Uruguay last week cancelled the DTH transmission licence of Claro. Claro is ultimately owned by telco giant America Movil. At the time of the cancellation Claro said it would fight the Uruguayan decision. It has now changed it mind. Claro’s general manager Roberto Alvarellos now says that his company will do nothing, adding that the business has always set out [...]
Arabsat has leased an aging satellite from Telesat of Canada and placed its at the 44.5 degrees East orbital slot where it will be a place-holder until Arabsat can free up one of their fleet. Arabsat is launching 4 new satellites over the next 3 years. Arabsat’s CEO Khalid Balkheyour, speaking exclusively to Inside Satellite TV, said the new location [...]
SES, one of the world’s largest commercial satellite operators, suffered a decline in earnings in the first quarter after last year’s switch-off of analogue transmissions to Germany. However the company retained its full-year outlook SES, which sells transmission capacity to the likes of BSkyB and India’s Dish TV, said core profit (EBITDA) dropped 4.8 per cent to €321.2 million. SES [...]
Ofcom is to preparing to crack down on the poor standard of subtitling of it says is common on UK TV by introducing a six-monthly quality check that will name and shame broadcasters into improving their services. Gaffes include asking for a “moment’s violence” during The Queen Mother’s funeral. Viewers are able to switch on a subtitles option for most [...]
The US Tennis Association and ESPN have agreed an 11-year broadcast deal – reported to be worth $770 million – for ESPN to be the exclusive home in North and South America of the US Open from first ball through the women’s and men’s championships each summer from New York beginning in 2015. ESPN now will air the championship in [...]
TalkTalk signed up 150,000 new subscribers to its YouView service in the first three months of this year – making it the UK’s fastest-growing new TV service. The leap took the total number of TV customers on the company’s network to more than 230,000 at the end of March, with 12,000 new customers taking the service each week. Early data [...]
iCITY – the preferred bidder for the legacy uses of the Press and Broadcast Centres on London’s Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park – has signed its deal with the London Legacy Development Corporation for the long-term future of the Centres. This agreement takes total investment on the Press and Broadcast Centres to over £1 billion. This includes investment from: London 2012 [...]
The Spanish government is considering calling a fresh public tender to award the nine DTT licences that were recently revoked following the Supreme Court ruling that the licences were invalid as they were granted by the the previous Administration without a public tender. In the new public tender, the Administration would give priority to those bidders interested in launching HD [...]
CASBAA has commented on Vietnam’s ‘Decision 20′ pay-TV regulations which came into effect today. As a result of confusion over the regulations, one satellite provider has taken down 21 international channels. John Medeiros, Chief Policy Officer at CASBAA, said in response to media queries that the situation regarding Vietnamese regulation of the pay-TV industry is notably unclear. “Even Vietnamese operators [...]
US pay-TV provider DISH is offering new subscribers the choice of an iPad 2 instead of first year programming discounts for customers who sign up for the Hopper with Sling Whole-Home HD DVR and a qualified programming package. Customers can then watch all their live TV, DVR recordings and On Demand shows using their Pad tablet anywhere. (Viewing requires Wi-Fi [...]
