A series of motions filed into Intelsat’s bankruptcy court on March 31st asks the court to place under formal seal the document flow following on from Intelsat’s requests for SES to supply its correspondence with the then joint legal advisors to the C-Band Alliance (Hogan Lovells US LLP). The motion from Intelsat’s lawyers states that […]
SES has dramatically turned up the heat in its increasingly acrimonious dispute with Intelsat over the division of the FCC’s ‘incentive’ payments for C-Band restructuring over the US. There will be a detailed court hearing on SES’s allegations in June. Intelsat has already asked its bankruptcy court to ‘seal’ many of the documents, but SES, […]
Stingray Group, a music, media, and technology company, has announced a collaboration with One Tree Planted, a US-based environmental non-profit that plants a tree for every dollar donated. With the support of distribution partners, Stingray has committed to donating all the proceeds of the Stingray Naturescape channel on Earth Day (April 22nd) to the organisation. […]
Intelsat, still in the middle of its Chapter 11 bankruptcy reconstruction, continues to be hit by the Coronavirus and other severe headwinds. Its full-year loss for 2020 was a worrying $912 million (€776.3m) on revenues of $1.9 billion. Intelsat’s CEO Stephen Spengler, said: “The Covid-19 pandemic made 2020 a challenging year; however, we are proud […]
More than 90 per cent of UK adults used BBC services each week, across the last 12 months – with a monthly figure of 97 per cent. There was also record use of online services, with 33 million UK adults visiting BBC Online on average per week. The figures were released in the BBC’s annual […]
As part of its commitment to reducing its impact on the environment, and inspiring others to do the same, Sky is launching the ‘Sky Zero Footprint Fund’. Established by Sky as part of its Sky Zero campaign to be net zero carbon by 2030, the new £2 million initiative will support brands that are committed […]
DEG: The Digital Entertainment Group has added 12 new companies to the organisation. DEG’s newest member companies are AMC Networks, Azure, Breaker, Cinedigm, Movies Anywhere, Pixelogic, Respeecher, ScreenHits TV, SmithGeiger, Starz, Verizon Business Group and Vuulr. AMC Networks, Azure, Cinedigm, ScreenHits TV, SmithGeiger, Starz, Verizon Business Group and Vuulr will also join DEG’s D2C Alliance […]
The Transpacific Yacht Club in California, has appointed London based 1080 Media TV as Host Broadcaster for the 51st edition of this famous biennial Los Angeles to Honolulu yacht race. The classic ‘Open Water’ race, stretches 2225-miles across the Pacific Ocean from the USA’s west coast to the finish in front of the iconic ‘Diamond […]
Net Insight has announced the successful implementation of what it claims os the world’s first 100GE IP Media Trust Boundary for the delivery of an uncompressed IP playout solution to Red Bee Media, the managed services provider. The deployment is used in Red Bee Media’s IP-based, software-only Managed Playout Service, enabling highly flexible and qualitative […]
Satellite media transmission specialists Globecast has been awarded ISO 27001 security certification for its Sainte-Assise teleport, located near Paris. Globecast has also achieved ISO 14001 and ISO 50001 certification, the former for environmental management and the latter for energy efficiency. The certifications are for three years. Renaud Presty, Security Director with Globecast, said, “Gaining ISO […]