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Comscore, Twitch to deliver audience measurement for eSports

Comscore, a partner for evaluating media across platforms, has announced a new partnership with Twitch, the online community for multiplayer entertainment. The deal adds tagless audience reporting of Twitch live-streaming, including gaming and eSports insights, to Comscore digital audience solutions, providing a complete, unduplicated view into digital consumption behaviors. As eSports and gaming continue to […]

March 12, 2020

Foxtel expands UHD services with Harmonic

Harmonic has announced that Foxtel, a subscription-TV provider in Australia, has deployed Harmonic’s software-based Electra XOS live video processor to increase efficiencies in its Ultra HD service offering. Utilising the AI-powered Electra XOS solution, Foxtel is able to deliver additional Ultra HD programming using the same fixed bandwidth capacity. “Video delivery technologies have evolved tremendously […]

March 12, 2020

FCC/CBA: Further detail emerges

Analyst Sami Kassab at investment bank Exane/BNPP has reported more details on the FCC’s March 3rd Order regarding the reallocation of C-band frequencies over the US. Kassab has ploughed through the 220 pages, plus endless footnotes, and says there are other benefits for the key satellite operators. As this is written, however, there remains uncertainty […]

March 5, 2020By Chris Forrester

Spain: Third DTT migration phase completed

The third DTT migration phase in Spain has been completed with the switch-off of the 700 MHz band in Alava, Teruel, Vizcaya East and West, Zaragoza North and South. Now, Spain faces the fourth phase, to be completed by June 30th, when the whole country will already have migrated to the new frequencies. The whole […]

March 3, 2020From David Del Valle in Madrid

Eutelsat: “No justification to compensate SES”

Eutelsat, in a filing to the FCC, repeats its claim that it is entitled to a significant 15.15 per cent of the $9.7 billion of incentive payments outlined by the FCC as part of its Draft proposals for the use of satellite C-band frequencies over the US. Eutelsat says that the SES fleet is the […]

February 25, 2020By Chris Forrester

Globecast: “Infrastructure as Code is cloud gamechanger”

Globecast, the global solutions provider for media, is haling the emergence of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) as a gamechanger for the media entertainment industry and has begun deployment of the technology. IaC is the process of creating and managing cloud-based technologies using scripts – hence code – to do so. The script is then “read”, […]

February 25, 2020

Humax expands RDK portfolio

Humax, a provider of video and broadband customer premises equipment (CPE), has announced the upcoming availability of an expanded portfolio of RDK-powered devices to serve operators worldwide. Humax also joined the RDK Video Accelerator programme and announced its first RDK Video Accelerator 4K IP reference set-top box. Humax’s RDK Video Accelerator set-top box is pre-integrated […]

February 25, 2020

Intelsat and SES go head to head

Another suite of missives from Intelsat were issued to the FCC on February 21st explaining where Intelsat stood on the CBA and the FCC’s decision to apportion proceeds from the upcoming auction in an equal split between Intelsat and SES. SES has let its disappoinment about Intelsat’s actions be known. In one FCC filing, Intelsat […]

February 24, 2020By Chris Forrester

SES: ‘Intelsat CBA reversal indefensible’

The gloves are definitely off as far as SES is concerned with its former partner in the C-Band Alliance (CBA). In a last-minute filing to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) SES states it is disappointed by Intelsat’s last-minute attempt to renounce its commitments made to other CBA members and the Commission over the course of […]

February 24, 2020By Chris Forrester

Eutelsat, SMS Teleport sign back-up broadcast deal

Satellite Mediaport Services (SMS Teleport), the largest independent teleport in the UK, has announced that Eutelsat has selected SMS to provide back-up teleport-based broadcast satellite services for its EUTELSAT 8 West B satellite. SMS Teleport is providing Eutelsat with 24/7/365 redundant teleport services from its Rugby, UK teleport. Connected via a diverse fibre linkup to […]

February 24, 2020