Newtec, a specialist in designing, developing and manufacturing equipment and technologies for satellite communications, today announced global satellite operator ABS has selected Newtec Dialog to launch next generation VSAT and data services. As a multiservice platform, Newtec Dialog guarantees optimal modulation and bandwidth allocation – whether it is being used for enterprise, consumer broadband, cellular […]
UXP Systems, an innovator in powering the digital user lifecycle, is opening a European office to serve the EMEA marketplace. UXP Systems’ European presence will be headquartered in the UK, with employees and offices planned across Western Europe in 2015 to support client projects. The company is currently engaged in an active ramp up of […]
Telefonica claims to have launched the quintuple-play era in Spain with the addition of a home security service based on machine-to-machine (M2M) communications that can be included in the company’s existing quad-play. Launching on June 17th, Movistar VeriSure Hogar is a 24-hour security service for the home that can be controlled via a smartphone application, […]
People around the world will spend more than eight hours a day consuming media this year. According to the Media Consumption Forecasts, a new report by ZenithOptimedia, people will spend an average of 492 minutes a day consuming media in 2015, up 1.4 per cent from 485 minutes a day in 2014. This increase will […]
The BBC and mobile network operator EE tested new mobile apps at the FA Cup final on May 30th using 4G Broadcast technology to offer instant replays to fans watching inside Wembley Stadium. The service offered replays of key moments from multiple angles. Following the successful trial, a public service is planned for 2016. The […]
Sports content often has the most expensive TV subscription prices, but a survey by Clearleap says it isn’t how cable companies can deter cord-cutting. Sixty-seven per cent of US cable subscribers said sports weren’t the reason they kept their service, the survey reveals. As more traditional television migrates online outside traditional pay-TV subscriptions, live sports […]
Italian commercial broadcaster Mediaset is targeting 200,000 new subscribers for its pay-TV service, Mediaset Premium, by the end of the year, taking the total to two million. According to Mediaset Premium CEO, Franco Ricci, the pay-TV platform currently has 1.77 million subscribers, to which should be added pre-paid cards. At the end of 2014, Mediaset […]
Iran’s state-backed Voice & Vision Organisation intends launch new English and Persian channels, according to a May 30th statement, and reported by BBC Monitoring which quoted the FARS news agency. Iran already broadcasts Press TV in various guises around the world. “Launching a new English-language TV has been on the agenda of the Voice and […]
Research from Videology found that in the first quarter of 2015 advertisers in the UK are increasingly planning their video strategies holistically, with the majority of campaigns now conducted across more than one device. According to an analysis of
India’s Zee Entertainment Enterprises is heralding a major breakthrough in its fight against content piracy with the news of a successful raid by Delhi Police which found illegal tapping and unauthorised uploading of live content of popular Indian Television Channels such as ZEE TV, Star Plus, Colors, and Sony TV on pirate websites. After carrying […]