Advanced Television

Six FilmBox channels launched in Luxembourg

SPI International has confirmed the launch of six FilmBox brand channels on Luxembourg’s PostTV. PostTV offers Mediabox package which includes DocuBox HD, Fightbox HD, FastnFunBox HD and the adult Eroxxx HD. FilmBox Arthouse, featuring a selection of all-time movie classics and independent films from all over the world,  is offered in the World package along […]

July 15, 2015

HTC selects Entone for IoT service assurance

Entone, a global provider of Cloud TV and Connected Home solutions, has announced that Horry Telephone Cooperative (HTC) has selected its Engage hosted service assurance platform to support their hybrid IPTV services. Engage is Entone’s multi-device (IoT) service assurance solution that provides premium support and management tools to ensure an optimised consumer experience. For over […]

July 15, 2015

TVU Networks expands team

TVU Networks, the global technology player in live IP video solutions, has announced the appointment and addition of Kris Hill as Sales Director, Europe. Hill comes to TVU Networks with a wealth of broadcast experience and is an instrumental addition to further develop TVU Networks’ growing channel partners and portfolio of international accounts.  Hill brings […]

July 15, 2015

Net Insight unveils new brand and company transformation

Net Insight, the provider of live, interactive and on-demand media transport, has announced it is leveraging its vision, expertise and focus on partnerships to shape the future of the media industry and take its first steps in the company’s transformation to a more customer-centric business orientation. The industry is evolving rapidly as consumers take control […]

July 15, 2015

Analyst: 8K TV shipments to near 1m

The advent of 8K broadcasting in Japan for the 2020 Olympics is expected to spur a new round of resolution increases, even though shipments have not yet started in serious commercial volumes. According to critical information and insight source IHS, shipments of 8K ultra-HD resolution (7680 x 4320 pixels) TVs are expected to increase from

July 14, 2015

beIN Sports acquires Digiturk

beIN Sports, an affiliate of Al Jazeera, has completed the acquisition of Turkish satellite network Digiturk. The fee is reported to be in the region of $1.5 billion (€1.35bn). Digiturk, which has broadcasting rights for Turkey’s top football league until the end of the 2016-2017 season, is 53 per cent owned by Turkey’s Cukurova Holding […]

July 14, 2015

BBC Trust: Audiences’ voice must be heard in Charter debate

The voice of the audiences who pay for the BBC must be heard in the BBC’s Charter Review debate following the agreement reached with the Government on the BBC licence fee, BBC Trust Chairman Rona Fairhead said, launching the BBC Annual Report and Accounts for 2014/15. The report shows that in 2014/15 the BBC continued to […]

July 14, 2015

Intelsat clings onto No 1 spot

The annual Space News Top Ten list of satellite operators is just out, and Intelsat has just held onto its top spot as the largest satellite operator based on overall revenues of $2.64 billion (€2.39bn) and 55 satellites in orbit. Intelsat’s revenues for 2014 have fallen back $19 million from its 2013 position. SES of […]

July 14, 2015By Chris Forrester

DG: “BBC on top creative form”

Coinciding with publication of the Corporation’s Annual Report and Accounts 2014-15, BBC Director General Tony Hall has issued a strong defence of its role in society, its creativity and its independence. He also dismissed calls for BBC Worldwide, its commercial arm, to be removed from the BBC, suggesting it is “an integral part of the […]

July 14, 2015

TiVo users now able to stream to Apple TV

Next-generation television services specialist TiVo has confirmed that for the first time, TiVo users can access their content on TV via a third party consumer electronics device. TiVo users can now stream their recorded shows to Apple TV via AirPlay. TiVo says its users have yet another way to watch their favourite shows, on another […]

July 14, 2015