Communications technology specialist Huawei and China Telecom Sichuan have launched the first commercial 4K ultra-HD iTV network service in China. They have also jointly released a 4K ultra-HD intelligent smart set-top box (STB), making China Telecom Sichuan the first telecommunications company in China to use 4K STBs for carrying video services. Huawei and China Telecom […]
LG Electronics (LG) will be unveiling its expanded line-up of 4K Ultra HD TVs, with new designs, more features and picture quality enhancements, at the 2015 International CES in Las Vegas from January 6-9. This will be the first opportunity for audiences to get a first-hand look at LG’s full collection of 4K Ultra HD […]
We reported before the holiday that Al-Jazeera’s news and entertainment channels were to switch to Qatar’s own Es’Hail-1 satellite. It is now clear that the new transmission model includes Al-Jazeera’s non-news channels, as well as its ‘English’ and ‘America’ versions of its news channel. The decision covers channels from Al-Jazeera Media Network. Transmissions are already […]
During 2014, VSN’s solutions have enjoyed an important diffusion in key companies in Spain, Latin America, Africa, Middle East, Asia-Pacific and Europe, something that boosted the revenue by 25 per cent comparing to last year and that marks VSN’s 25th Anniversary. More than 40 new projects have been won by VSN. Companies such as teleSUR […]
There are major plans ahead for AsiaSat, and which might end up with AsiaSat being delisted from the Hong Kong stock exchanged. The starting point is that investment fund Carlyle Group has agreed to buy General Electric’s stake in AsiaSat for HK$3.75 billion (US$483m). This move – if enough holders of Chinese government-backed bonds agree […]
Uruguay has placed unexpected limits on the amount of potential market share and the number of licences any operator can hold. The rules come within a new Audiovisual Communication Services Law announced just before the holiday, and reported on December 29. The net effect is that no pay-TV operator can grow beyond a market share […]
Rostelecom, Russia’s national telecommunications operator, is to create a media joint venture with the All-Russia State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company (VGTRK), Russia’s leading producer of pay-TV channels for cable and satellite broadcast. The JV will be made up of VGTRK’s Digital Television and Rostelecom’s subsidiary NKS-Media. The main aim of the JV is to […]
Having announced mid-summer 2014 its intention to launch a DTT service in the UK at the beginning of 2015, the Trinity Broadcasting Family of Networks is heralding what it says is one of the most significant moments in the history of television broadcast across the UK. Trinity Broadcasting Network will launch its newest network, TBN […]
Following earlier reports that UK MNO Vodafone was considering buying the Tesco-owned video and music streaming service blinkbox to give it access to content as it gears up to become a quad-play operator, existing market player TalkTalk is now understood to be in discussions with the UK supermarket retailer regarding a potential acquisition, with Vodafone’s […]
According to figures released by Sony Pictures, in its first four days of release, controversial comedy The Interview was “rented or purchased online more than 2 million times” between December 24th, when it was released, and December 27th. “Total consumer spending through Saturday for The Interview online is over $15 million,” Sony said in a […]