RRsat Global Communications Network, provider of comprehensive content management and global distribution services to the television and radio broadcasting industries, has announced that it has begun working with Ananey Communications to provide playout and distribution services for the localized MTV Israel channel. This service is in addition to the already existing playout and distribution services […]

In its recently released report, Euroconsult, the international  consulting and analyst firm in the satellite sector, forecasts that the market value for video  transmission services over satellite including video distribution services for TV channels and  contribution services for permanent and occasional use is expected to reach $27 billion in 2020, up  from $15.8 billion in […]

Hamlet has appointed well-known industry figure Brian Massie as UK and International sales manager. He took up his new role on the 1 December 2010. Massie’s experience in the industry includes positions with Oxtel, Miranda and Omnitek. He thus brings a broad range of experience covering infrastructure, graphics, control and branding as well as test […]

The world’s leading event on converged TV and broadband is set to be bigger and better this year following the announcement of speakers from Google, Netflix, YouView, Liberty and Virgin Media. The IP&TV World Forum 2011 – renamed this year to highlight and encompass the increasing number of cable companies adopting IP technology, focussing on […]

Conax, provider of security solutions for digital content distribution, has entered a contract with Russian Satellite TV operator, Telekarta LLC. Security partner Conax will deliver content protection technology for the Telekarta DTH platform. Key factors in the Conax/Telekarta contract include Conax’ benchmark policy for “freedom of choice” of security-evaluated client devices, combined with no royalty […]

BeeSmart, the acknowledged interactive TV solution provider for service  operators  and  hospitality  market,  is  proud  to  announce  a  successful  deployment  of  BeeSmart  interactive TV middleware platform with  the initial set of 25.000 end-user licences for  Post and  Telecommunications of Kosovo J.S.C. (PTK) The whole project Supply and Installation of Platform for providing IPTV services was […]

Bridge Technologies celebrated the end of a very successful 2010 with the news that business consultancy Deloitte Touche Tomatsu (DTT) honored the company among Norway’s and Europe’s preeminent technology organisations. In the Deloitte Technology Fast 50 — the annual listing of Norway’s fastest growing technology companies — Deloitte ranked Bridge Technologies at 29. In its […]

Trade distributor to the AV and broadcast industry, Bright Space Technologies, has been selected by the Maltese Audio Visual company, Studio 7, to supply a three camera Telemetrics Robotics system for a daily Lottery transmission. “When Studio 7, the premier solutions provider for the Maltese regions, was commissioned by a client to provide a secure […]

Accedo Broadband, provider of app stores and applications for IPTV and Connected TV is working with Telstra to develop BigPond TV applications for multiple TV and blu-ray platforms. The applications launched in January and are delivering seven Telstra BigPond TV channels to LG and Samsung Connected TV sets and blu-ray players across Australia. The channels […]

Castor Networks, a provider of teleport, VSAT and broadcasting services, has launched trunking services to the Middle East and Central Asia from its base in The Netherlands, using Newtec’s award-winning FlexACM(R) technology. FlexACM guarantees the highest level of availability and maximum end-to-end efficiency to the satellite link. Castor’s Internet trunking services operate on Express AM-1 […]