BlackArrow, a worldwide provider of advanced advertising solutions for New TV platforms, has announced that Michael Pohl has been named chairman of the company’s board of directors. Pohl, who joined the BlackArrow board in 2011, replaces Larry Kramer, who was recently appointed president and publisher of USA TODAY, aschairman. Kramer will remain a member of […]
SatLink Communications, a teleport and HD Playout Centre delivering content to every corner of the world, has been selected by the Mauritius Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) to deliver the Olympic Games to Mauritius on the AMOS-5 C-band at 17.0 East. As the national provider of radio and television in Mauritius, MBC has selected SatLink’s Occasional Use (OU) […]
Agama Technologies, the video service quality assurance expert, has announce that the leading Danish communications service providers TDC and YouSee have selected to deploy an Agama solution for head-end and distribution monitoring in their Microsoft® Mediaroom® IPTV platform. The solution will support TDC and YouSee in assuring the quality of the nationwide IPTV service, enabling […]
Thomson Video Networks has launched a new quad-channel multistandard version of its ViBE EM4000 MPEG broadcast encoder, delivering another step up in efficiency for broadcasters seeking to deploy more HD and SD channels within bandwidth limits. Developed for satellite, terrestrial, cable, and IPTV applications, the ViBE EM4000 provides optimised compression performance and greater flexibility and […]
Mobixell Networks, a global provider of intelligent mobile Internet solutions, has announced that its new ‘Smooth DBRA’ technology is in pre-production tests at a leading Tier 1 European mobile operator. Patent-pending Smooth DBRA constantly senses network conditions and adjusts the bitrate, mid-stream, of most mobile video formats to match the changing conditions. These constant adjustments […]
Network connectivity provider aQuestora intends to deliver optical fibre-based broadband infrastructure utilising LG-Ericsson’s Ethernet Access 1100 universal fibre platform and Genexis’ Hybrid series CPE equipment. aQuestora provides connectivity services to service providers, government agencies, non-profit organizations, and end users. aQuestora is building open access broadband networks that grow business and accelerates public access to next-gen […]
Intelsat, the world’s leading provider of satellite services, thas announced that Harris CapRock Communications, a global provider of fully managed communications for remote and harsh environments, will utilise the Intelsat EpicNG platform on Intelsat 29e for advanced fixed and mobile services. Under a multi-year agreement, Harris CapRock will utilise the next- generation Intelsat EpicNG platform […]
Great Lakes Data Systems, a provider of billing, subscriber management and provisioning systems for small-to-medium global broadband providers, has launched the industry’s only fully integrated, real-time content authorisation service for TV Everywhere, WinCAP. WinCAP offers broadband service providers and their customers the convenience of centralised multi-screen account and parental control management, integrated with GLDS’ existing […]
Vizrt will supply BBC Sport with their HD graphics engines to deliver the broadcaster’s live television graphics for the London 2012 Olympic Games. Working in conjunction with Vizrt are two London-based graphics providers – Mammoth Graphics and deltatre. The two firms will use their Vizrt expertise to design, operate and manage the delivery of the […]
Federico de Mojana de Cologna is the new Managing Director of the Italian office of Eurosport, the European sport entertainment Media Group. Born in 1972, de Mojana graduated in Law in 1996 at University of Milan. After de Mojana moved to Paris to work at Canal+, where he was in charge of the Spanish market, […]