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Motors TV: ‘Business-as-usual with benefits’

Motors TV’s Founder, Jean-Luc Roy, has suggested that it will be ‘business-as-usual with benefits’ for the service’s audiences and suppliers following its acquisition by Motorsport Network. Motors TV has re-affirmed that its current operations will continue unchanged, but that the new ownership would provide significant opportunities for the company’s audiences and business partners alike. Roy […]

November 25, 2016By Colin Mann

Sky offers free 4K TV to new subs

UK pay-TV broadcaster Sky has jumped aboard the Black Friday bandwagon and is offering incentives including a free 4K TV to all new subscribers. Any customers who takes up the Sky Q Multiscreen bundle with a 2TB vox (£38 per month) can choose either a free 43 inch 4K Ultra HD LG TV or Xbox […]

November 25, 2016

Arqiva preparing ‘secret’ sale

British media and cellular transmission company Arqiva is reportedly planning to sell itself. Sky News is reporting that Arqiva is close to hiring bankers to advise on a potential sale. The business employs more than 2,100 people and carries the signals and satellite uplinks for many UK broadcasters, as well as owning some 8,000 cellular […]

November 24, 2016By Chris Forrester

Telefónica half price pay-TV packages for Xmas

Spanish pay-TV operator, Telefónica, is launching an aggressive Christmas campaign with discounts of up to 50 per cent when subscribing to its convergent package Fusión Contigo. From now and until January 10th 2017, new subscribers to this package (with TV, optic fibre and 2 phone lines) will only pay €25 a month instead of the […]

November 24, 2016From David Del Valle in Madrid

Pakistan wraps DTH auction

Fifteen hours of Pakistan auction bidding for DTH licences closed in the early hours of November 24th with all three licences being sold. A total of 11 companies – Orient Electronics Lahore, Mag Entertainment Lahore, Skyflix Islamabad, Smartimes Communications Islamabad, Sardar Builders Islamabad, Smart Sky Islamabad, Parus Media and Broadcast Islamabad, NayaTel Islamabad, Shahzad Sky, […]

November 24, 2016By Chris Forrester

SpaceX to launch twice in December?

Elon Musk-backed SpaceX, still suffering from a September 1st fireball catastrophe that destroyed an Israeli-owned satellite, is reported to be readying two rockets for launch in December. One Falcon 9 rocket has been delivered to its Vandenberg Air Force Base, California (launch complex 4), in readiness for a flight. Prime candidate for this particular launch […]

November 24, 2016By Chris Forrester

EchoStar 21 ‘Euro-Mobile’ satellite readies for launch

EchoStar’s latest satellite (XXI) has arrived at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, and is being prepared for launch on December 22nd.  The launch will take place on a Proton/Briz-M rocket, managed by International Launch Services. Built by Space Systems Loral (SSL), the satellite weighs over 6,900 kg (~15,212 lbs) and features a giant unfurlable ‘umbrella’ […]

November 24, 2016By Chris Forrester

Amazon releases trailer for The Grand Tour ep2

Following the successful premiere of the The Grand Tour on Amazon Prime, a trailer for episode 2 has been released ahead of its roll out on November 25th. The 30 second clip shows the three former Top Gear hosts as they are forced to become special forces soldiers with an all action challenge at a top […]

November 24, 2016

Globecast, Vatican TV partner for UHD transmission

Globecast, the global solutions provider for media, has partnered with Vatican Television to bring the Consistory and the Holy Door Closing Ceremony to viewers around the world in Ultra HD. Alessandro Alquati, Managing Director at Globecast Italy, said, “Globecast is pleased to confirm once again its leading role in introducing Ultra HD as the next […]

November 24, 2016

Spain: 2nd DTT migration compensation call

DTT operators, trade unions and TV users’ associations in Spain have asked the Government for compensation and financial aid to carry out the second digital migration to be completed in 2022 with the arrival of 5G services. UTECA, Cellnex, Fenitel, Televés, FAPAE, CC.OO., the Sindicato de Periodistas, Unired, the Academia de la Televisión, PATE, the […]

November 23, 2016From David Del Valle in Madrid