Investors and bond-holders in Intelsat have less than two days left, until midnight (New York-time) May 31st, to decide whether to accept the revised terms on offer from Japanese media conglomerate SoftBank in its proposed merger between Jersey-based OneWeb and Intelsat. The deadline was established back on May 17th, and was the fourth time that […]
UK transmission and facilities company Arqiva is expected to start its ‘far sale’ process this week with the issue of a Prospectus for potential buyers. The Daily Telegraph newspaper, in a detailed report, says that bankers for Arqiva will issue the Prospectus in the next few days. Arqiva is responsible for transmitting much of the […]
Broadcast satellite services provider Media Broadcast Satellite is to provide uplink services for all transponders on Eutelsat 9B at 9° East for the European pay-TV provider M7 Group from July 2017 onwards. M7 uses this satellite position for the distribution of both local, thematic and international TV packages to cable and IPTV networks in the […]
Telco entertainment solution provider Netgem, has launched its CloudTV product tailored for the German cable and IPTV market with purtel.com, a wholesale IP services provider becoming the first customer. The purTV service will be distributed by purtel.com to its cable and Internet service provider client base to enable them to upgrade their TV propositions. Consumers […]
Société burkinabè de télédiffusion (SBT) is using Eutelsat’s 3B satellite to help transition the nation to DTT. Eutelsat has secured a multi-year agreement with SBT, which is the public agency responsible for the development of DTT. Announced at Discop Abidjan, the capacity will add to the existing distribution deal in place which delivers about 20 […]
Orange and Vitis have signed an agreement that makes movies and TV channels from Orange Cinema Series (OCS) available on LA FIBRE videofutur, a full FTTH offering for public networks. From June 1st, subscribers to LA FIBRE videofutur will have access to the four OCS linear channels, as well as to their catch-up and on-the-go […]
Broadcast specialist Vision247 has announced the addition of Alaraby Television to its VisionTV service. VisionTV is the first platform in the UK to host Alaraby Television. The channel is available with immediate effect on Freeview channel 244 in the International genre, desktop, EETV and via the VisionTV UK app. Alaraby Television Channel Director Abbas Nasser […]
Arianespace will launch two satellites June 1st carrying ViaSat-2 for ViaSat of California and Eutelsat 172B for the Paris-based operator. The mission, the 237th overall by an Ariane launcher, breaks a number of records. The first is that the weight being carried into orbit, at 10,865 kgs, is the heaviest-ever. The satellites themselves are the […]
Tele Columbus Group, the third largest German cable network operator, and M7 Group, the European IP based TV platform, have extended their longstanding cooperation for the contribution of German and international pay-TV channels. As part of this cooperation Tele Columbus Group and M7 also consolidated the existing contracts with the Tele Columbus subsidiaries primacom and […]
DHX Media, global children’s content and brands company, is expanding its global reach through a deal with Youku, one of China’s most popular streaming platforms, to launch its new Teletubbies series in the country. Youku will deliver seasons one and two of the pre-school series to Chinese audiences via SVoD and advertising-supported VoD services. Season […]