Media Global Links, a 2014 Technology and Engineering Emmy Award winner and the market leader in media and data over IP transport solutions, announced the appointment of Michael E. Antonovich to the newly created position of Senior Vice President, Global Sales. Antonovich will have full P&L and management responsibilities over Media Links’ sales operations worldwide, […]
There have been no significant changes in the coverage of traditional broadcast terrestrial, satellite and cable networks over the past year according to Ofcom’s Connected Nations Report (previously called the Infrastructure Report) which charts the UK’s evolving communications infrastructure, and our progress towards becoming genuinely connected nations. However, the ways in which TV is consumed […]
Interviewed as its annual Connected Nations report is published, Ofcom’s chief executive, Sharon White said the status quo between BT and its subsidiary Openreach, which provides the infrastructure connecting people to the internet, is unlikely to continue.Ofcom is currently reviewing the company’s provision of ‘superfast’ broadband. Critics of BT say it has not invested enough in […]
Orange Spain has launched a full-frontal assault on the country’s 200,000-plus bars, restaurants and cafeterias to bring them on board its pay-TV service. The company has launched a convergent package including a fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) 30Mbps connection, a 4G+ mobile line and the Orange TV football package featuring La Liga and Champions League games, among other […]
France’s media regulator Conseil supérieur de l’audiovisuel (CSA) has published a letter from TF1 to the CSA regarding the possible change of status of its news channel LCI, and its proposal to turn the service from a pay channel to a free-to-air broadcasting model. In the letter, TF1 suggests several commitments it would undertake if […]
There were 313 million TV and radio requests for programmes on BBC iPlayer in October. As the nights draw in, TV increases in appeal and there were 15 million more TV requests than in October last year, noted the corporation.Requests from computers, mobiles and tablets all increased in October (up 5 per cent, 9 per […]
A report from the Media and Services UX (MSX) group at Strategy Analytics has investigated consumer awareness and interest in, and drivers and barriers to adoption of, specific use case scenarios for the Internet of Things (IoT) consumer sector. While consumer awareness is currently low, interest is high particularly in solutions that help to solve […]
Rona Fairhead, Chairman of the BBC Trust has suggested the Corporation’s future will best be protected through intelligent reform rather than policy revolution, and that it should be regulated by a robust, independent body with real teeth, with its own Charter, powers and responsibilities. Speaking at the Voice of the Listener and Viewer’s Autumn 2015 […]
Broadcast Networks Europe (BNE) – a trade body for terrestrial broadcast network operators for radio and TV in Europe – has joined other broadcast and satellite bodies in welcoming the long term regulatory security for terrestrial TV broadcasting and long term access to UHF frequencies which was achieved at the World Radio Conference (WRC-15) in […]
December 7th will see Pakistan’s media regulator, PEMRA, issue 3 new DTH licences in an attempt to help curb the huge number of “illegal” viewers in the nation who access forbidden Indian transmissions. “We have raided, seized and destroyed 2,500 DTH [dishes and receivers] in Islamabad and Lahore,” said Fakharuddin Mughal, Pemra’s spokesman. “We are […]