Denver-based Dish Network has once again been at the heart of a bitter carriage dispute. This time it was with Tegna Broadcasting, perhaps better known as the Washington DC-based Gannett portfolio of local stations. The stations were dark over the past weekend, although the two companies struck a multi-year carriage agreement which saw broadcasts resume […]
Twitter users will have to watch pre-roll advertising on videos in tweets, thanks to Twitter’s new Amplify service on the social media platform. Amplify will insert advertising into relevant videos based on categories chosen by the advertiser. It has similarities to the model used by YouTube, which offers payment to YouTubers for featuring short ads […]
Sky has agreed a new multi-year movie and TV agreement with Disney UK & Ireland which it says will allow customers to enjoy the very best of Disney entertainment either live, on demand or on the go. Sky Movies and NOW TV Sky Movies Pass customers will be able to watch premieres such as Inside […]
South Africa’s Multichoice digital platform is, as expected, raising their subscription prices for the second time this year in an attempt to compensate for the falling value of the Rand and other African currencies against the US dollar. Typical is Multichoice Zambia which is hiking the price for viewing DStv and terrestrial GOtv subscription fees […]
Back on June 28th a SpaceX Falcon-9 rocket exploded shortly after take-off. Within a month SpaceX’s founder Elon Musk had spoken publicly about the cause “probably” being a failed support strut which held a canister of helium in place. The failed rocket was carrying a cargo of supplies for the International Space Station. The failure […]
A Russian spy-satellite reportedly occupied an orbital position allocated to Intelsat for 5 months earlier this year. The Russian satellite deliberately parked itself directly between the Intelsat 7 and Intelsat 901 craft (at 18.1 degrees West), says a report in trade mag Space News, and on one occasion came to about 10 kilometres of the […]
Arianespace in French Guiana has received Arabsat’s latest satellite, 6B, as well as India’s GSAT-15, which are both now being integrated into an Ariane-5 rocket. The launch will take place as Flight VA227, the sixth launch of this year by an Ariane-5 and scheduled to take place early in November. Arabsat-6B is being orbited in […]
RR Media, a provider of global digital media services to the broadcast and media industries, has unveiled solaRR Active, its customised sports media service platform. solaRR Active enables sports organisations to maximise exposure and increase revenues through a full range of media services while giving them secure global access and full control over their media […]
Lionsgate has signed a long-term output deal for a number of high-profile Lionsgate and third-party feature films with China’s largest comprehensive online video platform iQIYI. The agreement covers SVoD and TVoD rights for films streaming on iQIYI’s platforms, which possess over 500 million unique users. iQIYI will have an exclusive SVoD and TVoD window for […]
BT has responded to Ofcom’s Digital Communications Review, setting out how regulation can help Britain secure its digital future and maintain its position as the leading digital economy in the G20. In its submission, the telco rejects demands for its Openreach network division to be separated from the company and calls for a level playing […]