Jeff Bezos-backed rocket company Blue Origin has won a satellite launch contract from a Thailand start-up broadband business, Mu Space. “We have entered into an agreement with Mu Space on a future launch of a geostationary satellite aboard New Glenn early in the next decade,” Blue Origin President Rob Meyerson said at the International Astronautical […]
Vimeo, the ad-free open video platform, has confirmed an agreement to acquire Livestream, the live video solution that powers over 10 million events a year. Vimeo has also rolled out its own Vimeo Live product, offering live streaming capabilities directly through its platform for the first time. Following completion of the acquisition, Livestream’s offering will […]
Motion Picture Laboratories, the studio-backed research and development venture, has announced the appointment of Richard Berger as President & Chief Executive Officer. Berger will lead MovieLabs’ cross-industry initiatives focused on next-generation content platforms and products, automated digital workflows, content security and digital analytics. Berger brings over 20 years of experience in digital innovation, with more […]
Boeing says it has completed the Critical Design Review with client ViaSat of California for its ViaSat-3 class of satellites, and is now moving forward with construction of the first craft. ViaSat is partnering in a joint-venture with Eutelsat of Paris to place a ViaSat-3 craft operating over Europe. Currently the schedule calls for the […]
TVT/DMC, the new global content services platform, has been selected to enable the delivery of FOX channel content to Dutch audiences. The Dutch FOX television channel becomes the latest addition to TVT/DMC’s fully operational, virtualised ‘private broadcast cloud’. FOX broadcasts a wide range of general entertainment content in the Netherlands, featuring leading TV series, including […]
Alticast has announced that KT Skylife, the largest satellite broadcasting operator in South Korea, has selected the Alticast Ambient TV platform as the foundation for TELEBEE, a new end-to-end turnkey OTT service that will provide a competitive edge against Netflix, Hulu and other SVoD services. Ambient TV has been specifically designed to allow fully-featured OTT services […]
Lotame, the independent data management platform (DMP), has announced the launch of its aiTV suite of new products focused on bringing greater audience intelligence to television and video. These offerings will live under Lotame’s newly formed aiTV division, led by General Manager Doug Pollack. “Lotame’s proven onboarding, mapping, and managing of audience and viewership data […]
A decade after their unforgettable eight-season run, one of comedy’s most fabulous foursome is back, Eric McCormack, Debra Messing, Megan Mullally and Sean Hayes reprise their infamous roles as Will, Grace, Karen and Jack. The multi-Emmy award-winning Will & Grace originally aired in the US from 1998-2006. The revival, which will launch in the US […]
CBS Reality, owned by AMC Networks International – UK and CBS Studios International, has announced the premiere of “Voice of a Serial Killer,” a new and exclusive CBS Reality Original series on November 1st at 10pm. The ten-part docu-drama series aims to answer the question ‘what is it like to interview a serial killer,’ taking […]
The new series of The Grand Tour will see Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May travel through more locations than ever, attempting to avoid any further mishaps and injury along the way. The trio will spend over 100 days across five continents, racking up more passport stamps from Croatia, Mozambique, Dubai, Spain, Switzerland, Colorado and […]