Following the March 18th announcement that it was creating a free sports channel for all its UK and Ireland subscribers, Sky has confirmed that Sky Sports Mix will launch on August 24th – opening a window on the action shown on Sky Sports every day and shining a light on sport not previously covered on […]
FOTV Media Networks Inc., the interrelated group of digital media companies which produces and distributes hologram, virtual reality, 360 and premium Hollywood content globally with an over-the-top (OTT) audience of more than 75 million monthly unique users of its live and on-demand movies and television, has confirmed the launch of its initial public offering of […]
Pakistan’s media regulator (PEMRA) will start issuing DTH licences for the first time in October. Up until now, Pakistan has frowned on DTH transmissions, and frequently banned the illegal reception of satellite signals targeted to Indian viewers. Cable operators have been forbidden to carry unauthorised signals coming from India. Absar Alam, the chairman at PEMRA, […]
An arbitration action is taking place in London between a Dubai-based businessman, Ajay Sethi, and Kenya’s KBC public broadcaster over a failed joint-venture designed to launch a TV channel, Metro TV, into the country. The action is claiming penalties of $484 million. The allegations are serious enough for locals to say that if KBC loses […]
Next week on August 24th, two Intelsat satellites are scheduled to be launched by a single Arianespace rocket. Intelsat 33e and Intelsat 36 are the rocket’s two important passengers. Its two payloads will be the 57th and 58th satellites lofted by Arianespace for Intelsat, continuing a relationship that began in 1983 as the US-based operator […]
The MENA broadcasting rights for the next 4 Olympic Games have been acquired by Qatar’s beIN Sports. A signing ceremony was held at the Rio Games to mark the exclusive multi-territory deal in the Middle East and North Africa with beIN Media Group, although the outline agreement was negotiated by the parties last year. The […]
Israel-based Spacecom says its upcoming AMOS-6 satellite is scheduled for launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on September 3rd. Facebook is a major client for the satellite with capacity booked through Eutelsat of Paris, and worth (to Eutelsat) some $95 million (€83.9m) in total contract value. Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg announced the scheme in […]
It isn’t the first time that India’s Dish TV and Videocon d2h have been reported to be in merger discussions, but again the gossip has led to India’s CNBC-TV18 news channel to state that the two pay-TV giants are close to agreeing merger terms. The news channel said that Dish TV, already India’s largest DTH […]
Dolby Laboratories and Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE) have announced the first slate of titles now available in UHD with Dolby Vision high dynamic range (HDR) imaging. Dolby Vision titles now available for purchase and rental on OTT service VUDU include the all-new release The Huntsman: Winter’s War, and fan favourites Lucy, Oblivion, and Lone […]
NAGRA, a Kudelski Group company and independent provider of content protection and multiscreen television solutions, in partnership with MTM, a research and strategy consultancy, have revealed the APAC findings from the Pay-TV Innovation Forum research programme. This latest paper reviews the pay-TV landscape in the Asia Pacific region and confirms that growing competition is driving […]