Australian pay-TV service Foxtel is slashing the cost of a basic cable package to $25 and launching a new on-demand BoxSets channel for pay-TV and digital users. The move is seen a pre-emptive strike before the anticipated launch of Internet streaming service Netflix in the local market, as well as an attempt to attract new […]
Vice Media has secured a further $500 million in financing from two more minority investors, in part to fund “thousands of hours” of new video content for online, mobile and TV. The youth digital media brand said that the new investment, $250 million each from Silicon Valley firm Technology Crossover Ventures and US cable broadcaster […]
China-backed StarTimes has launched a 98-channel DTH ‘StarSat’ service over Kenya. The bouquet includes premium, international and local channels. StarTimes is already active in Kenya with a DTT bundle, launched two years ago. SES-5, the Luxembourg operator’s 51st satellite, is carrying the signals. SES-5 is already carrying other bundles for StarTimes which has a 10-year […]
Charlie Ergen’s EchoStar and Luxembourg-based SES are continuing their close working relationship with the addition of a new satellite at 105 degrees West. The new craft will have two names. EchoStar will call it EchoStar 105 while SES will dub the craft SES-11. Airbus will build the satellite and it will launch quite soon in […]
The French 4EVER Consortium, backed by the likes of France Televisions and Orange Labs, is shooting 8K/UHD-2 at the World Equestrian Games in Normandy, France, currently taking place. The experimental filming started September 2nd and the event is being captured in extremely high frame rates of up to 200 fps, as well as testing high […]
Panasonic is revealing its latest range of 4K-enabled products at IFA, one of the world’s largest consumer electronics trade fairs. Extending the current portfolio, the newest products enable users to capture, share and view content in stunning Ultra High Definition quality. Panasonic’s new range of premium 4K devices for 2014 add to an ever-expanding end-to-end […]
Nilesat has been ordered to cease transmissions of the local Egyptian version of Al Jazeera. The problem is that Nilesat doesn’t carry the signals of Al Jazeera Mubasher Misr. Egypt’s Administrative Court had ordered the signals to be taken down on September 2nd citing that Al Jazeera was harming Egypt’s national security, and was part […]
In a move that broadens its existing video metadata and adds subscription-based entertainment services to its portfolio, music and video content and technology specialist Gracenote has acquired Baseline, a provider of film and television information and services in a $50 million deal. Baseline’s database deepens Gracenote’s existing portfolio by adding detailed, descriptive information about movies […]
Modern Times Group (MTG), the international entertainment group, has signed a content distribution agreement with next-generation media brand Maker Studios, a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company. MTG will distribute Maker’s content on its advertising funded online video services across Scandinavia, the Baltic States, Czech Republic, Hungary and Bulgaria. Maker Studios is the world’s […]
Eutelsat Communications has announced the appointment of Aymeric Genty as Chief Executive Officer of Alterna’TV, a subsidiary of Eutelsat Americas based in Miami. From its base as a distributor of Hispanic TV channels to households connected to leading cable and IP platforms in the US, Alterna’TV will now be leveraging Eutelsat’s extensive broadcasting experience to […]