A new Saudi Arabian pan-Arab news channel has stopped scheduled broadcasting less than 24 hours after going on air from studios in Bahrain. Alarab TV, owned by billionaire Saudi businessman Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, launched with the promise of politically independent news coverage. Alarab said it had stopped for “technical and administrative reasons”. The channel […]
US media company Nexstar has acquired 100 per cent of the stock of Yashi, an online VoD platform with location-focused technology for $33 million in a transaction that is expected to be accretive to 2015 results. Yashi’s proprietary platform delivers a one-stop digital advertising solution that integrates geographic, demographic, and other data-driven targeting tools with […]
The International Tennis Federation and global sports channels network beIN SPORTS have announced a strategic media rights partnership for Davis Cup by BNP Paribas and Fed Cup by BNP Paribas. The seven-year agreement, signed this week by ITF President Francesco Ricci Bitti and the CEO of beIN MEDIA GROUP Nasser Al-Khelaifi, commences in 2015 and […]
Russia will orbit three new Express-class communication satellites this year. State-owned Russian Satellite Communications Co (RSCC) deputy CEO Yevgeniy Buydinov told news agency TASS that the first, Express-AM7 (to 40 degrees East) would launch in mid-March. The second, Express-AM8 (14 degrees West) a couple of weeks later, and the third Express-AMU1 (to 36 degrees East) […]
Australia’s National Broadband Network (NBN), which supplies terrestrial and broadband-by-satellite to Australia, is having to postpone the launch of its latest satellite because Arianespace cannot secure a launch partner for the craft. NBN’s satellite director Matt Dawson has reportedly written to staff saying that the delay will mean the launch date slipping to the end […]
Sky Deutschland is launching a channel dedicated to Game of Thrones in the build-up to the launch of the fantasy drama’s fifth season. From April 10th to 26th, Sky Thrones HD will replace the Sky Hits channel, showing the first four seasons of Game of Thrones, as well as a number of documentaries about the […]
YOU On Demand Holdings, a VoD service in China, has entered into a licensing agreement with Twentieth Century Fox Television Distribution for the SVoD rights in China to a broad selection of library feature films. The titles will be available to subscribers of YOU On Demand’s SVoD platform and service, via mobile, OTT, digital cable […]
Verimatrix, the specialist in securing and enhancing revenue for multi-network, multi-screen digital TV services, has announced that Charles Padgett has been named chief financial officer (CFO). In this role, Padgett is responsible for leading the company’s global accounting and finance functions and providing strategic guidance on new market opportunities. He brings the experience of his […]
IneoQuest Technologies, an expert in video analytics and service assurance solutions, has confirmed the release of its Endpoint Analytics SDK, giving Video Service Providers (VSPs) real-time visibility into the customer experience by delivering behavioural and operational data directly from endpoint devices to IneoQuest’s Audience Measurement Platform for Adaptive Streaming (AMP ASM). Integrating the Endpoint Analytics […]
Skyworks Solutions, an innovator of high performance analogue semiconductors connecting people, places and things, is ramping front-end modules, wireless connectivity switches, power amplifiers, low noise amplifiers, and power management solutions for streaming media and smart TV applications supporting OEMs such as Roku, Google, Amazon and Samsung. OTT content provided through STBs is one of the […]