Advanced Television

Israel aims for satellite “rescue”

On August 22nd two Galileo/GPS satellites were placed into a useless orbit. Now, an Israeli company is suggesting it can build a micro-satellite which would – in effect – rescue the two Galileo craft. Effective Space Solutions, based in Tel Aviv, says its DeOrbiter proposed rescue satellite could save not only these two Galileo satellites, […]

September 2, 2014

LG Swarovski luxury OLED TV

LG Electronics, with design support from Swarovski, the renowned Austrian jeweler, will unveil a one-of-a-kind curved OLED TV at IFA Berlin. Featuring a streamlined stand studded with shimmering crystals complemented by the precise colours of the OLED’s self-lighting pixels, this advanced TV is said to “exude elegance beyond compare”. With a paper-thin depth of 4mm […]

September 2, 2014

Sunset+Vine sells ECB archive

Sunset+Vine, the multi-award winning UK independent TV sports production and media company, has confirmed its appointment by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) to represent the ECB in a four year archive rights deal. The extensive ECB archive includes rights for all England internationals and domestic matches played in England and Wales, from 1995 […]

September 2, 2014

Content Security Special

EuroMedia Content Security 2014 EuroMedia’s annual Content Security special updates on the latest initiatives in content security; technology, rights and law enforcement.

September 2, 2014

Envivio Nuage SAAS solution

Envivio has unveiled Envivio Nuage – its advanced fully virtualised cloud-based software-as-a-service (SAAS) video solution. Envivio Nuage is designed to manage content for video service and content providers – from content acquisition to the consumer – on any screen. It supports live linear and on-demand video, and operates as a service on private, operator-owned networks, […]

September 2, 2014

Watson Nordic deploys Agama

Agama Technologies, the video service quality assurance expert, been contracted by Watson Nordic, a Finnish OTT multiscreen video service provider, to provide its DTV Monitoring Solution for real-time monitoring, assurance and analytics of the service distribution from creation to consumption. Watson Nordic, a joint venture between telecommunications company Anvia and video rental company Makuuni, produces […]

September 2, 2014

Onlime expands capacity on Africasat-1a

Measat Satellite Systems has signed an agreement with Onlime for additional transponder capacity on the AfricaSat-1a satellite. Under the terms of the agreement, Onlime expands capacity on AfricaSat-1a to support its continuous growth in the African markets. Onlime, which brought together CET Teleport and the Limeline Group earlier this year, operates one of the leading […]

September 2, 2014

Civolution advertising execs

Civolution, a provider of technology and solutions for identifying, managing and monetising media content, has announced the appointments of Volker Ballueder as Director Sales Advertising Solutions EMEA and Joe Krokus as Senior Commercial Director Advertisting Solutions US. These appointments will spearhead Civolution’s expansion in TV synchronised advertising in Europe and the US. Prior to joining […]

September 2, 2014

Thomson brings MediaFlexOS to the Cloud

Thomson Video Networks has released its MediaFlexOS video operating system that includes support for virtual machines (VMs) and cloud-based video processing resources. The updated MediaFlexOS is an important component in the company’s new Behind Every Screen strategy — an all-encompassing video infrastructure for broadcast and multi-screen services that leverages both on-premises and cloud resources for […]

September 2, 2014

Xstream appoints new Global Alliance Director

Xstream the premium provider of OTT and TV Everywhere services and vendor of the award winning video management system, Xstream MediaMaker has announced that Morten Søger has joined Xstream as their new Director of Global Alliances. Morten brings significant senior executive experience from years of service with a number of market leading software and technology […]

September 2, 2014