European viewers will be able to continue to follow the news on Sky News International at the prime orbital position of 19.2 degrees East following an extension agreement announced by SES. Under the agreement, Sky News International will utilise SES’s capacity on Astra 1N and related uplink services to broadcast its content to consumer and […]
Ericsson has been chosen by Jupiter Telecommunications (J:COM), Japan’s largest cable system operator, to power its next generation TV service. J:COM has selected Ericsson’s award-winning MediaFirst TV Platform, to enable an enhanced, personalised multiscreen TV experience to its 3.7 million subscribers. The basic design phase will commence in Q4 2017 and the companies will solidify […]
International Launch Services (ILS) successfully launched Amazonas 5 on a Proton-Briz M rocket from Kazakhstan in the early hours locally on September 12th (01.23 am local time, 19.23 GMT) for Madrid-based Hispasat. The Amazonas 5 satellite, built by Space Systems/Loral, has a high throughput Ka-band payload with 34 Ka-band spot beams which will be used […]
SES has selected Arianespace to launch its high-power, high-throughput satellite SES-17 on an Ariane 5 in 2021 from the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana. This was announced by SES and Arianespace in Paris today. SES-17 is a powerful satellite delivering high-speed inflight connectivity and high-powered data services over the Americas and the Atlantic […]
Conviva, elevating the way OTT businesses use data-driven intelligence with their Video AI Platform, has announced the general availability of Video AI Alerts. This is the Platform’s alerting intelligence that automatically detects and diagnoses service delivery issues enabling publishers to deliver a consistently higher quality of experience while also better managing operational costs. Their viewers, […]
Sixty, the interactive TV company, has announced a new partnership with Unified Streaming, the forerunners in creating smart video streaming technology, to enable operators to provide Ease Live powered rich and interactive cross platform streaming services. Unified Streaming is Sixty’s first streaming partner and will enable its broadcaster and operator customers to have greater flexibility […]
As anticipated, Sky has launched an OTT TV streaming service in Spain, a market where it doesn’t have a DTH presence, offering what it describes as “great entertainment and contract-free viewing” to customers to watch on all their devices. The new service will offer the best of Spanish pay TV channels, TV series and on-demand […]
A report in the Sunday Times suggests that the enthusiasm for buyers to acquire UK mast and transmission company Arqiva is fading fast. The report says that Singapore’s GIC sovereign wealth fund has withdrawn from the £6 billion auction, which “leaves just one solid bidder in the frame — Canadian property empire Brookfield,” said the […]
Netflix and Amazon Prime Video will boost the Eastern European SVoD sector considerably. The Eastern Europe OTT TV & Video Forecasts report from Digital TV Research estimates that Netflix will have 3.43 million subscribers by 2022, nearly triple its 2016 result. Amazon Prime Video’s achievements will be less impressive, but will still have 1.12 million […]
Subscribers to DStv’s Multichoice pay-TV in cash-strapped Zimbabwe are having to pay their monthly fees in US dollars (or other ‘hard’ currencies). Now, a local lawyer is asking the nation’s High Court for an order to compel Multichoice to accept payment in more traditional forms. James Majatame of Takawira Law Chambers is seeking the court-issued […]