Masstech, the provider of powerful tools for media asset management, bridging workflows and high-speed transcoding will showcase the new Emerald version 7.5 Lite Edition and TOPAZ v7.5.1 at BroadcastAsia2011 in Singapore from June 21 to 24. Brad Redwood, Vice President International Sales and Marketing at Masstech Group said: “This year we’ll be using BroadcastAsia as […]
The number of national and international channels available to DTT households has increased to more than 820 in June 2011 (compared to 500 in April 2009) according to the European Audiovisual Observatory. It should be noted that this includes many channels that are appearing on the DTT networks in more than one country, including many […]
According to the FT the UK government wants commercial television companies to come up with tens of millions of pounds to support Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt’s local TV stations project. ITV was asked for a cash contribution running into tens of millions of pounds a year and Channel 4 had also been asked to give […]
Doordarshan, India’s public broadcaster, has been given the go-ahead to significantly expand its free-to-air satellite offering, to as many as 200 channels by the end of this year. There are reportedly more than 250 channels in the queue waiting to gain access to India’s enthusiastic audience for satellite TV.
The BBC is to broadcast live 3D coverage to homes across the UK for the first time, when it broadcasts the Men’s and Ladies’ Finals of the 2011 Wimbledon Championships via the BBC’s HD Channel. The initiative marks the BBC’s first ever 3D broadcast. The free-to-air broadcast of the Championships in 3D will be available […]
Helped by positive market sentiment for its new Ka-band broadband-by-satellite craft, Eutelsat’s share price soared some 2.2 per cent on June 7th. Investment banker Goldman Sachs upgraded Eutelsat’s stock from ’neutral’ to ‘conviction buy’ in another positive move for the satellite operator. The move helped Eutelsat reach a 52-week high (on the Paris bourse) in […]
Telenor Satellite Broadcasting (TSBc) has confirmed the signing of a key contract with Riks TV, a major TV distributor in the Nordic region, for contribution services that utilise TSBc’s European terrestrial video fibre network. The network, called MSNW (multi-service network), is a flexible and secure vehicle for the seamless integration of terrestrial- and satellite-based communications. […]
Infonetics Research has released excerpts from its first quarter 2011 Cable, Satellite, IPTV, and OTT Set-Top Boxes and Subscribers market size, market share, and forecast report. “Despite a quarter-over-quarter decline in the global set-top box market, all major segments are up from this time a year ago in both revenue and shipments, indicating that the […]
Steve Jobs returned from medical leave to reveal iCloud the web-based service to synchronise content users store and share across their Apple devices – but not TV or movies yet. Anyone buying an app, book or music track for one device will see it replicated on the other Apple devices they own. “We are demoting […]
As reported here yesterday, Microsoft Corp has used day one of E3 in Los Angeles confirm plans for live TV via Xbox. It also confirmed plans presaged at CES in January to put its Kinect motion control into play for controlling media options on the platform so channels and VoD can be chosen with voice […]