UTV, the owner of the ITV franchise for Northern Ireland, has confirmed it is in talks with ITV over the sale of its TV assets. The company has a market capitalisation of £150 million (€205m). “The board of UTV Media notes the recent media speculation and confirms that it is in discussions regarding a potential […]
Tensions between the ‘West’ and Iran are easing, with the Iranian government seemingly ready to do business now that the tough economic restrictions on Iran are re-opening the country for trade. But any opening up does not – seemingly – include the BBC’s local transmissions to the country. On August 20th it was reported that […]
On July 24th, SES issued its half-year numbers, and the market didn’t much care for what it heard. In the process of adjusting expectations for 2016, SES managed to wipe off many millions from its market capitalisation, and spook the satellite sector in general. A month down the line and some analysts are beginning to […]
Nigeria’s National Space Research & Development Agency (Nasdra) has condemned the nation’s satellite policy as “incompetent” and subject to a lack of supervision and commitment. NASDRA’s director general Prof. Seidu Onailo Mohammed says it is “disturbing” that 97 per cent of the satellites covering Africa are foreign owned, and earning “millions” for their foreign investors. […]
RR Media, a provider of global digital media services to the broadcast and media industries, has announced a partnership with community marketing platform, joiz, to offer next-generation user engagement and loyalty club tools for broadcasters, content owners and rights holders. The joint offering sees all of RR Media’s content management, channel playout and smart global […]
NBCUniversal content is heading to Australian streaming service Presto. Shows including 30 Rock, Parks and Recreation, Grimm and Heroes are all available effective immediately. A second batch of shows, including drama series Bates Motel, will arrive in December. Interim CEO, Shaun James, commented: “NBCUniversal is a prolific producer of quality popular content and we are […]
According to Alan Wolk, Senior Analyst with The Diffusion Group (TDG), whilst there was much rending of clothing and gnashing of teeth about the Q2 2015 pay-TV subscriber statistics (along with a dramatic sell-off on Wall Street), a closer look at those numbers reveals a lot less gloom and doom than originally reported, with
Advanced Television talks to Markus Fritz of Eutelsat about their commitment to 4K UHD and their enthusiasm for sharing their experience with broadcasters, content producers and pre and post production. [bitsontherun VZ2NN7JQ-ni7dlelE]
The Spanish industry ministry will take the first steps to implementing a new digital dividend plan in 2016. The plan will see the 700 MHz band released for next generation mobile services and will need to take place before 2020 to meet the objectives of the Digital Agenda for Europe. A budget of €570,000 has […]
Both Eutelsat and Intelsat saw their latest satellites successfully launch on an Arianespace rocket August 20th. The double launch was the 67th successive success for Ariane from its spaceport at Kourou, in French Guiana. Importantly, both satellites are said to be in good shape following the lift-off. Eutelsat’s 8 West B craft was the heavier […]