Point Topic predicts the number of worldwide fixed broadband lines will break through the 1bn barrier to reach 1.02 billion by the end of 2021. The forecast is based on individual growth calculations for 114 countries along with combined ‘rest of the world’ growth calculations for the remaining countries. Differences in broadband subscriber growth
ATEME has been selected to provide the primary live video encoding platform in 4K HEVC (H265) during the French Tennis Open. The images are being broadcast during the two week tournament on the Fransat platform, which provides the distribution of the French free to air broadcasting service (TNT) by satellite (EUT5°W), and can be viewed […]
Liberty Globalhas announced that Betzalel Sergio Kenigsztein, currently Managing Director for Liberty’s Central and Eastern European region, has been appointed to the role of President and COO of Liberty Global’s Latin American and Caribbean Operations (the “LiLAC Group”), effective July 1st 2015. In this role, Kenigsztein will report directly to Liberty Global’s CEO Mike Fries. […]
Eurosport, the pan-regional sports entertainment destination, has been confirmed as the broadcast partner for the UCI Hour Record of four time Olympic gold medallist and Britain’s first Tour de France winner, Bradley Wiggins. Cycling fans can watch Wiggins’ efforts on Eurosport across Europe and Asia-Pacific and on an exclusive basis in France, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, […]
Fox UK has acquired the rights to the ABC Studios action-drama Marvel’s Agent Carter from Disney UK and Ireland. The series is inspired by the feature films Marvel’s Captain America: The First Avenger and Marvel’s Captain America: The Winter Soldier, along with the short Marvel One-Shot: Agent Carter and will premiere in the UK First […]
Tele Columbus, the third largest German cable network operator, significantly expanded its network portfolio in April and May 2015 with the acquisition of various small operators and cable networks: As part of several transactions, over 30,000 connected households in Eastern Germany and Lower Saxony have been taken on. Most of the households already have two-way […]
Magine TV has revealed a new fully customisable service to its German users, who can create a tailored and personal TV experience by selecting the content and channels that they want to see, whilst ‘pausing’ the rest. The end result is that viewers will pay for what they actually watch, and save on what they […]
Verimatrix, a specialist in securing and enhancing revenue for multi-network, multi-screen digital TV services, has announced that Digicel New Media Ventures, a global telecommunications provider, has deployed the Verimatrix Video Content Authority System (VCAS) for DVB to protect its Digicel Play HD digital entertainment service offering. VCAS for DVB provides Digicel with a cardless security […]
ESPN Player will bring action sports fans live and on-demand coverage of the X Games Austin between June 5th and June 8th as the summer X Games takes place in Texas’ capital for the second year in a row. X Games Austin 2015 will showcase more than 200 athletes competing for medals and prize money […]
ContentWise, the personalisation, discovery and recommendations solution for digital TV content, has been selected by TrueVisions, Thailand’s leading cable satellite television operator, to power personalisation for its multiscreen offering. Working with its local partner in the region, Golden Duck Group, a premiere broadcast system integrator company located in Bangkok, Thailand, and the leading cinema system […]