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 […]
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 […]
MBC-backed Arabic news channel Alarabiya continues to suffer deliberate signal jamming, while an Al Jazeera cameraman lost his life in Libya on Saturday. Earlier last week a BBC Arabic crew were beaten up by Libyan government supporters. MBC on Saturday night named Libyan intelligence units for continuing to deliberately jam its satellite signals on Nilesat. […]
Luxembourg-based TV giant RTL has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with India’s Reliance Broadcast. The plan is to form a Joint Venture to launch entertainment channels in India. Reliance already has a similar deal in place with US-based CBS Studios which resulted in three planned channels, one of which (BIG-CBS Prime) is already on air. […]
On March 29th, Sanyo Electric’s stock listing will vanish from the world’s trading bourses. Two days later, on April 1st its business will be formally rolled into a new Japanese giant electronics company: Panasonic Corp. Panasonic Corp is also using the opportunity fully to absorb its own sister company Panasonic Electric Works into the parent. […]
The Internet Industry Association (IIA) is set to draw up an Industry Copyright Code to clarify the role of ISPs should they be accused of content piracy online. The move comes after the Full Bench of the Federal Court dismissed AFACT’s appeal of its copyright case against Perth-based ISP, iiNet. While it was another victory […]
Two of the largest radio station operators in the US are to combine, with Cumulus Media agreeing to buy Citadel Broadcasting for $2.5 billion. The deal will bring together almost 600 radio stations in 120 markets across the country, giving Cumulus a presence in eight of the top 10 markets. Cumulus chief executive Lew Dickey […]
LG Display is in talks to provide 3D TV panels to Sony as the war of words and standards with rival Samsung steps up. LG raised the stakes with a revamped 3D technology: film patterned retarder (FPR) “We’ve explained FPR technology to our major customers. Sony is one of them and they are reviewing it,” […]
A Paris’ appeal court has found against Google on four counts in a case brought by several content rights owners. Google was ordered to pay €430,000 damages and court costs. The material – which included Arte and Canal Plus co-productions – appeared in Google searches and Google video even after the plaintiffs had notified the […]
National Cable & Telecommunications Association President Kyle McSlarrow will join Comcast as president, Comcast/NBCU, Washington, the company announced. “Mr McSlarrow will have dual responsibilities in business operations and public policy in Washington, D.C. On the operations side, Mr McSlarrow will help lead the company’s efforts in the Washington metropolitan area around the customer experience and […]