Abu Dhabi-based YahSat has signed an MOU with electronics giant Panasonic and its Avionics division to study a potential satellite constellation to serve the aircraft and maritime businesses. At a signing ceremony on August 10th YahSat CEO Masood Mahmood and Panasonic Avionics CEO Paul Margis, said they would jointly study the prospects for a future […]
Viasat1 has been granted a sub-licence to exclusively air the upcoming 2016/17 season of the English Premier League in Ghana on free-TV, making the channel the only broadcaster with such rights. Viasat1 will air live matches every Saturday afternoon for the duration of the season. In addition, Viasat1 will telecast a highlights show on Mondays; […]
ESPN Player has launched a new channel, ESPN Select, which will join its NCAA College sport flagship channel to provide subscribers with a wide range of sports content live and on-demand. Throughout August, ESPN Select will air content from many of the fastest growing sporting events in the world, such as the Little League World […]
The BBC now reaches 111 million people across all media platforms in Africa via the BBC World Service, the BBC World News TV channel and bbc.com as well as the international development charity BBC Media Action. The BBC provides content in Arabic, English, French, Hausa, Kinyarwanda/Kirundi, Somali and Swahili across the continent and to diaspora […]
Intelsat has two satellites riding on an upcoming launch by rocket company Arianespace from French Guiana. On August 24th, a giant Ariane-5 rocket is scheduled to carry Intelsat-33e and Intelsat 36 into geostationary transfer orbit. It will be Ariane’s overall sixth mission this year, and the fourth by the heavyweight Ariane rocket. Intelsat 33e – […]
Channel 4’s former head of specialist factual David Glover and Dragonfly’s joint MD Mark Raphael have established a new independent production company 72 Films, which is being backed by the BBC’s commercial and international arm, BBC Worldwide. BBC Worldwide has taken a 15 per cent shareholding in the indie and in return will receive global […]
Multiscreen video and revenue enablement solutions provider Imagine Communications has joined the LiveIP project, a collaboration of Belgian public broadcasting company VRT and the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), as a technology partner. Through participation in this forward-looking industry collaboration, Imagine Communications joins forces with other innovative companies to advance the adoption of IP-based media solutions […]
UK NFL fans can now watch exclusively the first episode of the award winning NFL documentary series, Hard Knocks on NFL’s streaming service, Game Pass for free as part of a seven-day trial. This series follows the Los Angeles Rams as the franchise relocates from St. Louis and begins a new era in LA with […]
Dial Square 86 Limited, the holding company for The RightsXchange Limited (TRX), has confirmed that pay-TV broadcaster Sky and UK public service broadcaster Channel 4’s Indie Growth Fund have invested in the company’s latest financing round, which will raise up to £5.2 million (€6.03m) for TRX. TRX is a new global online deal-making tool that […]