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Civolution and Millenia 3 renew partnership

Millenia 3 Communications, a company dedicated to serving the promotional needs of network and syndicated television, has inked a three-year partnership renewal for Civolution’s global broadcast intelligence solution, Teletrax. Since their partnership began six years ago, Millenia 3 has utilised the Teletrax broadcast verification service to monitor and track airing of television advertisements for its […]

June 20, 2013

Alfacam bought out of bankruptcy

Troubled Belgian outside-broadcast giant Alfacam is being bought out of bankruptcy protection by French media company Euro Media Group. Euro Media Group is backed in part by Belgian investment company Ackermans & van Haaren. Euro Media is already involved with providing broadcast services for live events. Financial details were not divulged but local reports suggest […]

June 18, 2013By Chris Forrester

Ericsson advances HD services in Thailand

TrueVisions, the largest satellite and cable TV provider in Thailand, has upgraded its existing video compression system with Ericsson, enabling it to offer more high-definition channels and greater quality of service to its subscribers. Vichai Sernvongsat, CTO, TrueVisions, says: “We have a strong commitment to our viewers to deliver high-quality content from across Thailand and […]

June 18, 2013

Bausch to step down from SES

Romain Bausch is to leave his president/CE position at SES next April. Bausch turns 60 next month and has been in position since 1995. He will remain a main board director at SES. His successor will be Karim Michel Sabbagh (49) and he will take over next April although will take up the ‘CEO Designate’ […]

June 17, 2013By Chris Forrester

Four new HD outside Supertrucks from Gearhouse Broadcast

Gearhouse Broadcast has commissioned four new 30-camera HD OB supertrucks, two of which are delivered and in operation. The trucks, named HD5, HD6, HD7 and HD8 represent a multi-million dollar investment by the company. Gearhouse Australia Sales and Marketing Director, Manny Papas, says the new trucks are very much in keeping with Gearhouse’s global philosophy, […]

June 14, 2013

MacQuébec selects Wirecast to live stream coverage of WWDC 2013

Telestream, the provider of digital media tools and workflow solutions, has announced that its Wirecast live video production software will be used to stream its live broadcast of the WWDC 2013 to worldwide audiences. MacQuébec,a French-language website and podcast focused on Apple technology, hosts the only French podcast dedicated entirely to Apple. MacQuébec selected Wirecast […]

June 10, 2013

DG: ‘We wasted £100m’, BBC CTO suspended

The BBC is abandoning its £98 million+ (€115m) digital production system, as new BBC Director General Tony Hall said it had “wasted a huge amount of licence fee payers’ money”. The Digital Media Initiative (DMI), launched in 2008, was suspended after problems came to light late last year. “I have serious concerns about how we […]

May 24, 2013

BBC: ‘We should be charging Sky’

The BBC says it should start charging Sky for carrying its channels  if it doesn’t drop retransmisson fees. Sky charges the BBC, and other public service broadcasters ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5, to carry channels on its pay-TV platform. The BBC pays £5 million (€5.9m) a year, with the four others footing a combined […]

May 22, 2013

BBC Trust says Red Button and online should merge

BBC Trust has recommended the corporation to merge its online and Red Button operations.  In its most recent review of BBC Online and BBC Red Button, the governing body said that the BBC should look to improve navigation across the different parts of BBC Online, with an improved links and design consistency and better search […]

May 20, 2013

‘A moment’s violence’ sees Ofcom subtitle crackdown

Ofcom is to preparing to crack down on the poor standard of subtitling of it says is common on UK TV by introducing a six-monthly quality check that will name and shame broadcasters into improving their services. Gaffes include asking for a “moment’s violence” during The Queen Mother’s funeral. Viewers are able to switch on […]

May 17, 2013