Portuguese left-wing party Bloco de Esquerda, which supports the socialist government of Prime Minister Antonio Costa, has submitted a draft law in Parliament for the expansion of the DTT offer. The party wants public broadcaster RTP to make available at least two more of its thematic TV channels on the free-to-air DTT platform as soon […]
In a move that it describes as “transformational” and which significantly enhances its content portfolio, Canadian integrated media and content company Corus Entertainment is to acquire Shaw Media, the television broadcasting division of Shaw Communications from the telco in a C$2.65 billion (€1.70bn) cash and stock deal. The transaction will give Corus ownership of all […]
Heralding a new generation of broadband services, CableLabs, the research and development lab for the cable industry, has confirmed that five cable modem vendors have achieved the first DOCSIS 3.1 certifications. Newly certified products from Askey, Castlenet, Netgear, Technicolor and Ubee Interactive provide cable operators with critical components for a new generation of DOCSIS 3.1 […]
The Culture Secretary has appointed two new board members at Ofcom. Bill Emmott is a journalist and editor who spent 26 years at the Economist, with 13 years as Editor-in-Chief and as a main Board Director. He is also a documentary film maker and an author of non-fiction books. Emmott was Chairman of the London […]
On January 27th a giant Ariane-5 rocket is scheduled to loft Intelsat’s latest high-tech satellite, I-29 Epic into orbit. Brian Sing, Intelsat’s Senior Programme Manager of its Space Systems division, writing in a blog, says that all the recent test for pre-flight activity have gone well and I-29e’s fuel tanks will be filled over the […]
Vibrant TV has named James Betesh as Senior Vice President of Operations and Marketing for the new domestic TV Network. The appointment comes at a time of impressive growth for the network which has recently concluded carriage agreements with several of the country’s most prominent digital platforms, Smart TV’s and devices including Amazon Fire TV […]
Satellite operator SES says its channel growth has exploded over the past year, rising by 11.3 per cent. It is now carrying 7,268 channels and says its strongest growth “is in emerging markets”. Growth is also occurring in HDTV broadcasting, and SES says that its Ultra-HD confirmed channel count now amounts to seven channels with […]
Naveen Chopra, TiVo’s current CFO, is to be the company’s new CEO – replacing Tom Rogers who is retiring and shifting to the title of non-executive Chairman. Chopra has been with TiVo since 2003, and in prior periods has worked at HP, Microsoft and other technology businesses. His appointment kicks in officially at the end […]
Argentina is amending its broadcasting rules to create a new class of regulations covering DTH pay-TV satellite transmissions. The end result will differentiate terrestrial-based broadcasters and cable operators and those who transmit via satellite. One batch of regulations (Argentina’s Digital Media Law) has just been re-issued, effective January 1st 2016, which awards existing broadcasters a […]
Senator Chris Dodd, MPAA Chairman and CEO, has welcomed President Barack Obama’s commitment to trade agreement the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) expressed during his final ‘State of the Union’ Address. “In tonight’s State of the Union Address, President Obama highlighted the advancement of America’s trade agenda through the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) as a top economic priority […]