Advanced Television

Arianespace readies Intelsat pair for launch

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 […]

August 19, 2016By Chris Forrester

UPC to provide 300,000 free next-gen modems

UPC is planning a large-scale roll-out of the Connect Box among its customers. Over the next two years, some 300,000 Internet customers in Switzerland and Austria will receive the state-of-the-art modem free of charge. Ivo Hoevel, Chief Marketing and Products Officer at UPC, commented: “The satisfaction of our existing customers is our top priority. With […]

August 19, 2016

Sky Sports, Carling team for new Premier League show

Sky Sports  is creating a brand new Friday night show, in partnership with Carling, the official beer and cider of the Premier League. The new show titled Carling In Off The Bar, will provide fans with a look back on the week in football, have an alternative take on the game that evening whilst being […]

August 19, 2016

Philippines: Inview middleware for Cignal

Cignal TV, Inc. a wholly owned subsidiary of PLDT, has selected Inview, the broadcast and OTT software and service specialist, to provide the middleware for its SD, HD and Hybrid range of DTH set-top boxes. Inview will be supplying a high quality user interface, EPG and value added services such as advertising on all Zapper […]

August 19, 2016

Zype launches Zype Live

Zype, the cloud video distribution service for OTT, has announced the launch of Zype Live, a high quality, scalable, and user friendly live streaming service for video business owners that makes it easy to sell video to consumers whenever they want, however they want, and on any device. Zype Live is an end-to-end solution for […]

August 19, 2016

Dame Dash TV Launches on FilmOn TV Networks

The renown entrepreneur, music producer and actor is producing music, business and lifestyle content for FOTV’s 24/7 television channel FilmOn.TV Networks and Dame Dash Studios announced today the launch of Dame Dash TV on the streaming television provider filmon.com. FilmOn.TV Networks is part of FOTV Media Networks Inc., the interrelated group of digital media companies which produces and distributes hologram, virtual reality, 360 and […]

August 19, 2016

WeTek Play 2 now available for pre-order

The wait is finally over as the long-awaited WeTek flagship 4K hybrid media center becomes available. Pre-orders already being accepted by WeTek for the official release date of September 6th.   WeTek Play 2 is one of the most demanded hybrid media centers by users all around world following the success of its predecessor, WeTek […]

August 19, 2016

Dimetis BOSS FILETRANSFER Manager

Dimetis, a software company in broadcast and telecommunication, announces the launch of trend-setting new features of BOSS FILETRANSFER Manager at IBC 2016. “We want to emphasises the power of BOSS FILE TRANSFER Manager, especially for the MFT (managed file transfer) area. Our cloud based Media Exchange Portal gives users maximum convenience when exchanging media with […]

August 19, 2016

Sky D confirms UHD Bundesliga

Starting in autumn 2016, DFL (Deutsche Fussball Liga) – Germany’s top flight football association – will cover games in Ultra High Definition quality. Following the launch, plans are initially to produce one game per Bundesliga match day in UHD which will be broadcast by national TV partner Sky Deutschland. Sky has announced the introduction of […]

August 18, 2016

TDG: Consumer screen usage at 50+ hours a week

According to research from The Diffusion Group (TDG), the amount of time consumers spend each week using a ‘screen’ — a television, personal computer, tablet, or mobile phone — now tops 50 hours. Importantly,

August 18, 2016