A few days ago, Platco Digital, a new DTH operator over South Africa, said its OpenView service would be carrying South Africa’s Broadcasting Company’s (SABC) public channels when it goes live on October 15th. ‘Not so,’ implied SABC in a robust denial, saying that Platco doesn’t have the rights to transmit the channels. Platco Digital […]
The on-off launch plans of the Russian giant Proton rocket system is back ‘on’ for a September 30th launch, lifting SES’ Astra 2E satellite into orbit. The Proton system suffered a catastrophic failure on July 2nd and a high-level investigation into why the rocket failed led to top Russian officials being fired when it was […]
A US district court judge has ruled that DTH broadcaster Dish can continue to use its AutoHop and PrimeTime Anytime features on its ‘Hopper’ DVR, and refused network broadcaster ABC’s application to bar the applications when viewing its channels. Judge Laura Swain of the Southern District of New York, United States District Court, ruled in […]
Platco, the new South African free DTH service, has confirmed the first 15 channels for its OpenView platform. CEO Maxwell Nonge told journalists that more channels will be added, and it seems that 4 extra channels will come from E-tv. The bouquet goes live in mid-October. They are: SABC 1, SABC 2, SABC 3, E-tv […]
According to NSR Research, the Latin American DTH market has in recent years seen excellent growth in both household and revenue numbers. With just under 22 million DTH subscribers as of 2012, Latin America as a whole represents almost 20 per cent of global DTH subscribers, and during the next three-to-five years, it will be […]
Eutelsat Communications Chairman, Jean-Martin Folz, is retiring and to enable the Board to immediately appoint a successor and to avoid uncertainty Michel de Rosen, who has been CEO since 2009, will be Chairman and CEO. Noting that the recent developments of Eutelsat and the reorganisation of shareholders no longer justifies the separation of the roles […]
As online platforms such as Netflix and Hulu gain ground among mainstream consumers, some are poised to challenge traditional cable and satellite services as the default source for TV and movies, according to a new study – Decoding the Default – by Hub Entertainment Research. The study was conducted in July 2013, among 1,010 consumers […]
Spanish satellite operator Hispasat formally launched Hispasat 4K, a FTA TV channel that will be available for all the industry to perform tests and develop advanced solutions for new video formats. The first transmission will be a 50 minute documentary on the Prado Museum, in Madrid, produced by TVE an co-produced by Hispasat. The channel […]
Telekom Austria and Eutelsat are to launch a DTH service with Central and Easter Europe seen as a prime target market.The solution involves a new B2B Direct-to-Home platform uplinking TV signals via Telekom Austria’s earth station in Aflenz/Styria to the Eutelsat16A satellite at the 16° East position for broadcasting to Central and Eastern Europe as […]
As revealed exclusively by advanced-television.com August 28th, a group of broadcast industry players is to demonstrate a true 4K Ultra HD Television, end-to-end video transmission over satellite to the RAI Convention Center in Amsterdam during IBC2013. This milestone will mark the first time a full multi-camera production of a sports event has been captured in […]