PSSI Global Services, which operates a number of teleports and more than 60 Outside Broadcast satellite uplink trucks across the US, is suing the Federal Communications Commission over the FCC’s plans for C-band. The lawsuit – strictly speaking a petition – was filed in a Washington DC Federal Court, and PSSI asks for a Judicial […]
Trade body the World Teleport Association (WTA) has released Finding Growth in Media Services, a new research report that explores the challenges teleport executives and vendors face, the opportunities they have seized, and how their companies have changed to meet the needs of the next generation of media and entertainment. “The headline story in our […]
The headline news from the latest SES results is that its ‘Networks’ business now represents more than 40 per cent of its business overall, and that the division has enjoyed a 29 per cent growth year-on-year. SES is contemplating spinning off the division into a separate business. Steve Collar, CEO, says that the satellite operator […]
Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP) has bought 49 Grass Valley camera systems in order to future-proof its studio and Outside Broadcast fleet. The purchase means that RTP has now standardised on Grass Valley’s LDX 82 cameras. The upgrade to its camera system with their HD and high dynamic range (HDR) support across RTP’s live […]
Red Bee has taken over playout operations for BBC News Arabic television and BBC News Persian television. As of early April 2020, playout operations for both channels were outsourced to Red Bee’s managed services operations, which already serve significant parts of the UK public broadcaster’s global news distribution. The migration cutover took place in cooperation […]
3 Screen Solutions (3SS), a provider of software solutions for STBs and multiscreen digital entertainment, has announced the next stage in the evolution of its 3READY Product Framework. The new 3READY Entertainment Ecosystem is an all-in portfolio of complementary capabilities, technical deployment options, key vendor partnership network and pre-integrations. 3SS’ says its goal is to […]
Troubled Australian satellite facilities and services business SpeedCast has entered Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in a US Federal bankruptcy court in the Southern District of Texas. It lists assets of between $500 million and some $1 billion as part of its bankruptcy plan. Speedcast has struck a $90 million commitment from its lenders in order […]
Shutterstock, a global technology company offering a creative platform for content, tools and services, has announced a three-year extension to its long-standing exclusive distribution deal with UK commercial broadcaster, ITV. With this agreement, Shutterstock houses over 100 years of iconic ITV archival content from regional franchises including the legendary Rank Films collection, iconic celebrity images […]
Following what it describes as a thorough investigation, the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has cleared the £2 billion (€2.2bn) merger between Cellnex UK and Arqiva’s telecommunication infrastructure division, finding that the deal does not raise competition concerns in the supply of large telecommunication infrastructure such as mobile towers and pylons. It suggests that […]
DVB, an industry consortium that develops open, interoperable technical specifications for the delivery of digital media and broadcast services, has announced that an open source reference client for DVB-I is now available. The source code is provided via DVB’s GitHub account. Developed in collaboration with Sofia Digital, the reference client and related materials are released […]