Russia’s important Express-AM4 satellite has seemingly been found. There’s also a full investigation into what went wrong with the launch. International Launch Services (ILS), which markets the Proton rocket-launch system to international customers, says that the Proton-M rocket “operated nominally” which is a coded phrase for everything going according to plan. It was the Briz-M […]
The UK’s Competition Commission (CC) has provisionally found that Sky’s control over pay-TV movie rights in the UK is restricting competition between pay-TV providers, leading to higher prices and reduced choice and innovation for subscribers. Sky has for many years held exclusively the rights to the movies of all six major Hollywood studios in the […]
A giant Proton-M rocket had what seemed to be a successful lift-off late on Wednesday night in order to place into orbit a massive Russian satellite, Ekspress-AM4, and needed to help roll out the nation’s digital terrestrial TV system. But the launch went catastrophically wrong, and the satellite has seemingly been lost. Moreover, there will […]
BBC Monitoring is reporting that the president of Turkmenistan has ordered that all satellite dishes must be removed from houses and buildings. The president, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow, has ordered his deputy prime minister in charge of transport and communication issues to remove satellite dishes installed on houses and buildings in capital city Asgabat and other major […]
The National Council for Television and Radio Broadcasting in Ukraine has selected the winners of a tender for 28 digital television channels in four national multiplexes (MX-1, MX-2, MX-3 and MX-5). An Interfax-Ukraine correspondent has reported that International Commercial TRK LLC (ICTV), Novy Channel LLC, Teleodyn LLC (ÑM-1, ÑM-2), Studio 1+1, TET TV company, Kino-TV […]
The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland has criticised the proposed fees charged by RTÉ to allow channels of other stations to be broadcast on its free digital TV service Saorview. The BAI expressed concern that the prospect of any new channels being made available could be impacted by the proposed cost structure charged by the state […]
Vibrant TV is claimed to be a new type of channel. Backed in part by Chicago-based media buying agency Zephyr Media, the FTA channel says it will showcase internationally produced lifestyle, series, sports and kids programming. The channel will be available on satellite and terrestrially. Dan Zifkin, CEO of Zephyr, says the network will launch […]
The Brazilian Senate has approved a law that allows telecommunications operators and foreign companies to provide cable TV services in the country. The measure is now awaiting the approval of President Dilma Rousseff. Under the new law, America Movil would be able to exercise the option it has to acquire control of voting rights in […]
Asia’s leading satellite operator, Asia Satellite Telecommunications. (AsiaSat) has entered into a contract with FOX International Channels (FIC), Asia’s largest pay-TV network, to provide one-stop broadcast service including compression, uplink, play-out service, monitoring, maintenance and troubleshooting for all of the FIC’s top-rated HD and SD channels at AsiaSat’s earth station in Tai Po, Hong Kong. […]
HD Plus, a subsidiary of the Luxembourg-based satellite operator SES Astra, has concluded an exclusive agreement with the Hamburg-based portal operator NetRange regarding the development and operation of an Internet-based, interactive portal solution. As a result, all new receivers that have the corresponding technical capability will be equipped with the HD InterActive feature from NetRange. […]