Digital television accounts for 90 percent of all TV connections in the Netherlands at the end of the second quarter of 2016, according to Telecompaper’s latest quarterly report on the Dutch television market. Despite growing digital penetration, there were fewer TV connections overall, with a quarterly loss of 3,000 for slightly more than 7.8 million […]
Australian pay-TV operator Foxtel has unveiled what it describes as a “revolutionary” new approach to pricing and packaging for IP-delivered subscription TV service, Foxtel Play. The move is designed to increase consumer choice and to break down traditional barriers to taking up Foxtel’s services. Speaking at pay-TV trade body ASTRA’s 2016 conference, Foxtel CEO, Peter […]
As IBC approaches, communications technologist Cisco has confirmed that it is to showcase progress made by its global service provider customers to offer consumers the 4K immersive entertainment experience. According to the Cisco VNI Forecast 2015 – 2020, by 2020, more than 40 per cent of connected flat-panel TV Sets will be 4K. The study also […]
Digital entertainment total service protection specialist Conax has confirmed that Dish TV India Limited, Asia Pacific’s largest DTH (direct-to-home) TV provider and SITI Cable have selected Conax (for Cardless content protection) as one of the key partners for their pay-TV expansion in the region. Based on the company’s flagship Conax Contego security hub, the Conax […]
Content protection and multiscreen television solutions provider NAGRA has extended its content protection partnership with Korean satellite broadcaster KT Skylife to include NAGRA’s anyCAST CONNECT solution. NAGRA anyCAST CONNECT will allow the KT Skylife to secure the expansion of its 4K Ultra HD service and implement a flexible two-way content protection solution across multiple networks. […]
In line with its strategy to bring premium content to more viewers on more screens than ever before, Discovery Communications has appointed Ralph Rivera – formerly Director, BBC Digital – to the newly created position of Managing Director, Eurosport Digital. He will begin the role on September 26, based in London, and will report to […]
From 360-degree movie trailers to the emergence of 4K TV services from Web and telecom players, global analyst firm CCS Insight, has revealed its expectations for the TV industry and the main highlights ahead of this year’s IBC event in Amsterdam. According to Paolo Pescatore, director of multiplay and media at CCS Insight, given the […]
Darren Childs, CEO of multi-channel programmer UKTV, has declared the service to be Britain’s fastest-growing broadcaster. Speaking at UKTV Live, its annual showcase event, at the BFI in London, Childs noted that the company had grown impacts by 40 per cent since 2010, and was home to two of the largest non-PSBs. “UKTV is now […]
Encompass Digital Media, a global technology services company delivering end-to-end video solutions to broadcast and media companies, has expanded its use of satellite operator Intelsat’s powerful Galaxy fleet and premier video neighbourhoods to deliver high definition (HD) and 4K ultra high definition (4K UHD) content to 64 million households across North America. Under the new, […]
Prime Focus Technologies (PFT), the technology arm of media services company Prime Focus, has gone live with its cloud-based Media ERP solution CLEAR at INsight TV, part of the Netherlands-headquartered Television, Entertainment & Reality Network (TERN). This is PFT’s first 4K implementation. INsight is all about INspirational people with INcredible stories to tell, in Ultra […]