Imagine Communications, a portfolio company of The Gores Group and a speacialist in transformative technology innovation, has announced that Tom Cotney has been named CEO of the company, effective immediately. Current CEO Charlie Vogt is joining The Gores Group as a Senior Advisor to continue to drive M&A and business development activities at Imagine. The […]
VIAVI Solutions has unveiled what it claims is the first intelligence platform that automatically delivers real-time test and measurement data from network instruments directly to software-based planning, provisioning, assurance and optimisation applications. VIAVI’s new Nitro platform helps service providers and enterprises reduce costs and complexity while optimizing performance throughout the entire network lifecycle. Working seamlessly […]
AMC Networks International (AMCNI) – UK has announced the promotion of Louise Cottrell to Senior Vice President of Affiliate Sales. In her new and expanded role, Cottrell will oversee and manage channel sales and channel development across Africa, Middle East, Poland, Israel and Turkey. She will continue to report to Ed Palluth, Executive Vice President, […]
Ostmodern has announced its Skylark platform has been deployed by Azoomee, the children’s entertainment OTT service in the UK. Skylark is Ostmodern’s end-to-end video delivery and content management system that’s already been deployed by several major broadcasters, including the BBC. The deployment was driven by Azoomee’s need for a new back-end system that would facilitate […]
The Christian multi-media network Sonlife Broadcasting Network has renewed its capacity agreement with SES to continue broadcasting the SBN TV channel across Europe. Under the multi-year agreement, Sonlife Broadcasting Network will utilize capacity on ASTRA 1L, leveraging the wide reach of the key orbital slot 19.2 degrees East. With four satellites at this orbital slot, […]
As 2017 draws to a close, Juniper Research has drawn up a list of predictions for the coming year, all neatly wrapped up as the top trends for the technology industry for 2018. Juniper has identified 2018 as the year in which OTT players including Amazon and Facebook turn sporting events into the next content […]
UK-based Satellite Solutions Worldwide Grp Ltd (SSW) has signed a sales and marketing agreement with Eutelsat and ViaSat joint-venture for a European-focused broadband-by-satellite service. The Eutelsat/ViaSat joint venture involves immediate use of the Eutelsat Ka-Sat satellite as well as a new ViaSat craft yet to be launched. SSW says that it has achieved a key […]
AT&T says it’s passed 1 million subscribers to its online TV service DirecTV Now, just a year since its launch. That compares to 787,000 at the end of September and a total TV subscriber base of 25 million. DirecTV Now has been the main growth driver for AT&T’s TV business in the past year, offsetting […]
Atresmedia, operator of Antena 3 and La Sexta, has created Atresmedia Studios to go deeper into the TV content business. The studio will produce TV content to and seek to sell it on both national and interntional pay-TV platforms. With the move, Atresmedia positions TV production as “our core business regardless of the distribution platform”, […]
Dror Ginzberg, Co-Founder & CEO of video creation platform Wochit, has outlined his top 5 predictions for 2018 in the in Tech, Media & Sport: 1 – Streaming services become more traditional “2017 saw online streaming services taking original content to a new level – 2018 is expected to see a drastic jump in spend toward […]