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 […]
German TV streaming player Joyn has selected Mixpanel, the product analytics company, to support the next steps in their market penetration strategy to become the country’s leading television streaming service. Christoph Wiese, Director of Engineering and Data at Joyn, commented: “We have a sophisticated data strategy at Joyn, and Mixpanel’s platform and vision for product […]
SES CEO Steve Collar delivered a confident report to analysts at its Q1/2020 results on May 7th, and there was much focus from analysts on whether the FCC’s proposed C-band scheme would go ahead should there be any form of Chapter 11 filing by Intelsat. D-day, as far as the FCC auction of C-band spectrum, […]
PSSI Global Services, which operates a number of teleports and more than 60 Outside Broadcast satellite uplink trucks across the US, is suing the Federal Communications Commission over the FCC’s plans for C-band. The lawsuit – strictly speaking a petition – was filed in a Washington DC Federal Court, and PSSI asks for a Judicial […]
Trade body the World Teleport Association (WTA) has released Finding Growth in Media Services, a new research report that explores the challenges teleport executives and vendors face, the opportunities they have seized, and how their companies have changed to meet the needs of the next generation of media and entertainment. “The headline story in our […]
The headline news from the latest SES results is that its ‘Networks’ business now represents more than 40 per cent of its business overall, and that the division has enjoyed a 29 per cent growth year-on-year. SES is contemplating spinning off the division into a separate business. Steve Collar, CEO, says that the satellite operator […]
Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP) has bought 49 Grass Valley camera systems in order to future-proof its studio and Outside Broadcast fleet. The purchase means that RTP has now standardised on Grass Valley’s LDX 82 cameras. The upgrade to its camera system with their HD and high dynamic range (HDR) support across RTP’s live […]
Red Bee has taken over playout operations for BBC News Arabic television and BBC News Persian television. As of early April 2020, playout operations for both channels were outsourced to Red Bee’s managed services operations, which already serve significant parts of the UK public broadcaster’s global news distribution. The migration cutover took place in cooperation […]
3 Screen Solutions (3SS), a provider of software solutions for STBs and multiscreen digital entertainment, has announced the next stage in the evolution of its 3READY Product Framework. The new 3READY Entertainment Ecosystem is an all-in portfolio of complementary capabilities, technical deployment options, key vendor partnership network and pre-integrations. 3SS’ says its goal is to […]