DirecTV-15, the broadcaster’s latest satellite, and a key element in its 4K/Ultra HD broadcasting plans, is ready for launch on May 27th by an Arianespace rocket from Kourou in French Guiana. Together with a smaller satellite for its Mexican subsidiary, Sky Mexico-1, the two spacecraft will significantly boost capacity and channels available to viewers over […]
The past few years have seen four giant Proton rockets spectacularly fail and in the process destroying their precious – and expensive – satellite cargoes. The latest, that of Satmex-1, failed on May 16th. There is currently a Failure Review Board investigating the technical problems. But reports from Moscow suggest there may be deeper-rooted problems […]
Indonesia’s PT Telkom is about to add 4K OTT services to subscribers to its fibre-based services. “Customers of Indihome Fiber in Indonesia will soon be able to enjoy 4K TV service. This is a trend that is currently one of the most talked about in the technology world, and Telkom will bring it to customers’ […]
AOL UK has announced a global content partnership with Guardian News & Media, who is joining the premium video syndication platform AOL On as a content and publishing partner. The agreement will see AOL On distributing the Guardian’s original video content, including award-winning documentaries. Combining the Guardian’s video content with syndication across AOL On’s large […]
Digital broadcasting in Thailand is having something of a tough time in making channels pay. Thai TV, for example, is reported by The Nation newspaper, of having decided to close two of its new digital channels. On May 25th Thai TV submitted a formal request to the country’s National Broadcast regulator to close two channels, […]
MPAA Chairman and CEO Senator Chris Dodd has welcomed the passage of trade promotion authority – legislation that defines US negotiating objectives and priorities for trade – agreement in the Senate. “We are very pleased with the Senate’s vote to advance trade promotion authority (TPA). The American motion picture industry relies heavily on trade with […]
Australian free-to-air service Freeview has unveiled the aerialBox T2100, the first set-top box (STB) certified for FreeviewPlus, the new TV hybrid TV service that provides access to more content and services from the Freeview networks. The FreeviewPlus technology seamlessly combines broadband and broadcast TV, also enabling the free-to-air networks to introduce a range of new […]
The roll-out of a major software update across all Roku players has commenced. The update will see the introduction of two new features aimed at giving Roku users more choice and helping them to find and follow content more easily. Roku Search will allow users to search for movies, TV shows, actors and directors, with […]
Global broadcast and media services provider Red Bee Media – now owned by Ericsson – is to be rebranded from June 1st. Social network postings from the company suggest there will be “the same great TV/media news/comment/insight,” with a new name and look. Red Bee Media was formed from BBC Broadcast Limited, a unit created […]
Actus Digital, a developer of Cloud based broadcast monitoring platforms for recording and cross platform content repurposing, has revealed that MediaCorp has implemented the Actus Platform monitoring solution supplied by local Singapore SI partner Magna Systems and Engineering for the SEA games. MediaCorp is using the Actus broadcast monitoring solution to record the SEA games […]