Sky is making the fourth season of hit HBO show Veep available on on-demand throughout the UK ahead of airing linear TV. The entire season of the US political comedy will be available as a “Fourth of July” special through the Sky Box Sets On-Demand service. The previous three seasons will also be available. The […]
Jan Isenbart, the newly-elected President of egta, the association representing a range of television and radio sales houses throughout Europe, has called on the TV and radio industry to communicate with a strong voice its undisputed role for advertisers and its vision for the future. egta says that as the borders between television and video […]
Intelsat is working with BT Group to distribute BBC World Service over the Asia-Pacific region, Africa and Latin America. Under the new multi-year, multi-transponder agreement, BT will leverage capacity from three of Intelsat’s leading satellite neighbourhoods to distribute programming for BBC World Service, a premier provider of global news and content. BT will have access […]
A somewhat vague report from Russia’s Roscosmos space agency said the May 16th catastrophic failure of a Proton rocket was caused by a failed turbopump “under the stress of high temperatures”. There was no explanation as to why this failed turbopump was any different to others used by the Proton rocket system. Roscosmos said “inconsistencies […]
Pirated pay-TV in Peru represents 52 per cent of total connections, according to Martha Ochoa, Executive Director of Alianza contra Piratería de Televisión Paga (the Alliance Against Pay Television Piracy). Ochoa revealed the findings at a briefing where the involvement of local operators DirecTV, Claro and Movistar in the Alliance was confirmed. Ochoa advised that […]
Vubiquity, the premium content services company, and Endemol Shine International have signed a multi-country licensing deal for new original television content in territories across South East Europe, Israel, the Middle East and Africa. This announcement follows Vubiquity’s recent partnership with Cellcom Israel, and marks the company’s continued expansion into EMEA. The multi-territory deal means Vubiquity’s […]
Thaicom, one of Asia’s leading satellite operators, alongside a joint venture between Kantana Group and Intouch Holdings has launched its first 2nd Screen platform in Thailand. The service will first be used to air Gossip Girl, licensed from the Gossip Girl TV series in the US, on the Channel 3 Television Network. “2nd Screen is […]
Rovi has announced that Japan’s largest cable television operator, Jupiter Telecommunications (J:COM) has selected Rovi’s G-Guide HTML to power seamless entertainment discovery across live TV programming and VoD content. J:COM plans to launch its service for the Smart J:COM STB this month in select areas. Rovi will extend its current support for real-time TV programmes […]
Elemental Technologies, a supplier of software-defined video solutions for multiscreen content delivery, has revealed that the Orange TV Group is using Elemental video processing to expand and enhance its Genflix OTT content delivery service. Elemental solutions are enabling the Orange TV Group within PT Mega Media to expand its Genflix service availability on a variety […]
UKTV will launch its new production studios at its London headquarters next month. The facility will create 12 new job roles, forming an expanded team of 28 creatives and production staff, who will produce over 2,500 promos and 700 pieces of navigational content a year for the network. Previously UKTV had outsourced this work, but […]