Viewers in Italy using the Tivùsat TV platform that broadcasts from Eutelsat’s HOTBIRD neighbourhood can now watch a full line-up of HD channels from Rai. Tivùsat was set up to ensure that everyone in Italy has access to free digital TV. By reaching all areas of Italian territory, viewers can access all national DTT channels […]
Multichannel broadcaster UKTV is predicting it will register record-breaking growth in share of commercial impacts (SOCI) across the last 12 months. UKTV is projecting 7.7 per cent growth of its SOCI to a record year-end high of 9.87 per cent, putting it ahead of Channel 5’s full portfolio and all of Sky’s wholly-owned channels (including movies […]
Christmas Day TV audiences on December 25th 2016 were at their lowest level since records began in 1981. BBC1 period drama Call the Midwife was the most-watched programme attracting an audience of 9.2 million. BBC1 had eight of the 10 most-watched programmes overall on Christmas Day, while ITV had two. Audiences for Christmas Day – […]
Premium entertainment streaming service Hulu has agreed a comprehensive deal with CBS Corporation to carry America’s most-watched broadcast network, CBS, as well as popular sports and entertainment channels CBS Sports Network and POP, with the potential to add additional networks in the future. All networks in the deal will be available to stream live, with […]
Figures released by the British Association for Screen Entertainment (BASE) based on data from The Official Charts Company and IHS Markit show that consumer spend in the video category rose by 2.2 per cent in 2016 bringing the total value of the category to £2.25 billion (€2.63bn). While ownership remains vital to the category and […]
Arianespace says it has signed two new launch contracts. One is for Intelsat, and Arianespace says it will launch I-39 in 2018. Another, for Japan’s SkyPerfect/JSAT, for JSAT-17, will launch in 2019. Further updates from the rocket launch company covered planned activity on a Arianespace contracted Soyuz rockets to launch SES-15 for the Luxembourg-based satellite […]
The sale of Harris Corp’s subsidiary CapRock Communications to Speedcast International, has closed. Harris announced the sale of CapRock to Hong-Kong and Australia-based Speedcast last October, for $425 million (€404.8m) in cash. The sale has now wrapped. The sale places Speedcast as one of the world’s largest satellite communications networks, with an especially large presence […]
Cisco is launching the Infinite Video Platform (IVP) Labs, enabling all Infinite Video customers worldwide to define together the future of the consumer video experience. IVP Labs allows participating customers to test new features with users before making them generally available. Customers and end users can provide crucial feedback to make these features, and the […]
Revenue security and enhancement specialist Verimatrix and Samsung Electronics have announced an expanded partnership to ensure the 2017 line of Samsung Smart TVs comply with the Ultra HD (UHD) and 4K content guidelines set by MovieLabs’ Specifications for Next Generation Video and Enhanced Content Protection. The Verimatrix Video Content Authority System (VCAS) Ultra architecture, which […]
Nokia and T-Mobile have achieved LTE speeds near 1 Gbps in a demonstration using Nokia’s deployed 4.5G Pro technology. The demonstration, conducted at T-Mobile’s lab in Bellevue, Washington, encompassed technologies currently live in the operator’s network, including carrier aggregation, 256 QAM (Quadrature Amplitude Modulation) and 4×4 MIMO (Multiple Input and Multiple Output) on Nokia’s commercially […]