Telestream, a provider of digital media tools and workflow solutions, announced immediate availability of Wirecast 4 live webcasting production software. Wirecast offers an affordable software alternative to costly hardware broadcasting solutions for producing compelling video broadcasts for the web. Wirecast 4 features a new Pro version along with a new intuitive user interface and integrated […]
VT iDirect, a company of VT Systems, has announced that SatLink Communications, a leading provider of transmission solutions for video, audio and data over satellite platforms, fiber and IP, has launched an iDirect Evolution network to enhance its data services. By purchasing a new Evolution satellite hub, SatLink is offering complete service coverage across Europe, […]
Hot on the heels of last month’s decisions to drop more than a dozen Arabic channels from Nilesat comes news that some 25 Iraqi channels are threatened with closure because they are unlicensed. BBC Monitoring is reporting that a senior Iraqi official in the Communications and Media Commission has threatened to shut down the channels. […]
NYCE Networks, a leading provider of innovative Plastic Optical Fiber to Ethernet products, has announced that NYCE will be exhibiting at TelcoTV 2010 Conference & Expo, from November 9-11, 2010 at the Venetian Resort, in Las Vegas, Nevada. The TelcoTV 2010 Conference & Expo is a major North American tradeshow for the telecommunications industry which […]
NYCE Networks, a leading provider of innovative Plastic Optical Fiber to Ethernet products, has announced the appointment of Robert Heath as CEO of the company. “We are thrilled to announce the appointment of Robert Heath as the CEO of NYCE.” says Matt Rooyakkers, Founder and Chairman of NYCE Networks, “As NYCE continues to grow into […]
BT and TalkTalk have won a judicial review of the Digital Economy Act that paved the way for content owners to police online piracy via ISPs – the so-called ‘3 strikes’ solution. BT and TalkTalk, two of the UK’s biggest ISPs, mounted their legal challenge to the Digital Economy Act in July, warning that it […]
Italy’s Antitrust Authority is to launch an investigation to see if Sky Italia has abused its dominant position in the acquisition of rights to broadcast the 2010 and 2014 World Cup, in pay-TV mode for all broadcasting platforms. The action is based on a complaint by Mediaset from May 2010 in which it denounced the […]
REAL Digital, the ‘alternative pay-TV provider’ which says it will launch a DTH service in January next year, has won a case before the UK Competition Appeals Tribunal meaning it must, in principle, be included in the wholesale pricing offer imposed on BSkyB in respect of Sky Sports 1 and 2. This means Real, a […]
blinkx has turned its first profit in the six months to September, more than three years after the flotation of the online video company. Revenues doubled to $27.4 million with a pre-tax profit of $2 million compared with losses of $7.3 million in the same period last year. Because blinkx’s operating costs are growing at […]
UK supermarket Sainsbury’s is to launch an online digital music and film download service in time for Christmas. Sainsbury’s Entertainment already provides customers access to books, DVDs, Blu-rays, CDs and games to pre-order and purchase online through the Sainsbury’s website. Now users will have the option to download music tracks and albums as well as […]