Spacecom has announced that the AMOS-7 communications satellite is now providing a wide range of television and data communication services from its 4°W ‘hot-spot’ orbital position. Co-located with AMOS-3, AMOS-7 is replacing the AMOS-2 satellite that is reaching the end of life after servicing customers for over 13 years. AMOS-7’s 24 Ku-band transponders and four […]
Telstra together with Ericsson have announced the upcoming deployment of LTE-B enabled in Telstra Media services and continued investment for the national roll-out of LTE-B in 2017 and beyond. Telstra is committed to leveraging the 3GPP standards capability LTE-B offers, to further enhance the mobile video customer experience, to differentiate our customer value proposition and […]
Neotion has extended its partnership with Vermiatrix in protecting digital TV content for pay-TV operators to help secure the digital home. Neotion has developed an end-to-end solution under the “Neohome” brand, a complete secure smart home solution from connected devices at home to the cloud-based services platform specifically designed for operators. Neotion has chosen to […]
Suggesting that a move to upgraded technology would foster innovation in the broadcast TV marketplace, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is seeking comment on a proposal that would allow television broadcasters in the US to use the ATSC 3.0 ‘Next Generation’ broadcast television transmission standard on a voluntary, market-driven basis. According to the FCC, ATSC […]
CSG Systems International, a specialist in launching and monetising digital services, has announced results of its market survey, The Future of the Digital Experience: Mobile Edition. This survey evaluated the future of mobile service through the lens of the rising generation of mobile subscribers: millennials. Through an independent research firm, CSG polled nearly 1,000 millennials […]
SES turned in a solid set of results for its Q4 and full year, and in an extremely positive move saw its all-important backlog of contract expand from €7.4 billion in 2015 to €8.1 billion last year. Reported revenue of €2.068 billion (up 2.7 per cent) and contributing to a net profit of €962.7 million. Its […]
Canal+ shed 492,000 subscribers in its home market cutting revenues 4.7 per cent to €5.25 billion despite an uplift in the final quarter from the new partnership with Orange and Free. Canal+ now has 5.25 million subs in France. Internationally, Canal+ added 692,000 subscribers in Africa over the course of the year, taking its total […]
AMC Networks has reported financial results for the full year and fourth quarter ended December 31st 2016. President and Chief Executive Officer Josh Sapan said: “2016 was a successful year for our company both financially and operationally, driven by our disciplined and focused strategy of investing in high-quality content and creating brands that have strong, […]
Ingrid Deltenre has resigned as EBU Director General and will step down from her role in the summer. As Director General, Deltenre has led the EBU through a period of unprecedented change and transformation in the media landscape. “It has been a privilege to lead the EBU over the last eight years,” she declared. “With […]
ESPN Films’ documentary on the rise and fall of O.J. Simpson, is available to watch on BBC iPlayer, ahead of the Oscars on February 26th, where the documentary is nominated for Best Documentary Feature. “O.J.: Made in America,” the eight-hour saga of race, celebrity, media, violence, and the criminal justice system is ESPN’s first ever […]