UKTV and Channel 4 have extended their agreement for 4 Sales to remain the exclusive advertising representative for the UKTV portfolio. 4 Sales will continue to act as the sales agent for all UKTV inventory, including UKTV Play, until well into the next decade, securing Channel 4’s position as the UK’s second largest sales house. […]
Canadian pay-TV service providers (specifically, cable, direct-to-home satellite and IPTV providers) along with set-top box manufacturers have finalised a voluntary agreement, committing themselves to improving the energy efficiency of set-top boxes from coast-to-coast-to-coast. With this voluntary agreement, reached in consultation with federal and provincial governments, utilities and supporting organisations, it is expected that total annual […]
Telkom-3S will be launched next month from French Guiana aboard an Arianespace rocket. Worth about $200 million, the new satellite, built by Thales Alenia, is badly needed and replaces Indonesia’s Telkom-3 which was stranded in an unusable orbit after launch in August 2012. That Telkom-3 satellite was built and launched by Russian companies and its […]
Eenensys, designers and manufacturers of digital TV transmission technologies, working with their Korea partner SMC NS, has been selected by Seoul Broadcasting System (SBS) in Korea to supply its new ATSCheduler and IPGuard products for the launch of ATSC 3.0 DTT services in February this year. Korea is leading the rollout of the new IP-based […]
There were reports in the British press this past weekend which suggested that 21st Century Fox and Sky’s lobbyists were briefing UK parliamentary members on their plans for the acquisition by Fox of the rest of Sky (61 per cent) it does not already own. Importantly, the briefings are stressing that the future of Sky […]
Spanish satellite and telecommunications operator Hispasat has unveiled its Hispasat 36W-1 satellite (H36W-1) at its Madrid headquarters. The satellite will be put into orbit on January 27th using a Soyuz launch vehicle and will be launched from the European Spaceport of Kourou in French Guiana. Hispasat 36W-1, which is currently at Kourou, has 20 Ku-band […]
Portuguese commercial broadcaster TVI has reached an agreement with national DTT network operator Meo to reduce the fee paid for the distribution of its TV channel. Although the price agreed was not revealed, a Meo source explained that the reduction of carriage fees reflects the changes in the spectrum occupied by each broadcaster on the […]
According to Brazil’s official body responsible for digital adoption, GIRED, the nation’s capital Brasilia is making rapid progress towards total adoption of digital TV. GIRED says 338,000 digital converter boxes/receivers and antennas were supplied, representing 90 per cent of the total base of TV homes in the region. The regional government is issuing free-of-charge digital […]
Television, home video and new media content distributor Beta Film has extended its existing service contract with global media services provider MX1, a wholly-owned subsidiary of satellite operator SES. This new long-term contract extends and expands the existing agreement, which began in 2009, and covers a wide range of services, including content, picture, data and […]
Owners of the Nintendo Wii U in the UK are no longer be able to use the BBC iPlayer app through their games console. The Wii U version of the streaming app was removed from the console’s eShop in August when Nintendo chose not to renew its licence agreement with the BBC, but was still […]