Satellite operator SES has included the anticipated receipt of $3.97 billion into its forecast accounts and coming its way as a result of the FCC’s C-band restructuring order. The first batch of cash will come into the company from “mid-2021”. SES confirmed it is buying four more O3b/mPower satellites, which will result in a 90 […]
The SRT Alliance, established by Haivision to support the SRT Open Source project, has announced that Grass Valley, Evertz, Xilinx, and Primestream have joined the SRT Alliance to show their support and adoption of the SRT open source protocol. Over 50 organisations have turned to SRT and joined the SRT Alliance over the last few […]
Eutelsat has unveiled its full year financials for the year to June 30th and used the opportunity to announce that it was buying Bigblu Broadband, a major supplier of satellite-based connectivity, for £38 million (€32.39m). Buying Bigblu means that Eutelsat will not have to create its own retail operation for broadband. CEO Rodolphe Belmer said […]
Eurofins Digital Testing, a global player in end-to-end quality assurance (QA) and testing services, has announced the launch of updated testing services for the new CI Plus 2.0 standard. Eurofins is the exclusive test partner for version 2.0 of the standard, appointed by CI Plus LLP (the Trust Authority for the CI Plus standard) and […]
The BBC’s global reach increased by 11 per cent year on year in 2020 to 468.2 million people a week – the highest number ever. BBC News accounts for 438.4 million of the total with an annual increase of 13 per cent. Digital platforms are key to the success, with an increase of 53 per […]
Record-breaking numbers of children turned to the BBC’s iPlayer content, apps and websites during lockdown to keep themselves informed, educated and entertained while at home. On BBC iPlayer, programme requests for CBeebies and CBBC shows were up by 81 per cent from April to June at an average of 38 million every week. Children’s shows […]
Hulu, the US streaming service, is introducing a new thought leadership research platform to the Streaming TV industry – Generation Stream. Hulu says Generation Stream is its commitment to deeply understanding the power and impact of the streaming movement and the generation of TV viewers reshaping how we watch TV. Over the course of the […]
The process of releasing the 700 MHz frequency band, currently used for DTT and essential for the start-up of 5G in Portugal, has been postponed from August 3rd to August 12th. The National Communications Authority (Anacom) said it has been informed by DTT network operator Meo of the need to change the DTT migration timetable […]
Parents and children have come to the BBC in record numbers since the doors were opened to its virtual school earlier this year. The BBC’s biggest ever Education initiative, Bitesize Daily was launched on April 20th and committed to delivering 150 online lessons and 30 dedicated TV programmes each week to support children in their […]
BBC News has set out an update on the plans it announced earlier this year to respond to changing audience needs. The update addresses the BBC’s worsening financial position and draws on the experiences of operating during the Covid-19 pandemic. In January BBC News announced a series of modernisation proposals. Since then, faced with the […]