The BBC has made more than 200,000 radio and TV programmes from its archive more accessible with a new online tool called Programme Explorer. The tool scours existing radio and TV programmes from across BBC online – including Sounds, iPlayer News, Sport, Weather and more – to find every available programme relating to a search. […]
Kantar and Comscore have announced the renewal of their partnership with Auditel in Italy until December 31st 2023. The collaboration with Auditel, the independent and transparent authority for measurement of the Italian TV industry, has been ongoing since August 2017. The extension marks a continuation of Auditel’s project to measure TV broadcasters’ video content on […]
Intelsat says it is committed to an accelerated process to clear C-band frequencies over the US in accordance with the FCC’s plan to speed the adoption for 5G. The FCC’s deadline for the accelerated scheme is May 29th. “As the foundational architects of satellite technology and leading experts of integrated communications technologies, Intelsat is committed […]
A white paper from satellite operator AsiaSat argues that C-band is not the correct band to support the key performance indicators (#KPI) promised by 5G. In the white paper – titled Choosing the Right Spectrum for 5G – Hai Hu, Senior Communications Systems Engineer, AsiaSat, notes that higher data rates, ultra-low latency and massive machine-type […]
Amazon Web Services (AWS) and the German Bundesliga will debut the first two Bundesliga Match Facts powered by AWS during tonight’s (May 26th) match featuring Borussia Dortmund vs. Bayern Muenchen on broadcast television in over 200 countries. The two new statistics, Average Positions and Expected Goals (xGoals), will give fans deeper insights into a team’s […]
Omdia has partnered with JustWatch to strengthen its VoD competitive intelligence through the integration of content analytics. JustWatch is now Omdia’s international titles partner, affording Omdia data covering international movie and TV content available on VoD services to deliver customers enhanced reporting of the global channel and programming content industry through Omdia’s suite of media […]
On May 14th, SpaceX filed a document with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) saying that the rocket launch company does not expect the current Covid-19 crisis will affect its ability to meet the FCC’s accelerated [launch] timeline at SpaceX’s standard fees of $62 million per Falcon 9 launch. This prompted a note to clients from […]
Intelsat’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy is likely to take between 6-12 months to process and allow the satellite operator to cut its $17 billion of debt by about half. CCO Samer Halawi, talking to Space News, said that despite the bankruptcy procedure the operator was still able to order next-generation satellites because of the bankruptcy court’s […]
Eutelsat’s Q3 numbers were “in line with expectations [and] a return to quarter-on-quarter growth with ongoing signs of commercial dynamism in emerging markets with a new DTH platform in Sub-Saharan Africa and the extension of a contract in the Balkans,” stated CEO Rodolphe Belmer on May 14th. Belmer also welcomed progress on C-band over the […]
Media services company Red Bee is now providing channel distribution services for Dutch independent telecom provider Youfone. Through the Red Bee ‘Channel Store’, Youfone is creating television bundles with local and international news, sports and entertainment for its TV subscription service. “We chose Red Bee because of the broad supply of channels and the simplicity […]