Intelsat, the world’s leading provider of fixed satellite services, has announced that Sun TV Network has signed a multi-year, multi-transponder contract for C-band capacity on the recently launched Intelsat 17 satellite (IS-17) at the 66º E orbital location. The agreement marks the second major programmer to join the line-up at Intelsat’s newly expanded video neighborhood […]
Agama Technologies, the quality assurance expert, has announced the launch of version 4.0 of the Agama DTV Monitoring Solution for cable, DTH and IPTV operators – which includes a system-wide remake of the GUI, and a foundation restructure to strongly increase the solution’s openness and scalability. The Agama DTV Monitoring Solution is a complete and […]
Minerva Networks, provider of carrier-class solutions for the delivery of television services over broadband networks, has announced that Go Malta has selected its platform to offer broadcast TV, video-on-demand and over-the-top (OTT) television services for up to 100,000 subscribers. Go Malta will use Minerva’s carrier software called xTVFusion to help manage the IP delivery of […]
Intelsat, the world’s leading provider of fixed satellite services, has announced that Sun TV Network has signed a multi-year, multi-transponder contract for C-band capacity on the recently launched Intelsat 17 satellite (IS-17) at the 66º E orbital location. The agreement marks the second major programmer to join the line-up at Intelsat’s newly expanded video neighborhood […]
Speaking to advertising industry body ISBA in London Mike Darcey, COO of BSkyB, confirmed the operators commitment to targeted advertising and said Sky AdSmart – already used online with Sky Player – would be implemented via Sky +. He didn’t commit to a start date, though within 2011 has mentioned before. Darcey emphasised that advertising […]
Germany’s competition regulator has prohibited the joint venture video portal proposed by RTL and ProSiebenSat.1. Following an earlier finding that the platform would have to be opened up, the companies had not agreed to offer concessions and therefore the Bundeskartellamt had decided to disallow the project. As expected the regulator ruled that, as currently formulated, […]
The chairman of Egypt’s giant public broadcaster Egypt Radio & Television Union (ERTU) is under arrest and facing charges of misusing public funds. Osama el-Sheikh, the ERTU chairman, has joined his former boss, Egypt’s minister in charge of information, Anas al-Fikki, who was arrested on Feb 23 on charges of corruption. Egypt’s attorney general has […]
RTL Group and Modern Times Group have submitted bids for ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG’s units in Belgium and Scandinavia reports Bloomberg. RTL Group bid for assets in Belgium and Modern Times, Sweden’s largest private broadcaster, made an offer for the Scandinavian division. Meanwhile, Telegraaf Media Groep NV, which owns 12 percent of ProSiebenSat.1, is interested in […]
UK media regulator Ofcom is to review how advertising deals are handled. The review is the first in-depth look at the UK airtime trading system as Ofcom admits there has been “perennial anxiety” over whether the system is being abused. Ed Richards, Ofcom CEO, said “The time is now right to consider whether there are […]
VOD service, Voyo, will be rolled out across all six Central and Eastern countries, over the next eight months by CME. First launched at the beginning of 2011 in the Czech Republic, the Voyo video portal currently offers users catch-up content of local shows and series as well as the free streaming of live events […]