Viacom-backed Comedy Central has managed to overturn its 10-day ban over India. Even though a 10-day ban was imposed at midnight on May 24/25 by the Indian High Court sitting in Delhi, just three days later an appeal was allowed by the Court, and the channel is now back on air. Officially, the decision to […]
Digiturk, the largest satellite broadcaster in Turkey with over 2.5 million subscribers, has begun providing set-top boxes which include Motive’s Television Anytime Anywhere technology to consumers. The company estimates that at least 100,000 of Digiturk’s subscribers will receive set-top boxes with Motive’s technology. Leonard M. Fertig, CEO of Motive commented: “The commercial deployment by Digiturk […]
ANGA COM, the European exhibition and congress for broadband, cable & satellite, will start with 450 exhibitors from 36 countries next week. With this, the event hits last year’s record numbers. ANGA COM will take place from 4th to 6th June in Cologne / Germany. ANGA´s Managing Director Peter Charissé: “We are excited about the […]
Jean-Thierry Augustin, Eurosport ‘s newly-appointed Chief Executive Officer, has strengthened Eurosport’s development division appointing Julien Bergeaud as Development Director. In order to reinforce global coherence across all TV channels and the strength of Eurosport Group’s TV platform and offer, Arnaud Simon, Managing Director of Eurosport France, extends his responsibilities and has become TV content director, […]
LandscapeHD, the first 1080p linear instrumental music channel, has shipped its first app through inclusion in the Sony Bravia 2012/2013 televisions. Viewers can watch the channel through the playlist option in the app, giving Landscape global reach and anyone buying a Sony Bravia television can now receive a full 1080p channel at their fingertips at […]
MultiChoice has launched TLN, a channel belonging to Televisa Networks, a subsidiary of Grupo Televisa. MultiChoice, which has operations in 50 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa and adjacent Indian Ocean islands, has successfully added the Televisa Networks TLN signal to its portfolio of DStv channels in the main Portuguese-speaking African countries: Angola and Mozambique. TLN comes […]
Conax, a global provider of solutions for securing multi-device and digital video content distribution, has announced that Mexican cable operator Cablemás is further expanding their VoD platform with Conax Xtend Multiscreen. In a contract with security partner Conax, Cablemás, Mexico’s 2nd largest operator, is continuing its aggressive market approach by rolling out additional VoD content […]
The new 24-hour Euronews Hungarian news service will be launched on May 30th and will be available immediately through the major European and Hungarian TV networks, as well as on the Euronews Live app and on YouTube via the official Hungarian Euronews channel. This will be the 13th language edition and viewers can gain exclusive […]
Starlounge, the localised celebrity editorial service, relaunches with an enhanced team and new content partnerships with CNN International and Getty Images. Formerly part of MSN, the now independent and wholly owned service has new technical standards on all Starlounge websites include fully optimised players for tablets and smartphones and the addition of cross platform video […]
Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS) announced the appointment of Mohamed Youssif as Chief Operating Officer (COO) of ABS and President & Managing Director of the Middle East. As ABS’s Chief Operating Officer, Mohamed will be responsible for global sales and revenue for the company as well as directly managing business development for the Middle East region. […]