Thailand’s military government has lifted the ban of the remaining 12 satellite TV channels that were forced off air during the period of unrest. Thailand’s National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) secretary-general Takorn Tantasith said on Sunday. The broadcasters have been off air since the coup on May 22nd. They will be allowed to resume […]
DVR specialist TiVo has unveiled the limited edition TiVo Roamio OTA DVR with an initial retail price of $49.99, for those US consumers who do not have cable or satellite service, yet still want a DVR. “Many top TV shows in America are available with a simple HD antenna,” said TiVo CMO Ira Bahr. “TiVo […]
European space activity suffered another catastrophic failure on August 22nd when an Arianespace Soyuz rocket failed to correctly launch a pair of Galileo global positioning satellites. While not affecting the TV industry itself, the failure will place further delays on future launches with Soyuz rockets pending an official Board of Inquiry into the loss. The […]
Market research firm Infonetics Research has released excerpts from its annual Router and Switch Vendor Leadership: Global Service Provider Survey, which explores service providers’ perceptions of edge router and carrier Ethernet switch (CES) manufacturers and their criteria for choosing vendors. “The carriers participating in our latest router/switch survey tell us
India’s Information & Broadcasting Ministry has again postponed the nation’s total switch-off of its analogue broadcasting. The new date is December next year, whereas the official target was December this year. The Ministry says there is still too much to be done, with – in particular – the cable industry needing to buy in new […]
Iran’s powerful Revolutionary Guards are happy to pay cash to citizens who give up their satellite dishes and receivers in the latest attempt to curb viewing of ‘foreign’ TV channels. Colonel Abedin Abbasi said last week: “Given that the enemy uses the tools of soft war, including satellite, to weaken our regime, all regime authorities […]
Market research firm Infonetics Research released excerpts from its 2014 Routing, IP Edge, and Packet-Optical Strategies: Global Service Provider Survey, which focuses on operators’ plans for moving router functions from physical routers to software routers, 100 Gigabit Ethernet (100GE) adoption, usage of packet-optical transport systems (P-OTS), and the architectural changes occurring to metro networks in […]
August 27th should see the launch of Hong Kong-based AsiaSat’s latest satellite. AsiaSat-6 is scheduled for launch aboard a SpaceX Falcon-9 rocket from Cape Canaveral in Florida. The launch was delayed by one day because of an explosion of a test flight of a prototype Space-X rocket on August 22nd. This is the second launch […]
Tribune Media Company has announced the appointment of John Batter as chief executive officer of Gracenote and executive vice president of Tribune Media. An experienced technology and entertainment executive, Batter will set the strategic direction and drive growth for Gracenote’s core music and video metadata and technology businesses, as well as lead the company’s day-to-day […]
Kantar Media, a specialist in audience research, has confirmed the appointment of Carlos Sanchez to the newly-created role of Director of Social TV. Sanchez was previously co-founder of specialist social TV analytics agency, The Data Republic, acquired by Kantar Media earlier this year. Sanchez will be responsible for the ongoing development of Kantar Media’s core […]