T-VIPS, a global specialist in professional video contribution and distribution solutions, has announced that the T-VIPS TNS541 Seamless TS Monitoring Switch and the CP560 DVB-T2 Gateway have been installed to provide seamless switching within the Arqiva DVB-T2/SFN digital terrestrial network. The phased roll-out began in April 2011 and is scheduled to be completed in time […]
Geo Networks, a provider of dedicated fibre networks, has inked a second deal with Internet Protocol and network provider, Convergence Group. The Midlands-based service provider serves bandwidth intensive sectors such as technology and broadcast. The deal sees a 36km network carry voice, web and video traffic across London via Geo fibre in the city’s sewer […]
Asia’s leading satellite operator Asia Satellite Telecommunications (AsiaSat) has confirmed that media group Trace has signed a new lease agreement for additional C-band capacity on AsiaSat 5 to launch its new Trace Sports HD channel in the Asia-Pacific region. Effective immediately, Trace Sports HD debuts on Hong Kong Broadband Network’s bbtv, with more carriage agreements […]
US satellite TV provider DirecTV reported second-quarter net income up 29 per cent, beating expectations, as it added 472,000 net new subscribers in Latin America. US subscriber growth was below forecasts at 26,000 – but the new additions were still enough to push the company beyond the milestone of 30 million subscribers. DirecTV reported earnings […]
German commercial broadcaster ProSieben flagged moderate growth in its core TV advertising market this year, unsettling investors and overshadowing a 7 per cent rise in quarterly profit. ProSieben said second-quarter recurring earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) rose to €238.7 million on sales growth of 6.5 per cent to €692.2 million. The figures […]
German cable network operator Tele Columbus has found several investors to acquire the company, according to German press agency dpa. The operator is the hands of more than 100 international creditors that acquired the company by dropping several hundreds of millions euros in debt during 2010. In the beginning of this year, they took the […]
The value – and subscriber appeal – of two-way digital transmission is paying off for Mexican MSO Megacable. While its overall subs base has only expanded 2 per cent (to 1.77 million) its investment in digital transmission has helped push subscriber growth of 133 per cent to 738,000(as at June 30). 97 per cent of […]
Satellite communications company Loral Space & Communications has provided an update on the previously announced initiatives to explore strategic alternatives for Telesat and Space Systems/Loral (SS/L). According to a company statement, in 2010, Telesat initiated a process to explore strategic alternatives. Among other initiatives, potential purchasers participated in a process to explore a potential acquisition […]
SES World Skies has struck a new capacity deal with the YES Network in the US, the nation’s premier regional sports network and the television home of the 27-time World Champion New York Yankees and the New Jersey Nets. As part of the multi-year agreement, YES Network is now using a full transponder of C-band […]
Discovery Communications narrowly bested investor expectations for its second quarter thanks to strong advertising numbers and growth in distribution revenue, especially on the international side. Discovery, which owns cable networks such as the Discovery Channel, TLC and the Animal Planet, netted $254 million in profit, a 20 per cent increase over the same period – […]