
Premium content services provider Vubiquity has become a member of the Digital Production Partnership (DPP), the professional media industry’s business change network representing members from the entire digital supply chain. The DPP provides media organisations with a forum to work together to define standards and help bring about a fully digital, global, Internet-enabled TV supply […]