Liberty Media is considering increasing its ownership share of SiriusXM Satellite Radio, according to the New York Post. In March of 2009, Liberty Media bought a 40 per cent share of the sat radio company as it was facing potential bankruptcy. The Post states that talks are currently ongoing between both sides. Liberty is currently […]
Tiny Monte Carlo (population 35,400) was never likely to need a great deal of orbital satellite capacity, although only slightly larger Luxembourg (505,000) has made a very good business out of satellite communications. Monaco, via Space Systems Int’l/Monaco S.A.M., has instead licensed certain orbital rights to Turkmenistan (population 5.1 million) in order for the oil-rich […]
The Scottish Premier League has agreed a television deal with Sky Sports and ESPN which will run until the end of the 2016-17 season. They will pay a combined £80 million to continue to screen 30 live SPL matches each per season. The figure represents an increase of £3 million a year on the existing […]
SES is about to see its 50th satellite added to its fleet. SES-4 has arrived at the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazhakstan ahead of a launch planned for the end of December. SES-4 will be the largest-ever craft launched for the Luxembourg-based operator. A true giant, it will carry 52 C-band and 72 Ku-band transponders which […]
TubeMogul, a real-time media buying platform for video advertising, has gone live with new partnerships that enable clients to seamlessly buy targeted video ads on connected TV applications. These applications are similar to smartphone applications, but are accessed via Internet-connected TVs or other Internet-enabled set-top devices. Internet-connected TVs are rapidly entering the mainstream with growth […]
Envivio a provider of live and on-demand multi-screen IP video processing and delivery solutions has announced its membership in Akamai’s NetAlliance Partner Program, which was recently expanded to cover the Akamai Digital Media ecosystem. Envivio’s software-based 4Caster appliances perform a variety of functions—including encoding, transcoding, packaging, encryption and publishing—that enable digital content providers to implement […]
Neelie Kroes, the EC’s Commissioner for the Digital Agenda, has renewed her criticism of Europe’s copyright regime, suggesting that the artist should be put at the centre of not only copyright law, but of the EU’s whole policy on culture and growth. Addressing the Forum d’Avignon event – which brings together players from the worlds […]
The trend of viewing “live” and on demand programming on devices such as smartphones and tablets is accelerating – with 76 per cent of 18-44 year olds indicating that they are watching more TV on these devices than a year ago, according to research by QuickPlay Media. The report, which captured a number of trends […]
The last socialist cabinet meeting has approved the digital dividend roadmap to be implemented between next July 2012 and December 31st 2014. Present DTT broadcasters, which are now using the 790-862 MHz frequency bands, will have to migrate to 470-790 MHz bands to free the so-called digital dividend whose bands (790-862 MHz) will be operated […]
The ITU’s giant World Radiocommunications Conference (WRC-12) opens in Geneva on January 23rd and runs until February 17th. One of its priorities is the restructuring of the ‘digital dividend’ following on from switching off analogue TV, “and the development of Ultra HDTV”. The ITU sessions have 3 other major items on its agenda, including the […]