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Intelsat allies with BT to expand reach

Intelsat has formed an alliance with BT that expands the reach of its IntelsatONE terrestrial network to new locations in Europe, Africa and Asia. The Intelsat and BT media fibre alliance interconnects Intelsat’s MPLS-based IntelsatONE fiber network, which consists of fibre and points of presence (PoPs) located in major cities and teleports with BT’s MPLS-based […]

March 15, 2011

Sky Deutschland and Tele Columbus triple play

Sky Deutschland and Tele Columbus have agreed to expand their existing cooperation and make the Sky packages available in an attractive Triple Play offering. With this, the Tele Columbus customers have easy access to Sky programming: the joint offer comprises a 6 MBit Internet-and telephone flat rate, Tele Columbus basic digital TV package and the […]

March 15, 2011

Encompass buys Ascent’s content distribution

Encompass Digital Media, a digital media services provider, has announced the completion of the purchase of Ascent Media’s global content distribution business. This transaction includes broadcast facilities in the US (including the New York metro area, Minnesota and Burbank), London and Singapore. Encompass enhances its presence in the global marketplace serving major television networks, cable […]

March 15, 2011

BSkyB appoints BT planning man

BSkyB has appointed former BT media strategist Barry Louth as head of media planning. Louth will report to Andrew Mortimer, director of media strategy and planning and will work on developing media strategy for the Sky brand and its broadening products and services.

March 15, 2011

Encompass Digital Media completes acquisition of Ascent Media’s content distribution business

Encompass Digital Media, a digital media services provider, has announced the completion of the purchase of Ascent Media Corporation’s global content distribution business. This transaction includes broadcast facilities in the US (including the New York metro area, Minnesota and Burbank), London and Singapore. Encompass enhances its presence in the global marketplace serving major television networks, […]

March 15, 2011

ADB CEO out

ADB SA CEO Francois Pogodalla is leaving his post with immediate effect by mutual consent, says the company. Andrew Rybicki, ADB Group CEO, will take on his responsibility for now. Profits were $12.9 million in 2010 down from $15.25 million in 2009, in part due to the cost of integrating Pirelli Broadband Solutions. Pogodalla joined […]

March 14, 2011

ISPs reveal traffic management policies

The UK’s major ISPs are to reveal how and why they slow down user connections to maintain their network performance in order to “help customers understand why they need to vary connection speeds.” The ISPs hope the move will help stave off regulation enforcing net neutrality. The code of practice has been drawn up by […]

March 14, 2011

Lobbying push from News Corp deal opponents

An alliance of UK media groups has further criticised the UK government’s decision not to refer News Corp’s attempt to purchase the 61 per cent of BSkyB it does not already own. BT, Guardian Media Group, Associated Newspapers, Trinity Mirror , Northcliffe Media and Telegraph Media Group are sending a letter to all British MPs […]

March 14, 2011By Colin Mann

ViewCast heads for Hong Kong

ViewCast has confirmed the appointment of Kevin Dowd as Managing Director of ViewCast’s Hong Kong office. In this role, he will be responsible for defining technology solutions for customers in China and the Asia-Pacific region, supporting sales initiatives to deliver ViewCast products to new and existing customers, and training distribution partners. “Expansion in the Asian […]

March 14, 2011

RGB recognised in Wall Street Journal’s 50 top venture capital backed companies

RGB Networks, the expert in high-capacity multi-screen video delivery solutions, has been recognised by The Wall Street Journal as one of America’s “50 most promising venture-backed companies” in its second annual Next Big Thing list.  RGB did very well in this year’s ranking, beating over 5,000 contenders to place thirteenth overall. The 50 companies on […]

March 14, 2011