Euroconsult’s Paris Business Week saw Boeing confirm it was to build a broadband satellite for the Cayman Islands. GiSAT will provide broadcast and broadband capability to a targeted 35 sub-Saharan nations in Africa. GiSat will use Boeing’s tried and tested HS-702 model satellite for a private consortium based on the Cayman Islands. The satellite to […]
Pay-radio operator SiriusXM is being sued in a potential Class Action by people who paid for a “lifetime subscription” that turned out to be anything but, it is alleged. Paul Wright is the plaintiff in the action, filed September 12th in the US District Court for the Central District of California. Wright alleges that SiriusXM […]
Arqiva, the communications infrastructure and media services company, has announced the launch of a new cloud-orchestrated Pop-Up Playout service, which will allow customers to quickly set up and distribute linear TV channels anytime, anywhere and for any duration. Answering an increasing market demand for virtualisation, the Pop-Up Playout service utilises public cloud technologies and software […]
Japan’s NHK public broadcaster was showcasing its latest 8K OLED screen at IBC, developed in conjunction with LG Display and Astra Design. Measuring a staggering 130” across, the current plastic ultra-thin model can drop from the ceiling in the style of a cinema screen, and comprises 4 separate 65” screens stitched together. The screen is […]
Homes with SVoD subs for Netflix, Prime and others are watching more TV overall than pay TV-only homes and are turning way from pay-TV services. Guy Bisson of Ampere Analysis told
Elon Musk, founder of rocket company SpaceX, has admitted that the investigation into a September 1st fireball which destroyed the rocket and its Israeli-owned Amos-6 satellite, says the examination was proving to be the most complex and difficult in the company’s 14-year history. The complexity is such that even the possibility – however remote – […]
Following the earlier release of a number of regional studies, content protection and multiscreen television solutions provider NAGRA, in partnership with international research and strategy consultancy MTM, has published the global learnings from the Pay-TV Innovation Forum, a comprehensive research programme launched earlier this year which examines the state of pay-TV innovation around the world. […]
Satellite operator SES, already extremely busy in the In-Flight Entertainment space, has ordered a new High Throughput Satellite from Thales Alena to increase further its services to the airline industry. SES says it has also secured a long-term ‘anchor’ client in what will be a joint venture with Thales. The satellite, SES-17, will primarily serve […]
WorldDAB has released its latest collection of sales and coverage figures for key markets in Europe and Asia Pacific to the end of Q2 2016. The statistics include road and overall population coverage, receiver sales, household penetration and, for the first time, the number of national stations on DAB/DAB+ compared to FM. Key findings include: […]
Intelsat’s anticipated operational in-service date for its I-33e satellite has slipped from this year into Q1/2017. The reason, according to the company, is that the satellite suffered a primary thruster malfunction during its orbit-raising period. The satellite, built by Boeing, was successfully launched on August 24th. Everything else, including the deployment of its solar arrays […]