The BBC’s service in Azerbaijani, BBC Azərbaycanca, has expanded its reach with the launch of a dedicated channel on WhatsApp. The Xəbərin olsun! (“Be in the know!”) account is open to Azerbaijani-speakers, wherever they are. To join the group, users need to add +447548711235 to their WhatsApp contacts list and send a message simply saying […]
TV4 Group, Sweden’s largest commercial TV broadcaster, has signed a new agreement with Norigin Media. As a part of the Bonnier Group in Sweden, the company has around 35 per cent of the country´s population registered as users. They have chosen Norigin´s Canvas Apps development services to build Smart TV Apps for their Advertising VoD. The new bespoke […]
Starting this week, nc+ customers can enjoy the new 4K Set-Top-Box powered by software developed by experts from ADB, a renowned player in innovative digital broadcast solutions. This is the first time that Polish satellite TV subscribers will be able to watch and enjoy content in ultra-high definition 4K including live channels, movies from VoD […]
SF Studios has announced that Yaba Holst has been appointed Head of Nordic Acquisition. In her new position, she will be responsible for SF Studios’ acquisitions and co-productions in the Nordic region. The recruitment is a very important step in the company’s strategy and ambition to produce, co-produce and distribute even more film and TV […]
The 10th AfricaCom Awards held at The Lookout, overlooking the waters of Granger Bay, Cape Town, proved to be a stellar occasion for not only the entrants to this year’s awards, but for AfricaCom itself, celebrating its 20th anniversary. As AfricaCom has grown to embrace all aspects of the digi-sphere, so too the Awards. “We […]
IRIS.TV, a video personalisation pioneer that enables publishers and marketers to maximize revenue on their owned and operated digital properties, today announced IRIS.TV for Brands, a private marketplace for brands to distribute branded video in-stream alongside contextually relevant content and across hundreds of premium publisher sites and apps. Using augmented intelligence and machine learning technology, […]
CryptoGuard has been awarded the prestigious nomination Gasell Company and also Super Company ranked by the Swedish business magazines “Dagens Industri” and “Veckans Affärer” together with Bisnode. These two nominations are both proofs of being one of Sweden’s fastest growing and profitable companies. The criteria for the Gasell nomination include consistent, organic and profitable growth […]
Alticast has announced new capabilities of its Apex user experience virtualization platform that leverage the power of cloud-based rendering to deliver interfaces and applications authored in HTML5 to pay-TV set-top boxes. The new Apex functionality allows pay-TV operators to render UIs and apps on a virtual browser in the cloud and to transmit the images […]
Talia, the teleport, satellite and network operator has announced Quika, a state of the art service using Ka-band High Throughput Satellites (HTS) to provide customers with connectivity at low cost with the use of antennas as small as 74cm. The Quika service portfolio is the beginning of a new chapter in Ka-band broadband services for […]
InterSat, a satellite solution provider and ABS, a global satellite operator announced the launch of iDirect platforms on ABS-3A C-band and Ku-band beams. These platforms will provide quality broadband across Sub-Sahara and South Africa, as well as serving French speaking African countries. With the growing demand for broadband internet services, users in Africa demand services […]