A few positive words on July 26th from SES CEO Steve Collar on the prospects for a favourable agreement from the FCC helped send share prices for the key member of the C-Band Alliance on a firm upward trajectory. For example, Intelsat – which would be a major beneficiary of an FCC agreement – rose […]
British TV will be explicitly required to protect the “welfare, wellbeing and dignity” of individuals who take part in their programmes, under proposals from Ofcom. Ofcom, said it was proposing to add two rules to the existing broadcasting code to protect members of the public who take part in programmes, in an announcement timed to […]
Final viewing figures for the big Sunday of sport (July 14th) when England won the Cricket World Cup show just what a dilemma sports rights owners face when deciding how to put such inspiring events in front of people who don’t have pay-TV. The full story of how getting sport onto free-to-air channels massively increases […]
ITV Studios Entertainment has announced that Fiona Clark has been appointed as Creative Director. Clark will officially start her new role in September, replacing Katie Rawcliffe. Clark, who will be responsible for a brief that includes hit formats Dancing on Ice, which returns next year for a 12th series, The Voice and The Voice Kids, […]
South Africa’s communication minister, Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams, has released the ministry’s long-awaited spectrum policy direction White Paper. She has passed the direction to the country’s media and communications regulator ICASA and to give preferential bandwidth access to a new wholesale open access network (‘WOAN’) in order to increase competition in the nation’s cellular market. “The minister […]
Verimatrix, a global provider of security and analytics solutions, has reported its IFRS unaudited consolidated results and unaudited pro forma adjusted results, for the six-month period ended June 30th. The company reported revenues of $60.8 million (€54.6m) revenue in H1 2019, up from $58.5 million in the same period last year. Verimatrix posted a $32.5 […]
SES is involved in a joint venture with Abu Dhabi’s Yahsat satellite operator on YahLive, which markets the pair’s DTH frequencies over the MENA and Asia regions from 52.5 degrees East. YahLive has been in a period of “strategic review” for some time. That review has been finalised and SES says the enterprise has not […]
Spacecom, which operates the Amos fleet of Israeli satellites will launch its next satellite, Amos-17, on August 3rd. The satellite was built on a ‘fast track’ basis by Boeing and will be launched by a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. Amos-17 will operate from 17 degrees East. Spacecom CEO and president, David Pollack stated, “Spacecom has […]
LG Electronics is making its HU85LA laser ‘short throw’ projector widely available. Officially dubbed its LG CineBeam AI ThinQ 4K laser projector, and a 2019 CES Innovation Award winner, the unit is priced at $5999 in the US. The unit can be placed on a low cupboard or shelf at just 7.2 inches from the […]
The Asian global sports media property, ONE Championship, has launched what it says is Asia’s largest eSports world championship series with ONE Esports’ first confirmed events of the 2019-2020 season. In addition, Carlos Alimurung has been named CEO of ONE Esports, and will be responsible for designing ONE Esports’ vision and strategy, setting the company’s […]