SpaceX CEO Elon Musk in a Tweet on February 12th said that even if his new Falcon Heavy rocket was “fully expendable” the cost of a complete launch would only be about $150 million. That’s still a lot of cash, of course, but is around $200-$250 million ‘cheaper’ than its rival at United Launch Alliance […]
Following successful legal action taken by Sky, Sandra McEwan, of Fourways pub Lanarkshire, Victoria Redding of Ellwyn pub in Stirlingshire and Nicholas Whewell of the Thistle Tavern in Fife have each been ordered to pay £10,000 (€11,222) in damages for infringing Sky’s copyright by showing Sky Sports programming illegally in their premises. They must also […]
The Kudelski Group, specialists in digital security, has announced its 2017 annual results. The Group increased its consolidated revenues and other operating income from continuing operations for the year by 7.1 per cent to $1.06 billion (€860m). SmarDTV’s revenues are not included in the reported revenue line as they are classified as discontinued operations. Operating […]
AMC Networks International, a producer and distributor of pay-TV channels in Spain and Portugal, has expanded its business unit to now include France and Italy. Eduardo Zulueta will lead the new unit, under the title of President of AMC Networks International Southern Europe. Zulueta is also President of AMC Networks International Latin America. The newly […]
Programming distribution company DRG has taken an equity stake in Double Yellow Television, a TV production business with some of the UK’s highest rated shows within its portfolio including Ant and Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway, The Royal Variety Performance, Parkinson and The BAFTA Awards. They also executive produced NBC’s number one series in the US, […]
Unreel.me, a platform for networks and publishers launching OTT streaming services, has launched TasteIt.tv, a video streaming service that caters to food lovers. Taste It is an all-in-one platform home to the best cooking and food related videos, giving users access to thousands of recipes, food vlogs and cooking instructions. With new content uploaded every […]
Altice USA and Starz, a Lionsgate company, have announced a new multi-year affiliation agreement. The agreement secures rights for Altice USA, one of the largest broadband communications and video services providers in the US, to offer the full suite of Starz and Starz Encore premium linear and HD channels, On-Demand, HD On-Demand and online services […]
Harmonic, an expert in video delivery technology and cable access virtualisation, has announced that Com Hem, Sweden’s leading provider of television, Internet and fixed-telephony services, is using Harmonic’s CableOS virtualised CCAP solution to deliver the Nordic region’s fastest broadband speeds. The software-based Cable Modem Termination System (CMTS), CableOS enables flexible delivery of high-speed broadband services […]
Limelight Networks, a global player in digital content delivery, has announced the addition of an integrated Digital Rights Management (DRM) solution to its Video Delivery Services that simplifies the encryption and delivery of content in all popular DRM formats while significantly reducing the costs of managing and storing the encrypted content. Limelight’s new Multi-DRM On […]
ARRIS is enabling Bell, the Canadian TV provider and communications company, to offer its Fibe TV customers a personalised next-generation television experience with ARRIS set-top technology. Bell’s deployment of Ericsson’s MediaFirst platform will deliver a 4K HDR experience. MediaFirst delivers personalised multiscreen, TV Everywhere, IPTV and pay-TV services and ARRIS set-top technology is at the […]