Back in November 2015, Liberty Media’s founder John Malone stated that he would be restructuring Liberty Media’s investments and holding, and converting them into tracking stocks. On April 15 he carried out his promise. The result is a recapitalised trio of businesses: a Liberty Braves tracker, a Liberty Media tracker, and a SiriusXM tracking stock. […]
A magnitude 7.3 Japanese earthquake on April 16th saw electronics giant Sony suspend production of its CMOS camera-chip image sensors at its fabrication plant in Kumamoto – which will have a knock-on effect at its Nagasaki production facility. Reports suggest that the closure will impact Sony’s production of digital cameras and smartphones. However, there is […]
IABM has launched an industry-wide endorsement scheme for Industry Collaborative Groups (ICGs) within broadcast and media technology. The ICG Endorsement Scheme is a major IABM initiative and is designed to encourage collaboration across a wide range of industry issues and opportunities, from education and best practice to standardisation and interoperability. IABM’s vision is for a […]
The Obama administration has weighed into the debate over allowing consumers to switch cable television boxes for less expensive devices, urging the FCC to set an example for other parts of government to boost competition. Consumers can often spend close to $1,000 over four years for renting cable set top boxes. Opening up the business […]
The UHD Alliance (UHDA), the inter-industry group charged with fostering the Ultra HD ecosystem and promoting the benefits of Ultra HD entertainment technology, has expanded the range of products that can bear the ULTRA HD PREMIUM logo with announcement of certification and logo licensing for Ultra HD Blu-ray Players. The ULTRA HD PREMIUM logo helps […]
Bloomberg’s television broadcast service is a speciality all-financial news channel but it seems advertisers are perfectly happy with the product. Bloomberg Media CEO Justin Smith told staff April 14 that its TV revenues in the US were up 27 percent year-on-year despite what he described as an “increasingly difficult media environment”. Bloomberg’s detailed numbers will […]
French rocket launch company Arianespace reported impressive revenues for 2015, and helped by problems amongst its rival launch companies (notably less activity from SpaceX and the Russian Proton system). Overall revenues were €1.433 billion, and up 2.4 per cent on 2014. Arianespace’s net profits, however, were just €4 million from 12 overall launches (6 by […]
India’s DishTV is linking in a joint-venture with set-top box and chip-set manufacturer ALi in order to “enhance” DTH operations over the country. The “strategic partnership” is based on ALi Corp.’s technologies to provide a high-performance and cost-effective STB solutions with next-generation security tailored specifically for the India market. It aims to provide futuristic user […]
Gray Television, a US TV broadcast company, has made a $3 million strategic equity investment in Syncbak, a technology company that replicates over-the-air broadcasts for delivery OTT of the Internet – live and on-demand. In addition, Gray’s Chief Digital and Technology Officer, Jason Effinger, has joined Syncbak’s Board of Directors. “We are excited to join […]
Fox Networks Group and Evertz have joined the Alliance for IP Media Solutions (AIMS) to help foster the adoption of common standards for delivery and distribution of video, audio, and metadata over IP. Fox and Evertz have pledged to support the initiative undertaken by the Video Services Forum (VSF) on TR-03 aimed at standardising the […]