Sky is encouraging arts organisations and production companies to pitch collaboratively for up to £1 million (€1.27m) annually on new TV ideas, as part of its broader commitment to the UK and Ireland’s creative industries. The initiative, Sky Arts Amplify, is designed to foster integrated partnerships between creative institutions and TV production companies, bringing the […]
Alex Pumfrey, Chief Operating Officer of Digital UK – the company which supports the UK’s terrestrial TV service and its viewers – has suggested that digital terrestrial television will remain an important user of spectrum into the future. Participating in a Westminster eForum Keynote Seminar on the next steps for spectrum, Pumfrey noted that DTT […]
French free-to-air digital satellite TV platform Fransat has unveiled the latest version of its interactive portal Fransat Connect which now integrates MYTF1VOD, the VoD service from French broadcaster TF1. Fransat Connect gives viewers access a wide range of interactive services, by simply connecting the TV equipment (STB or Fransat-badged TV set), Internet, including homes with […]
Mobile analyst firm Juniper Research estimates that the number of smartphone shipments reached 316.6 million in Q3 2014, representing 13.1 per cent y-o-y growth and 5.5 per cent q-o-q growth. The biggest winners this quarter are those capitalising on expanding Asian markets, such as Chinese ODM Xiaomi. The firm sold 19 million devices in Q3, […]
BARB (Broadcasters’ Audience Research Board) has extended the agreement with Kantar Media to operate the panel for the UK’s official TV measurement service until December 2018. The contract includes panel management, meter installation, data collection and data production. Commenting on the announcement Richard Asquith, Global CEO, Kantar Media Audiences said: “The new ways in which […]
South Africa’s media regulator ICASA has been ordered by a Western Cape High Court judge to look again at its decision to permit Johannesburg-based On Digital Media (which traded as TopTV, and is now being managed by Star Times Group) to transmit adult channels supplied by Playboy TV. Judge Lee Bozalek ruled that the ICASA […]
Paul Buccieri has been appointed President, A&E and HISTORY. He will oversee all content creation, programming, brand development and marketing for A&E and HISTORY and their affiliated brands. A&E and HISTORY General Managers David McKillop and Dirk Hoogstra will now report to Buccieri. Prior to this appointment, Buccieri served as Chairman, ITV Studios US Group […]
Fox International Channels (FIC) Europe & Africa has announced the appointment of Hannelie Bekker as Managing Director (MD) of FIC Africa. With first-hand knowledge of the television market in South and East Africa, and strong relationships with African broadcasters, international content distributors and international channel owners, Bekker will assume responsibilities for all FIC brands in […]
ALi Corporation, a Set-Top Box (STB) chipset solution provider, has announced it will showcase a series of solutions specially tailored for African countries at AfricaCast 2014. Today, many African countries are racing against time to ready themselves for the migration from analogue to digital broadcasting as the 2015 deadline for the switch-off is imminent. According […]
MEASAT Satellite Systems has announced that customers on the AFRICASAT-1a satellite will now be able to benefit from additional cost savings given the successful test of 64APSKmodulation on the satellite’s high-powered pan-African beam. The tests were conducted with the NovelSat NS3000 Professional High-Data Rate Satellite Modem running NovelSat NS3 technology. The use of NovelSat NS3 […]