Analyst Sami Kassab at investment bank Exane/BNPP has reported more details on the FCC’s March 3rd Order regarding the reallocation of C-band frequencies over the US. Kassab has ploughed through the 220 pages, plus endless footnotes, and says there are other benefits for the key satellite operators. As this is written, however, there remains uncertainty […]
The third DTT migration phase in Spain has been completed with the switch-off of the 700 MHz band in Alava, Teruel, Vizcaya East and West, Zaragoza North and South. Now, Spain faces the fourth phase, to be completed by June 30th, when the whole country will already have migrated to the new frequencies. The whole […]
Eutelsat, in a filing to the FCC, repeats its claim that it is entitled to a significant 15.15 per cent of the $9.7 billion of incentive payments outlined by the FCC as part of its Draft proposals for the use of satellite C-band frequencies over the US. Eutelsat says that the SES fleet is the […]
Globecast, the global solutions provider for media, is haling the emergence of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) as a gamechanger for the media entertainment industry and has begun deployment of the technology. IaC is the process of creating and managing cloud-based technologies using scripts – hence code – to do so. The script is then “read”, […]
Humax, a provider of video and broadband customer premises equipment (CPE), has announced the upcoming availability of an expanded portfolio of RDK-powered devices to serve operators worldwide. Humax also joined the RDK Video Accelerator programme and announced its first RDK Video Accelerator 4K IP reference set-top box. Humax’s RDK Video Accelerator set-top box is pre-integrated […]
Another suite of missives from Intelsat were issued to the FCC on February 21st explaining where Intelsat stood on the CBA and the FCC’s decision to apportion proceeds from the upcoming auction in an equal split between Intelsat and SES. SES has let its disappoinment about Intelsat’s actions be known. In one FCC filing, Intelsat […]
The gloves are definitely off as far as SES is concerned with its former partner in the C-Band Alliance (CBA). In a last-minute filing to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) SES states it is disappointed by Intelsat’s last-minute attempt to renounce its commitments made to other CBA members and the Commission over the course of […]
Satellite Mediaport Services (SMS Teleport), the largest independent teleport in the UK, has announced that Eutelsat has selected SMS to provide back-up teleport-based broadcast satellite services for its EUTELSAT 8 West B satellite. SMS Teleport is providing Eutelsat with 24/7/365 redundant teleport services from its Rugby, UK teleport. Connected via a diverse fibre linkup to […]
Turner Mexico and Turner Colombia have engaged Parrot Analytics to acquire insights from a continuous study of consumer behaviour. In addition, Turner Mexico and Turner Colombia have become commercial subscribers to Parrot Analytics’ proprietary global TV demand measurement system. Recently, Turner Colombia invited Parrot Analytics to share relevant trends for the Latin American media ecosystem […]
Grabyo has formed a partnership with J-Stream, the Japan streaming services company, bringing new video production tools to Japanese broadcasters, publishers and online video services. As part of the agreement, J-Stream will help bring Grabyo’s cloud video platform into video production workflows across the country. Grabyo’s browser-based tools ensure content publishers can create, edit and […]