Nigeria’s Communications Satellite organisation (NigComSat) is reportedly in talks with Turkey’s Turksat about potential cooperation. The talks began at the recent Washington Satellite 2018 show and where NigSatCom said the parties were looking at how the two organisations could expand their respective footprints. Also discussed was potential access to the other’s bandwidth, as well as […]
Israel’s Spacecom is abandoning its usual local supplier (Israel Aerospace Industries, IAI) and is instead buying its latest satellite from Maxar-Space Systems/Loral. Spacecom is paying $112 million for the craft. There will likely be extra payments for insurance as well as the costs of launching the satellite. IAI has built 4 previous satellites for Spacecom. […]
The BBC has commissioned Simon Cowell’s Syco Entertainment and Thames (part of FremantleMedia UK) to produce a new Saturday night dance talent show. The commission marks the first partnership between the production companies and the BBC. Syco Entertainment and FremantleMedia are seen as the globe’s most successful TV entertainment production partnership with credits including The X […]
UKTV the multichannel broadcaster, has appointed Philippa Collie Cousins as its first dedicated drama commissioner. Reporting into Pete Thornton, Senior Commissioning Editor for scripted content, Collie Cousins will join UKTV in May and will oversee all upcoming original drama series for UKTV. Her arrival signals the continued expansion of the UKTV’s commissioning team as the […]
India is set to launch its high-power GSAT-6A communications satellite on March 29th. India’s Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will use one of its rockets for the launch, from the Sriharikota island site in Andhra Pradesh province on the edge of the Indian Ocean. The satellite is equipped with C-band and S-band transponders which ISRO says […]
TVU Networks, a global technology player in live IP video solutions, has announced that 20+ year broadcast industry veteran David Jorba has joined the company as Executive Vice President, Managing Director of Europe. In his new role, Jorba will lead TVU’s European operations from its regional base in Barcelona and provide a local presence in […]
UK commercial broadcaster Channel 5 is launching a new brand campaign ‘At Home on 5’ ahead of its upcoming 21st anniversary on March 30th. The campaign launches across a range of media including cinema, out-of-home, social media, press and digital platforms from March 26th and marks the single biggest investment in marketing the brand since […]
A long-running case involving the sale of illegal TV boxes online has seen the offender ordered to pay back almost £5,000 (€5,722). Mark Hindley, of Lymm, Cheshire, in the northwest of England, was arrested in September 2015 on suspicion of selling illegal TV devices. Hindley appeared in court in 20177 after he started selling the […]
A man has been sentenced to 16 months in prison for his part in selling counterfeit CDs, which made profits of over £4 million (€4.58m). This was the largest import of counterfeit CDs seen in the UK, from popular artists such as Rihanna, Olly Murs and Take That. Michael Hargreaves, of Heysham, Lancashire, in the […]
The Board of Directors of digital entertainment group Modern Times Group has decided to initiate a process to split MTG into two companies – Modern Times Group MTG AB and Nordic Entertainment Group – by distributing all of the shares in Nordic Entertainment Group (comprising MTG Nordic Entertainment, MTG Studios and Splay Networks) to MTG’s […]