Satellite giant SES looks as if it is modifying its expectations. For a start it North America revenues are flat, according to its results released on Oct 31st. It is also suffering a downturn in its ‘governmental’ business now that the US military business is being trimmed because of US budget cuts. SES CEO Karim […]
Montenegro’s Agency for Electronic Media has announced a tender for the access rights to the first national DVB-T2 multiplex (Mux 1). In line with the Plan for the Allocation of Radio Frequencies for Digital Terrestrial Broadcasting, the DVB-T2 multiplex will be transmitted in four so-called “allotment areas” (Bjelasica – channel 43, Lovcen – channel 35, […]
Arabsat is holding a board meeting in Dubai this week, but ahead of the rendezvous, Arabsat says it hopes the Board will give its approval to Arabsat’s plans for 4 new satellites. The plan is for two to go to the Hellas-Sat orbital position (39 degrees East) to replace existing capacity and add new transponders […]
Italian VOD platform Chili TV is planning to expand to the UK, Germany, Austria and Poland by Christmas. According to Chili TV founder and president Stefano Parisi, the UK and Germany have excellent growth rates for the consumption of non-linear content, while in the other European countries the launch is the result of requests by […]
On February 1 2015 Super Bowl XLIX takes place at Glendale, Arizona, homes of the Arizona Cardinals. According to panellists at the recent SMPTE gathering in Hollywood, television coverage will be improved by the probable presence of up to six 4K/UHD cameras. However, they’ll not be used for transmission. The game is being covered by […]
A study into the future use of radio spectrum – the finite resource essential to free-to-air TV access – concludes that its most valuable use for at least the next 15 years is digital terrestrial broadcasting (DTT). The investigation by the strategic telecommunications consultancy Aetha of the ultra high frequency (UHF) spectrum band within the […]
Australian media group Village Roadshow is to slash the prices of some titles in its digital rental and sales businesses by up to 20 per cent as it steps up its efforts to curb Internet piracy. It hopes the initiative will encourage people to pay for content. Sylvester Stallone blockbusterThe Expendables 3, which was downloaded […]
European entertainment network RTL Group is to acquire a controlling stake in StyleHaul – the leading multi-channel network on YouTube for fashion, beauty and lifestyle – for $107 million (€85m), valuing the company at $151.4 million. In addition, the parties have agreed to earn-out mechanisms that might increase the initial consideration, subject to the future […]
World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) has confirmed that the WWE Network will be available in the UK from November 3rd. The SVoD service, which is already available in the US, Canada, Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore and Spain among others, will be available for free throughout November to all new subscribers. Oddly, WWE has yet to announce […]
Polish commercial, free-to-air television network TVN and T-Mobile Polska, one of the Polish market’s leading telcos, have entered into a strategic partnership and will jointly launch in the near future the new Subscription Video on Demand (SVoD) service T-Mobile Zone under the Player brand for all existing and new T-Mobile residential customers. T-Mobile Zone within […]