California-based broadband satellite operator ViaSat has awarded the launch contract for its latest craft to SpaceX and one of its ‘Heavy’ versions. The giant satellite will be ready for launch in the 2020-2022 time frame. This is the second-time ViaSat has awarded a contract to SpaceX although the previous agreement was scrubbed in favour of […]
Sky and Space Global, a New Space UK company listed in the Australian Stock Exchange, has completed the Critical Design Review (CDR) of the Pearls satellite, which now allows the company to immediately proceed with assembly and integration of the nano-satellite network, the company announced. The CDR process was undertaken by global aerospace construction partner […]
MásMóvil has published its results for the first nine months of the year in which the company increased profitability and continued leading the growth of the telco market in Spain. In this period, MásMóvil reached a net income of €57 million and an adjusted net income of €106 million. In response, the company has updated […]
Business news channel CNBC has opened new studios at Dubai’s International Financial Centre. The broadcaster already has a facility at Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates and from where regular transmissions have been made. As of today, television output from CNBC’s Dubai studio will feed into Capital Connection and across CNBC’s headquarters […]
Huawei and Hunan Broadcasting System have released a white paper describing the architecture and technical details of the Media Fabric IP-based 4K production and broadcasting solution. The white paper covers both theoretical analysis and innovative implementation, providing reference for the broadcasting & TV industry and partners in resolving 4K production and broadcasting issues. With the […]
China continues to be robust and growing market for giant screen operator IMAX in terms of box office revenues, which were up 30.5 per cent for its Q3 (y-o-y) and “driven by compelling slate of Hollywood and Chinese local language blockbusters,” according to IMAX. Additionally, IMAX told analysts that it had converted more than 200 […]
DR, Denmark’s national public service broadcaster, has selected Massive, the specialist UX vendor for the OTT industry, to overhaul its OTT streaming service. The OTT service, branded DRTV, has been redesigned from the ground up to refresh its core offering for consumers across the country. The service is powered by Massive’s content delivery and user […]
Comcast announced its results to September 30th and they showed why it saw it as vital to secure its $40 billion Sky deal. The world’s biggest cableco lost another 106,000 video customers in the three months ending September. So far in 2018, Comcast has shed 342,000 cable TV subscribers, up from 118,000 in the same […]
The so-called El Clásico, the football match between the two largest Spanish teams, Real Madrid and Barcelona this weekend will be broadcast in 4K for 650 million viewers in 183 countries. Spanish TV group Mediapro will produce the broadcast with 30 UHD cameras and surround sound. La Liga has compared the TV transmission with the […]