Bermuda-based satellite operator ABS will this week order another all-electric satellite, its third, from Boeing even though its first electric satellite has yet to reach its orbital slot. ABS-3A was launched in March and will reach orbit this autumn. All-electric satellites use ION thrusters to raise themselves into orbit, which takes many months. This disadvantage […]
IP, video and broadband technology specialist ARRIS is marking the 25th anniversary on June 1st of its involvement in the birth of digital TV under a previous entity (General Instrument Corporation, subsequently acquired by Motorola) in a FCC proposal that launched a new standard for TV and paved the way for today’s TV experiences. ARRIS […]
SES has announced that StarTimes, a Chinese systems integrator, technology provider and network operator, has extended its partnership with SES on the SES-5 satellite. StarTimes has contracted additional capacity to provide an enhanced TV viewing experience for its subscribers in Africa by providing better picture quality content and more TV channels on its DTH package. […]
maxdome, the German online video platform, has selected Unified Streaming, a provider of cross-platform streaming technologies for streaming Widevine Modular encrypted MPEG-DASH to address Google Chrome users. The requirements were straightforward: as Google announced to drop support for the NPAPI standard in Chrome, maxdome was looking for a solution to stream MPEG-DASH with Widevine Modular […]
Irdeto has announced that PT Mega Media Indonesia Group, owner of satellite pay-TV service, Orange TV, has selected Irdeto’s end-to-end Multiscreen services to support the launch of Genflix, Indonesia’s first-ever commercial OTT content delivery service. Genflix, also under PT Mega Media Indonesia Group, was established in September 2013 as the first OTT service in the […]
Level 3 Communications and Optus Wholesale and Satellite today announced that Level 3 is providing deep-edge caching services that will enable Optus to locally cache high-demand content on its network. The agreement gives Optus quicker access to content, while growing Level 3’s content delivery network (CDN) capacity in Australia by 300 per cent. The demand […]
Enhanced Telecommunications, trading as ETI Software Solutions, has augmented its sales team with the addition of Mark Torrans, who will serve as VP of Sales, Europe. Torrans has been recognised as a strong team builder and facilitator, committed towards the delivery of service excellence. With over 20 years of sales and business development experience, Torrans […]
In a continued effort to grow the infrastructure and digital television business, China’s Global Broadcasting Media Group (GMG) and Novel-SuperTV (STV) today jointly announced the preliminary plan to launch The Media Foundation, which will provide relevant technological, professional and support services to selected broadcasters and operators in countries part of the “Belt and Road” initiative. […]
BT Sport has agreed a new four-year deal with Jake Humphrey that will see the popular football anchor continue to host the channel’s Premier League and FA Cup coverage and extend his role to include presenting exclusively live UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League games. Humphrey, 36, has been a major success hosting BT […]
Agama Technologies, the specialist in video service quality and customer experience, has announced that netplus, a Swiss triple-play service provider owned by a group of operators, has supplemented its Agama head-end service quality assurance set-up with Agama’s Embedded Monitoring Solution. This extension enables netplus to cover the complete end-to-end hybrid IP/cable TV service distribution, giving […]