Satellite builder Space Systems/Loral has won a major order for two new satellites from Hong Kong-based AsiaSat. The two craft, AsiaSat-6 and AsiaSat-8 will be launched by early 2014. Loral built and delivered AsiaSat-5 in 2009, and AsiaSat-7 is currently awaiting a November 26 launch. AsiaSat 6 will have an all-C-band payload and AsiaSat 8, […]
A UK family has been paid £100,000 (€117,000) by YouTube after a family video went viral. Howard Davies-Carr is the dad of Charlie and Harry — who became famous through the “Charlie bit my finger – again!” video originally made for their godfather. Since Davies-Carr posted the clip on the file-sharing website it has been […]
GlobeCast Americas CEO Lisa Coelho has announced organisational changes designed to maximise the company’s commercial footprint in the Americas, including the creation of a dedicated Latin American sales team and a refocusing and strengthening of ad-hoc services in North America for the broadcast of major events. Already present with a major technical facility in South […]
GlobeCast Americas CEO Lisa Coelho has announced organisational changes designed to maximise the company’s commercial footprint in the Americas, including the creation of a dedicated Latin American sales team and a refocusing and strengthening of ad-hoc services in North America for the broadcast of major events. Already present with a major technical facility in South […]
GT Satellite Systems (GTSS) and Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS) announced that they have signed a deal valued at over $125 million for multiple transponders on a condosat and lease basis to augment its multiservice capacity on ABS-2. Subsequent to the multiple transponder lease agreement announced in 2009, GTSS has developed its platform services, including TV […]
After he spent another bruising couple of hours testifying on whether it was incompetence or dishonesty that lead to senior execs at News International not dealing with phone hacking and bribing police, James Murdoch will have been relieved to have the BSkyB board back his continued chairmanship. The board took the unusual step of publicly […]
It was darned nice of the BSkyB board to back its chairman James Murdoch as he, once again, testified to Parliament over the lamentable and illegal events at News International. The praise they heaped on him was particularly fulsome given that – no matter how good and personable he is day-to-day – he must have […]
Sony CEO Howard Stringer has revealed that the beleaguered company is intent on taking on Apple and is now ready to do so: “I spent the last five years building a platform so I can compete against Steve Jobs. It’s finished, and it’s launching now.” The reference to the integrated multi-device approach allied to owned […]
Nearly 50 per cent of consumers are using another electronic device while watching TV at home, according to findings from a new wave of ‘Living with Digital’ consumer research carried out by Futuresource Consulting. The most popular reasons for this include combating boredom, needing something else to do and keeping in touch with friends, though […]
While companies such as Netflix and Hulu have the potential to be serious media contenders, the content roster from over-the-top (OTT) television platforms is not as broad or compelling as the line-up provided by traditional pay television companies, suggests credit ratings agency Fitch Ratings in a market commentary. According to Fitch, padding of their Internet […]