The Elon Musk-owned SpaceX rocket launch company has won a new contract from California-based ViaSat-2. ViaSat provides broadband-by-satellite services over North America. The ViaSat-2 satellite will require SpaceX’s Falcon ‘Heavy’ rocket system, the world’s most powerful, and the ‘next generation’ rocket vehicle following on from SpaceX’s Falcon-9. Beginning with ViaSat-1, ViaSat began a transformation of […]
UK television manufacturer Cello Electronics is adding Stream TV Networks’ glasses-free 3D technology to its product line. The televisions, initially ranging from 50 to 65 inches in size, utilise 4K panels for maximum clarity and feature real-time conversion into the special Ultra-D format from any 2D or 3D source. “Stream TV’s 3D-without-glasses viewing experience is […]
India’s public broadcaster Doordarshan will boost the number of channels on its DTH ‘Freedish’ platform from 59 to 64. The additional channels were added on January 10th and are designed to be part of a wider eventual expansion to 112 channels by utilising MPEG-4 compression. This first stage sticks with MPEG-2, however. Viewers will need […]
India’s Videocon d2h pay-TV broadcast says it has selected MStar Semiconductor’s H.265 System-on-a-Chip (SoC) for its next range of HEVC-equipped set-top boxes for what the broadcaster promises will be a “world class” viewing experience. Saurabh Dhoot, Director Videocon d2h says “The HEVC technology ensures that our consumers get the most advanced and evolved TV viewing […]
ESPN’s media distribution arm has agreed one-year deals to televise this season’s NFL Playoffs and Super Bowl in Africa with two of the continent’s leading sports broadcasters – Supersport and Zuku Sport. In a new deal in time for the crunch post-season action, ESPN has negotiated rights with Supersport, the African sports channel, for all […]
The former Head of BBC Motion Gallery, the BBC’s commercial archive, has set up a new media consultancy to take advantage of the growing demand for digitised online video content. Kite Media is the brainchild of BBC Worldwide business director Paul Maidment and aims to provide clear commercial expertise and advice to both content owners […]
Tele Columbus Group, the third largest German cable network operator, is set to launch a new Internet service in April that will see download speeds on the German consumer market reach a new record high: For the first time, it will be possible to surf the Internet and access multimedia content at speeds of up […]
The Landing, MediaCityUK’s digital enterprise hub, has added analogue testing facilities at its SPACE Interactive Media Labs following the installation of traditional copper connectivity to add to its existing dedicated fibre footprint. The SPACE Labs are some of the most sophisticated user-experience (UX) facilities in the UK. This install is in response to an increasing […]
While the television continues to provide the best quality picture and viewing experience, the way content is being discovered and consumed is changing dramatically, especially for millennials, according to the preliminary results of the second NATPE||Content First/Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) joint research study on consumers’ attitudes toward television viewing, The survey found just
Airbus-Safran, the joint-venture company that already owns 41 per cent of European rocket launch company Arianspace, is to acquire an additional 34 per cent of the company. The stake being acquired is currently owned by France’s Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES), the French government agency responsible for shaping and implementing France’s space policy. “Today we […]