Satellite operator SES is poised to invest further in its efforts to maintain its lead in the Asian market, which is predicted to grow from 2,000 channels to 9,000 by 2016, according to Deepak Mathur, Senior VP Commercial, Asia-Pacific and the Middle East at SES. In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, Mathur said […]
QuickPlay Media, a provider of cloud-based infrastructure for premium media services, has completed the sale of a majority of its outstanding equity interests to investment funds affiliated with Madison Dearborn Partners LLC. Madison Dearborn, a Chicago-based private equity firm with significant expertise in helping to grow media and technology services companies, also has agreed to […]
In a move that reinforces its position in ‘Home Gateway Server’ solutions, set-top box manufacturer Humax has become the largest shareholder of South Korea’s MMC Technology, a residential gateway provider, with a 21.98 per cent stake by acquiring an additional 8.8 per cent stake. In doing so, Humax will enhance the company’s Home Gateway Server […]
SES-5, the latest satellite from SES of Luxembourg, has been rescheduled for launch late in the evening of July 9th (Paris time at 20.38, local Baikonur time is 00.38 on July 10th). The launch was scrubbed twice last month while the Proton rocket system was checked. SES’s high-powered Ku-band beams will bring incremental capacity over […]
Flash Networks, a provider of mobile Internet solutions, has revealed a significant increase in worldwide traffic and video viewing of sports-related content during the Euro 2012 tournament. Using Flash Networks’ Harmony Analytics, the company observed a 156 per cent increase of traffic to sports sites in Asia-Pacific and a 215 per cent increase in Europe […]
A new report from the DigiWorld Institute by IDATE analysing what the future likely holds for television markets between now and 2020, suggests a growth in on-demand services, with the global TV services market amounting to €355 billion in 2020. “We will see three distribution models emerge: a model relative to packager (like what cable […]
Screen Australia – the Commonwealth Government screen agency providing support to Australian film, television, documentary and digital media makers – has released research looking at the programming strategies of all five free-to-air television catch-up services in the country. The research reveals that Australian content dominates catch-up services with 58 per cent of all hours being […]
Eutelsat deservedly won plenty of editorial space last week with its news that its Ka-Sat multiple spot beam satellite was now offering a series of extremely competitive TooWay residential ‘broadband-by-satellite’ services. Eutelsat’s TooWay, said a Press Release, would offer users speeds of up to 18Mbps, an increase of 8Mbps. The release quoted a price of […]
It isn’t yet an official decree, but Abu Dhabi’s city council is calling on landlords and occupiers to limit, and tidy up, satellite dishes on the capital city’s rooftops, balconies and terraces. In a statement, Abu Dhabi Municipality (ADM) said that satellite dishes and their related cable connexions have been ‘mushrooming in a haphazard manner’ […]
The CEO of Australia’s pay-TV body has revealed she is leaving the organisation. Petra Buchanan has been the head of the Australian Subscription Television and Radio Association since 2009. Buchanan’s contract ends in September but at the request of the ASTRA Board she will stay in the role for another six months to assist with […]