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Virgin Media O2 drives down single-use plastic

Virgin Media O2 reports it has has removed 65 tonnes of single-use plastic from its operations and products since 2021 – the equivalent weight of five double decker buses. The company says it is striving to cut waste and single-use plastic from packaging and equipment sent to customers and its engineers to build and maintain […]

April 26, 2024

Televisa overhauls broadcast ecosystem with Synamedia

Video software provider Synamedia has announced that Televisa, the Mexican telecommunications and broadcasting company, has chosen Synamedia as its partner of choice for a complete overhaul of its broadcast distribution. Televisa is leveraging Synamedia’s Media Edge Gateway (MEG) and PowerVu throughout its nationwide network, spanning 180 stations across the country, to increase video distribution, processing […]

April 25, 2024

Net Insight collaborates with DMC Production

Net Insight has entered into a collaboration with DMC Production that positions Net Insight at the forefront of sports broadcasting in the Nordics. Net Insight will provide its technology and services to enable Matchday Production, a joint venture between Danish sports league Superligaen A/S and DMC Production, to deliver centralised live production for Denmark’s premier […]

April 25, 2024

BBC invests £6m into BBC Bitesize

BBC Children’s and Education has announced a £6 million (€6.9m) investment into its online education platform, BBC Bitesize. The BBC says that “BBC Bitesize will become the most personalised, trusted and free to access learning platform for the next generation”, as the corporation celebrates 100 years of its education content. To celebrate 100 years of […]

April 22, 2024

Virgin Media O2 helps to tackle e-waste

Virgin Media O2 is raising awareness of the issue of electronic waste (e-waste) and the climate crisis with content across Virgin TV to mark Earth Day (April 22nd). With the UK on course to become the largest contributor of e-waste in the world per capita, Virgin TV has created a 60-second promo, to soon be […]

April 22, 2024

Sky adds new features to Entertainment OS

Sky has announced a raft of new updates that are set to launch on Sky Glass and Sky Stream through its Entertainment Operating System (OS). New features include a personalised recommendation rail, enhanced voice control options and lower latency on Sky Sports Main Event. These join over 500 updates made to Entertainment OS since the […]

April 19, 2024By Nik Roseveare

Redge Technologies migrates TV3 to AWS Cloud

Redge Technologies, a prominent end-to-end technology provider for streaming in CEE and MENA, has collaborated with TV3, a top media-telco conglomerate in the Baltic region, to transition TV3 from on-premises servers to AWS Cloud. TV3 is the leading media group operating across Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. It provides a wide array of free and subscription-based […]

April 18, 2024

Roberts Communications Network selects Appear X platform

Appear, the global leader in live production technology, and Roberts Communications Network (Roberts), the leading worldwide video distribution and wagering data communications services provider to the horse racing industry, have announced that Roberts has chosen the Appear X Platform to modernise its contribution infrastructure for HEVC video encoding and high-order satellite modulation, from 100+ global […]

April 16, 2024

Intelsat signs 2 broadcast deals in LatAm

Satellite operator Intelsat has signed agreements with two of the biggest names in broadcasting in Latin America, MVS Television (Mexico) and Caracol Television (Colombia), to manage broadcast distribution services. “Intelsat is seeing increased interest in our managed media services – terrestrial solutions such as IntelsatOne Fiber, IntelsatOne IP, uplink, downlink, and teleport services – throughout […]

April 16, 2024

IAS expands brand safety and suitability measurement

Integral Ad Science (Nasdaq: IAS), the media measurement and optimisation platform, has announced the expansion of its brand safety and suitability product to now include the Global Alliance for Responsible Media (GARM) category of misinformation across Facebook and Instagram Feed and Reels. Facebook and Instagram already prohibit ads from running alongside content that’s been labelled […]

April 16, 2024