Saudi Arabia has been banned from paying to promote its reform agenda on UK television screens following a ruling by Ofcom. The Saudi government had paid to air a 60 second commercial– which included images of women driving, theatres being reopened and members of the Saudi royal family – during this year’s visit to the […]
Toronto-based new satellite start-up Kepler Communications is seeking a launch provider to place up to 15 of its small mini-satellites into orbit by 2020. These 15 initial satellites are intended to expand to around 140 in order to provide a narrowband Internet of Things service in 2020. The small satellites are designed to serve IoT […]
Eleven Sports has agreed a three-year deal which will see them to broadcast the FIA Formula 1 World Championship in Portugal from 2019 until 2021. Eleven Sports will showcase all the complete track action, with Friday and Saturday practice and qualifying sessions, and Sunday races, through live, delay and repeat broadcasts. Eleven holds exclusive rights […]
Sony has announced the addition of around 200 new local network affiliates across the US for PlayStation Vue – its OTT TV service. In a blog post, Dwayne Benefield Vice President, head of PlayStation Vue, said: “I am excited to announce that PS Vue users in select markets will gain access to local broadcast stations […]
Netflix launched Disenchantment on its service on August 17th to much fanfare. The animated series – from Simpsons creator Matt Groening – was seen as a huge coup for the streaming giant, and early viewing figures are promising. US audience figures, provided by Nielsen, show that the series’ pilot episode drew an average minute audience […]
Philippe Oliva has been named Eutlesat’s Executive Vice President of Sales and Products as of September 3rd. He will report to Michel Azibert, Deputy CEO and Chief Commercial & Development Officer, with a view to succeeding him as Commercial Director during the course of 2019. Michel Azibert will continue to serve as Deputy CEO. Oliva […]
Netflix has announced that Vernā Myers is joining the company as Vice President, Inclusion Strategy. In this newly-created role, Myers will help devise and implement strategies that integrate cultural diversity, inclusion and equity into all aspects of Netflix’s operations worldwide. For the past two decades, through The Vernā Myers Company, she has consulted with a […]
Newly launched US video streaming service Flixon.tv has added Flixon Cinema to its OTT applications Flixon Cinema contains movies, documentaries, comedies, sci-fi, dramas and TV shows packaged in over 250 hours of content which is refreshed monthly through its partnership with FilmHub.com. The content is provided as part of its standard basic offering at no […]
The R&S PKU100 Ku-band satellite uplink amplifier combines the best of two worlds in a single device: the unbeatable strengths of solid-state amplifiers and the compactness and low weight of tube amplifiers. Now Rohde & Schwarz is adding outdoor models to its Ku-band family of amplifiers. The extremely robust and weatherproof models are perfectly suited […]
Facebook is rolling out Watch, its video-streaming service, globally effective immediately. It comes a little over a year after its US launch. Users of the site, which looks set to take on the likes of YouTube, will be able to choose from a range of shows – from both established brands and new players – […]