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 […]
Some of the UK’s biggest broadband providers are inadequately informing customers about speeds when they are buying a new broadband deal, research from UK consumer body Which? reveals. With communication regulator Ofcom introducing an updated Code of Practice for providers in March 2019, Which? mystery shopped broadband companies to see if they met the current […]
According to content protection and data insights MUSO, global piracy rose by 1.6 per cent over the course of 2017, identifying 300.2 billion visits to piracy websites across music, TV and film, publishing, and software. More than a third of these visits were to piracy sites hosting television content (106.9 billion); more than music (73.9 […]
The Spanish Administration will invest €525 million over the next four years to extend optic fibre to the entire country with speeds of 300 Mbps. The cabinet meeting has now approved a first tranche of €150 million for 2018 under the PEBA (Plan de Extensión de la Banda Ancha) plan with the remaining €375 million […]
US network AMC is to make all episodes of its new drama series The Terror available to AMC Premiere customers on the night of the show’s US TV premiere. The move follows a similar launch strategy AMC employed for its most recent original series, McMafia, which helped propel AMC Premiere to its most successful week […]