Eutelsat Communications has confirmed that GlobeCast, a content management and delivery company, has renewed to 2016 five transponders leased from the flagship Hot Bird neighbourhood for broadcasting in Europe, North Africa and the Middle East. With the seven-year extension of all five contracts, GlobeCast is continuing its longstanding relationship with Eutelsat for broadcasting free-to-air and […]
EchoStar Technologies and Sling Media, both wholly owned subsidiaries of EchoStar Corporation, have unveiled the EchoStar T2200S, the first SlingLoaded, tru2way-based, multi-tuner, HD DVR set-top box designed specifically for the cable TV industry. The T2200S integrates Sling Media's place-shifting technology, enabling cable TV subscribers to watch their home TV, including live TV, DVR and VOD […]
NDS has been chosen by Cox Communications to be the prime integrator for its upcoming tru2way platform, set to launch in Summer 2009. With this agreement, NDS will be responsible for the management and implementation of the tru2way system that will be deployed by Cox. NDS will provide these services for the complete end-to-end solution, […]
BBC World Wide is to consolidate the operations of its two-year-old, 30-strong digital delivery team with those of its BBC Magazines unit. The digital delivery team was founded in 2007 to lead new online product launches for BBCWW brands. The new move sees two digital directors now becoming "digital publishers", each focused on web brands. […]
India's recently launched Smart Digivision MyWay IPTV service is taking full advantage of comprehensive software, systems and services from SeaChange International, a specialist in IPTV and on-demand television solutions. Customers of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. (BSNL), the nation's largest telco, and Mahanagar Telephone Nigam (MTNL) are among the first to enjoy the MyWay's on-demand, broadcast […]
HIT Entertainment, provider of children's entertainment, and Sling Media, a wholly owned subsidiary of EchoStar Corporation, have formed a content distribution partnership for a variety of programming from HIT Entertainment that, in the coming weeks, will be available on Sling Media's free video entertainment web site, Sling.com.
Virgin Media TV is to close its teenage pay-TV channel Trouble within months as Virgin gets ready to off-load its content business. Reports say it plans to close Trouble and launch a new version of its popular Living channel in its place. Virgin Media has appointed UBS to sell its content division for sale and […]
The Swiss operator is immediately adding the new channels nine of which will be English-language channels from the UK. They include BBC Three, BBC Four, CBBC, Cbeebies, Five, E4, More 4, ITV 3 and ITV. German channels ZDF Infokanal and Eins Extra will also join the line-up, along with Austrian music channel gotv, Bibel TV […]
The broadcast MPEG encoder market grew in 2008, but growth will turn negative as the 2GHz relocation project in the US comes to an end, and the economy slumps. Overall, worldwide Real-Time Broadcast Encoder revenue will see a slight decline in 2009 mainly due to declining ASPs as units grow slightly. However, contraction will accelerate […]
Global shipments of HD Set-Top Boxes, camcorders, DVD players and video-game consoles are expected to triple from 2008 to 2012, as HD becomes the ubiquitous video standard worldwide, according to iSuppli Corp. Global shipments of HD-capable equipment in these categories will rise to 202 million units by 2012, up from 68.9 million in 2008. By […]