Surrey Satellite Technology (SSTL), based in Guildford, UK, unveiled its portion of Eutelsat’s highly versatile ‘Quantum’ satellite on January 9th. The satellite is being built under a public–private partnership between the European Space Agency (ESA) and the satellite operator Eutelsat with Airbus as the prime contractor. The satellite platform, which has been designed and manufactured […]
Korean mobile telco SK Telecom and Sinclair Broadcast Group, one of the largest TV broadcasting companies in the US, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with connected products and solutions specialist Harman at CES 2019 in Las Vegas jointly to develop and commercialise digital broadcasting network-based automotive electronics technology for global markets. The move […]
Verimatrix, a specialist in securing and enhancing revenue for network-connected devices and services, has announced that Jupiter Telecommunications (J:COM) has selected Verspective Intelligence to tap into the benefits of business intelligence capabilities. The solution’s dashboards and visualisation tools enable J:COM to make informed decisions about audiences, content, consumption, and overall service performance. J:COM specifically selected […]
Encompass Digital Media, a global technology services company delivering end-to-end video playout and distribution solutions to broadcast and digital media companies, has formed a partnership with Zixi, a specialist in enabling live broadcast-quality video over the internet. Zixi’s solutions coupled with Encompass’ broadcast expertise aims to give its clients additional economical methods to acquire and […]
Nielsen has announced the launch of its enhanced cross-platform campaign measurement of advertising inventory, delivering clients deep insights into de-duplicated audiences viewing ads across smartphones, tablets, computers and television. Through this enhancement to include mobile and OTT audiences, Nielsen says it will provide media buyers and sellers with comprehensive, independent measurement across all platforms and […]
MediaKind, a global media technology player, has announced that DishTV, the largest DTH service provider in India, will deploy the MediaKind AVP 4000 video processing platform to deliver enhanced, next-generation immersive experiences to over 23.5 million subscribers. A longstanding customer with multiple generations of MediaKind technology, DishTV selected MediaKind to replace its entire headend infrastructure, […]
Telecoms, content, media, entertainment and advertising group Altice Europe and global investment firm KKR have announced the creation of Hivory, the largest independent telecoms tower company in France and third largest European tower company. The creation of Hivory follows the successful completion of the transaction announced in June 2018 of KKR’s acquisition of a 49.99 […]
ATEME, a specialist in video delivery solutions, is enabling real-world ATSC 3.0 field research and testing of next-generation television features at the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB)/Consumer Technology Association (CTA) test station in Cleveland, OH. Utilising ATEME’s software-based TITAN solution, NAB/CTA is testing multi-channel HEVC encoding for ATSC 3.0 including advanced features such as UHD, HDR, […]
The BBC Board has published a review into its own commercial subsidiaries. The review by EY has found that the BBC’s three wholly-owned commercial businesses – BBC Studios, BBC Studioworks and BBC Global News – exhibit commercial efficiency in line with their peer groups and the wider market, fit with the BBC’s mission and public […]
Global video solutions service provider The Switch and satellite operator Eutelsat are joining forces to provide a new, independent offer delivering what they suggest is an “unparalleled” satellite and fibre video contribution network. The partnership will provide The Switch’s user community of over 800 of the world’s leading content producers and distributors with the ability […]