November 21st will see the first ‘El Clásico’ of the season when Real Madrid play Barcelona. Satellite operator SES will transmit the live game in Ultra HD. The signals will be broadcast from the Astra 1L craft at 19.2 degrees East. The transmission is part of the UHD technical tests being conducted by SES, Movistar+ […]
Channel 4, in partnership with Google, has announced that All 4 – home of all of the broadcaster’s channels and digital services – will be available on Google’s media streaming device Chromecast from November 24th. Viewers will be able to use their Android mobile device or Chrome browser on their computer to stream Channel 4 […]
A man from the UK East Midlands city of Leicester has been handed a 32-month jail sentence after a joint investigation by the Federation Against Copyright Theft (FACT) and Leicestershire Police discovered he was selling hundreds of illegal TV set-top boxes from an online marketplace. Between February 2012 and February 2015, Mark Brighty imported hundreds […]
The British Video Association (BVA) and the pro-copyright consumer education body the Industry Trust for IP Awareness have launched The Guide to Screen Entertainment, an online guide designed to equip consumers with the knowledge they need to navigate new and emerging entertainment formats with confidence. Created as a direct response to insight from recent BVA […]
ITV Commercial has entered into a partnership with programmatic ad platform, RadiumOne. The collaboration will see ITV launch Ad Sync+, which, by linking ITV’s broadcast output to RadiumOne’s unique sharing data capability, will allow ITV’s TV advertisers to reach their desired audiences simultaneously across other devices and online environments. Advertisers will be able to target […]
Bell Media has signed a deal to become the exclusive Canadian home of all HBO programming on all subscription platforms into the next decade. Under the long-term agreement, the first of its kind for HBO in Canada, Bell Media will have the ability to deliver current-season, past-season, and library HBO programming exclusively on its linear, […]
Honyee Media’s Chinese version of BBC’s Top Gear has taken the world’s most populous country by storm, with the first 5 episodes of the second season accumulating a combined audience of 217 million across TV and online. The show, which launched on Shanghai Dragon TV on October 19th, was the number one programme in its […]
Casa Systems, a specialist in next-generation cable edge technology, has announced that Wave Broadband, a gigabit fibre and broadband services company serving the Pacific Northwest, is deploying the C100G CCAP from Casa Systems to provide subscribers with gigabit broadband speeds. While improving customer quality of experience (QoE) with ultra broadband, Wave will also be able […]
Spanish satellite telecommunications operator Hispasat, and Mediapro, through its audiovisual service provider Overon, will broadcast tomorrow’s Liga match between Real Madrid and Fútbol Club Barcelona in 4K, or Ultra High Definition, technology. The match will be shown live in the best quality available in every country of the world. Hispasat will provide contribution services through […]
As the prices of HD satellite set-top boxes have become more affordable in Asia, larger numbers of viewers are demanding and switching over to HD services. With Direct-to-Home (DTH) TV platforms in Thailand expected to add more than 2.5 million new subscribers in the next 10 years, Intelsat S.A (NYSE: I), the leading global provider […]