Russia’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDPR) is taking its political message onto TV with a new channel. Russia’s Interfax News Agency reports that LDPR’s deputy leader Andrey Svintsov, said that the party had been waiting a year for a transmission licence. Svintsov told journalists that the new channel would be “Normal and honest… We know that […]
The epic adventures of Marco Polo will premiere exclusively for Netflix members to watch instantly in all Netflix territories in late 2014. The famed explorer’s journey takes him to the centre of a brutal war in 13th century China. Produced by The Weinstein Company (TWC), the nine-chapter chronicle will begin shooting soon at the new […]
Harris Broadcast, an expert in content management and network infrastructure solutions, has been selected by Indian national broadcaster Doordarshan to deploy a new DVB-T2 transmission infrastructure across the country. The government of India is pushing ahead with plans to complete the move from analogue to digital television transmission by 2017. As the leading public service […]
SeaChange International and ThinkAnalytics, developer of the world’s most deployed multiplatform TV search and recommendations engine, have announced their global reseller agreement and integration of the SeaChange Adrenalin multi-screen video platform with the ThinkAnalytics Search and Recommendations Engine. The joint solution will enable video service providers and content owners to deliver multi-screen television with the […]
Clearleap, a provider of multiscreen video logistics solutions for the television industry, has appointed Mike Grieve as Director of Sales, EMEA, and Ola Bergvall as Program Director, EMEA. Effective immediately, the new hires will support Clearleap as it continues to deliver premium multiscreen solutions across Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Mike brings over 23 […]
ZeeVee, the leading supplier of HD encoder/modulators for on-premise video distribution, will unveil new products and capabilities at Integrated Systems Europe stand 10-N139 on February 4-6, 2014. HDbridge 2840, the newest member of ZeeVee’s award-winning HDbridge 2000 Series, is a four-channel 1080p video encoder/modulator featuring unencrypted HDMI inputs, teletext support and analogue/digital audio plus delay […]
After Charter Communications went public with an offer for Time Warner Cable worth $61 billion Time Warner has rejected it as “grossly inadequate”. Backed by John Malone’s Liberty Media, Charter has made overtures and offers to Time Warner Cable since last summer, publicly advocating consolidation in the industry. Charter’s public offer was a cash and […]
Spanish Private TV broadcasters are doing their utmost to avoid the closure of nine DTT channels. They have appealed before the Supreme Court against the closures which the Court has ordered and will take the case to the Constitutional Court. In parallel, UTECA, the private TV Association, is holding talks with the government in search […]
The technology, media and telecommunications (TMT) practice at global consultancy Deloitte has revealed its thirteenth predictions report for the media sector in 2014. Deloitte predicts by the end of 2014, up to 50 million homes around the world will have
US cable MSO Charter Communications has confirmed that it has sent a letter to Time Warner Cable proposing that the companies immediately engage in discussions to conclude a merger agreement to combine the companies in what has been estimated at a $61.3 billion deal. The proposed merger would be one of the largest cable deals […]