RRsat Europe, the European arm of RRsat Global Communications, a provider of digital content management and distribution services to the broadcasting industry, has confirmed the appointment of Luca Marinoni as the new head of Sports and Live Events services in Europe. Marinoni joins RRsat Europe to spearhead the Sports and Live Events business in the […]
Back in July 2013 giant screen operator IMAX said it expected China to be a strong market for its new screens. It had just announced a j-v in China with cinema exhibitor Wanda, and IMAX CEO Richard Gelfond said that China was a market “with tremendous growth”. Now, seemingly its Chinese relationship is souring. The […]
Anevia, an expert in video streaming and infrastructure solutions for OTT, live TV VoD, has confirmed the acquisition of BackstreamTV. Currently based in southwest France, BackstreamTV provides a cloud TV solution for use in managing the thousands of television and radio programmes broadcast by satellite on corporate IPTV headends for hospitality market applications. “The technology […]
Ramping up its content exclusivity as it competes with other online entertainment platforms, streaming subscription service Hulu Plus has acquired subscription video on demand (SVoD) rights for the critically-acclaimed CBS drama Elementary. It has the rights to offer complete past seasons of episodes of the Sherlock Holmes-themed drama to its subscribers after each season has […]
Following the company’s leadership restructuring in Europe and Africa that includes the creation of four new regional divisions, Fox International Channels (FIC) has unveiled a new organisational structure of its executive team in Turkey, now integrated in the South Europe and Africa region. The new organisation aims to enhance the position of Turkey in Europe […]
Ericsson has been selected to provide its video contribution and distribution systems to NBC Olympics, a division of the NBC Sports Group, during the production of the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, Russia, from February 6th. “The Olympic Winter Games is a global phenomenon and one of the most significant sporting events in the […]
SatLink Communications, a global teleport, content management and HD playout services provider, has announced it has been extended its agreement with global channel, Fashion TV (FTV), for the global playout, content management and distribution of its HD and SD channels. As a part of the agreement, SatLink will distribute FTV’s content via satellite to Asia […]
Tektronix has been selected to provide video test and network monitoring to NBC Olympics, a division of the NBC Sports Group, during its production of the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, Russia, from February 6-February 23. The announcement was made today by Terry Adams, Vice President, IBC Engineering, NBC Olympics, and Eben Jenkins, General […]
According to research from Strategy Analytics, global Smart TV shipments grew 55 per cent year-on-year to reach 76 million units in 2013, accounting for 33 per cent of total Flat Panel TV (FPTV) during the year. Strategy Analytics’ Smart TV Forecast report found
Sky Deutschland will reveal its full-year numbers (to December 31st) on February 6th. The market is looking for some good news as a balance to a major slide in the broadcaster’s share price over the past 5 weeks. (On December 23rd its price was €8.13. At the close on January 31st shares were priced at […]