Travelxp 4K is going live with a full transmission service on October 1st on Eutelsat’s ‘hot bird’ satellite. The launch means that viewers of suitable 4K displays will be able to view Travelxp’s impressive – and mostly High Dynamic Range – output. Travelxp 4K has been gathering travel and tourism footage and programming for the […]
The Board of Directors at Telecom Italia (TIM) have unanimously proceeded to co-opt Amos Genish onto the board, and to appoint him Chief Executive Officer, conferring executive powers on him. “We have a clear long-term vision: to return TIM to its rightful splendour, making a crucial contribution to the digitalisation of the Country, the creation […]
Netflix has revealed it will spend $400 million (€338.4m) over five years on Canadian TV and film content. It will establish a permanent production presence in Canada, the first time it has done so outside of the US. The company has largely avoided the requirements put on Canadian content producers by the country’s government. The […]
DISH, the US pay-TV provider is now offering a whole-home 4K Netflix experience. After offering Netflix Ultra HD titles on its Hopper 3 DVR since April 2016, the company added the app to its 4K Joey client. Now DISH customers have the ability to stream a catalogue of Ultra HD TV shows and movies on […]
Canal Digital has revealed it is in the process of creating a new TV experience based on Google’s open ecosystem, the Android TV platform. “We are excited to be creating a next generation TV experience. Being built on the Android TV platform, it will offer the customers a totally new TV experience, with seamless integration […]
AsiaSat has announced the successful lift-off of AsiaSat 9, the company’s most powerful and advanced communications satellite. It is the fifth AsiaSat satellite built by SSL and the fifth launch collaboration with ILS’s Proton Breeze M rocket. AsiaSat acquired the first signals from the satellite in Hong Kong 7 hours, 54 minutes after the launch, […]
Computing products and services specialist Intertrust Technologies Corporation and video infrastructure provider Bitmovin have agreed a strategic partnership centred around Intertrust’s ExpressPlay media monetisation and content protection platforms. Together, Intertrust’s cloud-based platforms and Bitmovin’s end-to-end content delivery solution provide customers (such as media companies and broadcasters) with a one-stop solution for content protection and monetisation. […]
A modern cruise liner can have as many as 6,000 passengers, plus crew, and is in essence a small town on the water. Carnival Corporation, the world’s largest leisure travel company, says it has contracted with MedallionNet, a “game-changing” connectivity service enabled by SES Networks. “MedallionNet will provide guests with easy-to-access Wi-Fi that features exceptional […]
According to Dataxis, Latin American mobile market reached 689.6 million lines in the second quarter of 2017 and generated revenues of $ 16 billion, with a monthly ARPU (average revenue per user) of US $ 7.75. The top ten groups accumulated 90.8 per cent of the lines and 85.1 per cent of the revenues. In […]