Uganda’s Communications Commission (UCC) has issued a “final warning” to the country’s citizens that in barely 3 months it would be switching off its analogue TV transmissions. The nation has a huge uphill task given that there are only an estimated 300,000 digital STBs in use, and some 4.7 million TV homes still to be […]
The new would-be broadcasters have applied for digital TV licences in Kenya. The three intend to broadcast free-to-air signals on the country’s newly-established digital frequencies. Acme Communications, Number One TV and Global Konnect are the three players and are already in receipt of temporary permits which require transmissions to start within 30 days from January […]
Breaking Bad spin-off series Better Call Saul will premiere in the UK on February 9th, when the first episode will be available on Netflix. The 10-part series will go on the VoD streaming service a day after it airs on cable channel AMC in the US, with the second episode up on February 10th and […]
Fox International Channels (FIC) has announced the appointment of Vera Pinto Pereira as the new Managing Director of FIC Spain and Portugal. This comes a year after Pinto Pereira joined Fox as Chief Operating Officer for FIC Southern Europe and Africa in January 2014. Prior to joining FIC, Pinto Pereira launched and managed Portugal Telecom’s […]
Eurosport has extended its partnership with the Vuelta a España, the third and last Grand Tour of the cycling season, by securing all TV and digital rights of the event until 2020. The agreement, which was renewed through the EBU following a tender process, incorporates all 54 territories covered by Eurosport in Europe, and features […]
Level 3 Communications will provide television broadcast video services to the NFL and NBC Sports for the presentation of Super Bowl XLIX on February 1st, as well as additional Super Bowl-related programming, using Level 3’s Vyvx VenueNet+ technology. This is the 26th consecutive year that Level 3 Communications has provided such services for the Super […]
Zee Entertainment Enterprises, the Indian media and entertainment company, has unveiled a new television channel, Zee World. The channel aims to offer its viewers an “extraordinary world of entertainment”, and will showcase television series, Bollywood movies, reality shows and more action packed content. Zee World is a General Entertainment Channel and is the first offering […]
NonStop Entertainment, a part of Turner Broadcasting, and SBS Discovery has entered a 2 year volume agreement for truTV content. Titles include top-rating programmes The Carbonaro Effect, South Beach Tow and long-running franchise The World’s Dumbest. truTV, Turner Broadcasting’s new general entertainment channel, gets its first volume agreement in Scandinavia with SBS Discovery Norway, who […]
RTL CBS Asia Entertainment HD has revealed it will air all 13 episodes of the third season of the award-winning series House Of Cards back to back on February 28th, the same day as the release of the series in the US. After the ‘watchathon’ the series will air weekly every from March 4th. “We […]
Amagi, the leader in cloud-based TV broadcast infrastructure and content regionalisation platforms, has today announced the launch of its office in London. The new office is a result of the company’s rapid growth within the UK and its goal to further expand its EU and Middle-East reach. The announcement comes on the heels of starting […]