TV3 Group, the Virgin Media-owned Irish broadcaster, has confirmed plans to rebrand as Virgin Media Television. The group’s three free-to-air channels TV3, 3e and be3 will be rebranded as Virgin Media One, Virgin Media Two and Virgin Media Three. The rebrand will come into effect on August 30th 2018, when viewers will see the new channel identities on-air. In addition, a new sports channel, Virgin Media Sport, […]
Dawn Harms, VP/Global sales at Boeing Satellite, told delegates to the CASBAA Industry Forum in Singapore that its plans to launch a massive satellite constellation had been paused. Boeing filed an application with the USA’s Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for permission to build and launch between 1400-3000 small Low Earth Orbiting (LEO) satellites for broadband […]
Speaking at the CASBAA satellite convention in Singapore, Arianespace CEO Stephane Israel said that its plans for a record launch of 14 rockets this year would fall short of expectations. Israel said that the plans were not helped by a glitch in January this year which sent two satellites into the wrong orbit, and which […]
As smart functionality makes its way into homes and businesses, two devices are gaining a foothold into broader ecosystems to maximise growth and revenue opportunities: smart speakers and smart meters. No longer simply intelligent appliances in the home, these devices are becoming key entry points into the massive Internet of Things (IoT) value chain. According to […]
California-based semiconductor company Amlogic used the Broadcast Asia show to debut its S905X chip-set with built-in support for Netflix, and designed for use on Android-based set-top boxes. One clear advantage, says the company, is that the innovative design uses only 1GB DDR memory (double data rate) and compared to 2GB or more currently in use […]
Sling TV, the live US streaming provider, is now delivering what it calls “a truly flexible experience” to consumers through access to free content, à la carte channels and services, plus transactional live events and movies on-demand, without requiring a base subscription. “When we first launched Sling in 2015, we set out to create an […]
Eurosport has teamed-up with cycling legend Sir Bradley Wiggins to launch a new Tour de France podcast to complement its TV and digital coverage of the world’s biggest cycling race. The four-part series, titled The Bradley Wiggins Show by Eurosport, will be broadcast every Monday of the Tour, starting July 9th, and available on all […]
With 58.4 million subscriptions by the end of 2017, the Colombian mobile market was the fourth largest in Latin America, accounting for 8.3 per cent of the region’s mobile subscriptions, according to GlobalData, a data and analytics company. Over the next five years, mobile operators will add a combined 5.2 million subscriptions to the market, […]
Appearing before the French Senate’s commission of Culture and Communication, Maxime Saada, chair of the Canal+ board, has announced that SVoD service Canalplay will cease operating in the coming weeks. “It’s over for Canalplay. In the last two years, we have been taken off the map in this market which is surplanting television. We had […]
At last night’s Media Summit Brexit Briefing there were a number of estimates on how likely it was a deal would be negotiated so that UK based international broadcasters could confidently plan to stay. Unfortunately, by far the most optimistic guess was 80 per cent likely and, as several pointed out, 80 per cent certainty […]