India’s DTH operators are beginning to make some appealing offers to subscribers to Reliance’s DTH customers. Reliance is closing its DTH service on November 18th following on from the ending of its transmissions. TataSky and Dish TV are both pitching offers to Reliance Big TV customers, in essence swapping out Reliance set-top boxes and dishes […]
This evening (October 30th) SpaceX will launch KoreaSat 5A, its 16th launch of the year to date, and all executed with flawless precision from the launch pad to the floating barges when the Falcon 9’s 1st stages were due for recovery. The launch window opens at 3.34pm (Florida time) from the Kennedy Space Centre. However, […]
Envivo has revealed plans to launch a new OTT streaming video service, nVIVO TV, powered by the Cisco Infinite Video Platform, to offer its subscribers access to more ‘Nollywood’ and international video content on more devices throughout Africa. Envivo will use a mix of Cisco OTT video solutions including the Cisco Infinite Video Platform, a […]
BT has announced the opening of a new Security Operations Centre (SOC) in Eschborn, near Frankfurt, to further strengthen protection against ever increasing cyber threats. The SOC will monitor BT’s own assets as well as the networks and IT infrastructure of BT customers on a 24/7 basis. Using a range of advanced tools, BT’s cyber […]
TV ratings behemoth The Walking Dead returned last week with the first episode of its eighth season, but fans did not return in the same droves they did for the Season 7 opener. While the Season 7 premiere drew 8.4 million in the 18-39 key demographic and 17.03 million overall, the season 8 premiere drew […]
A+E Networks has appointed TV and film industry veteran Richard Tulk-Hart as Managing Director, International Content Sales. Based in London, Tulk-Hart will manage all of A+E Networks’ content distribution and format licensing activities outside the US. Working with the company’s sales teams around the world, he will oversee a staff based in Korea, London, Los […]
Maxar Technologies, a communications and information company providing technology solutions to organisations worldwide, has announced that SSL, a business unit of Maxar Technologies, signed a contract to provide a multi-mission communications satellite – Star One D2 – to Embratel Star One. The satellite, will improve access to high quality entertainment and information services for consumers […]
LatAm Market Briefing 2017 Euromedia’s LatAm Market Briefing 2017 special, providing the latest insights into the Latin America TV market.
YouTube is making real headway into living rooms. The online video portal says users are watching 100 million hours of its clips a day through TV sets – a 70 per cent increase over the last 12 months. The stats come courtesy of Google CEO Sundar Pichai, speaking during Google parent Alphabet’s earnings call. A […]
The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is to consider a Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking authorising television broadcasters to use the Next Generation television transmission standard (ATSC 3.0) on a voluntary, market-driven basis at the November Open Commission Meeting scheduled for November 16th, 2017. In a blog post discussing the published […]