Advanced Television

TRIAX ready for new growth

TRIAX Holding A/S is gearing up to prepare for future growth through development and acquisitions. Backed by Polaris Private Equity, TRIAX has invested in a new company in 2017: Macnetix GmbH which provides state-of-the-art TV and WiFi solutions to the hospitality sector. Macnetix’s technological competencies and in-depth knowledge of the market combined with TRIAX’s wide […]

March 30, 2017

Qarva MultiPipe winner of “The Best Content Delivery Innovation” at TV Connect Award

Qarva is happy to announce that Qarva MultiPipe won “The Best Content Delivery Innovation Award” at TV Connect Award ceremony held in London on March 29, 2017. “It’s a big honour for Qarva to be chosen as the winner of The Best Content Delivery Innovation by the most competent judges,” mentioned George Mikeladze, Founder and […]

March 30, 2017

EXFO announces CEO transition

EXFO, the global network test, data and analytics experts, announced today that Germain Lamonde, the company’s founder, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), has appointed Philippe Morin as EXFO’s new CEO, effective April 1st. Morin has more than 25 years of experience in the telecommunications industry and became EXFO’s Chief Operating Officer […]

March 30, 2017

Virgin suspends four as it restates Lightning figures

Virgin Media has suspended four staff and begun an internal investigation after admitting overstating the expansion of its superfast broadband network, Project Lightening. According to Liberty Global, Virgin Media originally said it had connected 465,000 new premises in the UK and Ireland in 2016 but following a review, that number has been revised down to […]

March 29, 2017

Ericsson out of media?

Part of Ericsson’s restructuring may see it pull it out of media services, as a new streamlining strategy from CEO Börje Ekholm sees it refocus on three segments: networks, digital services and the Internet of Things (IoT). According to reports the company’s Managed Services arm will be shaken up to focus on automation, but its media and […]

March 29, 2017

TV Everywhere available to 72% of Europe pay-TV subs

TV Everywhere (TVE) – effectively the ability for pay-TV customers to also watch traditional TV offers (DTH, cable, IPTV, terrestrial) on other screens such as PC, smartphones and tablets – has become available to

March 29, 2017Colin Mann @ TV Connect

Just 4% of rural Americans exclusively OTT subs

Numerous reports have been written on the national trend of “cord cutting” in the US, or homes eliminating their cable or satellite service and accessing their television content over the Internet and from antennae. For the second year in a row, 82 per cent of North American rural video consumers surveyed are still subscribing to […]

March 29, 2017

Ofcom outlines plans for regulating BBC

UK comms regulator Ofcom has launched a consultation on detailed proposals for how it will regulate the BBC’s performance under its new Royal Charter, which outlines how it should deliver for audiences. Ofcom becomes the first independent, external regulator of the BBC on April 3rd. Its role is to hold the Corporation to account against […]

March 29, 2017

Cairo Communications plans two new TV channels

Italian media and advertising group Cairo Communications is planning to launch two new TV channels and lease surplus capacity on its DTT multiplex. Cairo Communications owns two national TV channels (La7 and La7d) that use the company’s Cairo Due national DTT multiplex. According to owner, Urbano Cairo, there are plans for two new TV channels, […]

March 29, 2017From Branislav Pekic in Rome

Channel 4 to exit London?

Proposals on whether to move Channel 4 out of London will be considered as part of a government consultation. Plans to privatise the TV company have been axed, but where it spends its money is also under review, Culture Secretary Karen Bradley has revealed. Bradley said the UK government wants “the benefits of this national […]

March 29, 2017