The Coppa Italia cup final between Juventus and Lazio on May 20th (being played at the Olympic Stadium in Rome) will be captured in Ultra HD and with High Dynamic Range (HDR) cameras and in 50 frames/per second. The production is being handled on behalf of Italy’s Lega Serie A and Infront Italy, and being […]
Normally satellite operators go to huge lengths to ensure that adjacent spacecraft do not interfere with their near-neighbours. But Singapore Telecom-owned Optus, which operates over Australia, has caused major headaches for satellite giant Intelsat. According to local reports Optus is causing interference to users of Intelsat-19. Optus-10 was launched last September and completed its in-orbit […]
Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) is forming a new Commercial Innovation group to help advertisers create customised, content-led campaigns that reach beyond existing online advertising inventory to take better advantage of new digital and social media touch points being generated by its brands, including MTV, Nickelodeon and Comedy Central. The group will work with new […]
Lagardère Entertainment is formalising the partnership it formed several months ago with the distribution platform DIFFA (International Distribution of Films and Fiction from Africa). DIFFA has built up a catalogue of 500 hours of programmes and a network of 24 producers from a dozen African countries. Following the signing of the agreement on May 5th […]
XiveTV, a digital video network offering one of the most extensive collections of long-form documentary entertainment, has announced its expansion to the Roku streaming platform. On the heels of its launch in February as the first-to-market mobile and streaming documentary network, XiveTV now counts Roku players and Roku TV models as part of a growing […]
Vonetize, a VoD solutions provider, has formed a partnership with global telecom operator Tigo. The deal will allow Tigo to distribute and market Vonetize’s premium content service in Africa, branded Aflix by SmartVOD, to its 2.5 million cellular customers in Rwanda beginning in June 2015. Vonetize develops premium content services and technology platforms for Smart […]
Piksel, a global provider of video monetisation software, is now a member of Sharp’s Strategic Technology Alliance Resource (STAR) program. Piksel’s collaboration with Sharp recognises the strengths of Piksel’s digital signage solution, Piksel EnterpriseTV, as well as Piksel’s unique ability to support customers in digital signage and online video. Piksel EnterpriseTV allows organisations to create […]
Advanced Television travels to Geneva to talk to Peter Balchin, the CEO of ADB about its development as a Solutions, Software and Services provider for broadcasters, ISPs, service providers and a range of enterprises. [bitsontherun 1j7XwNrJ-ni7dlelE]
Findings from Juniper Research indicate that subscriber numbers to OTT TV services such as Netflix and Amazon Prime will increase from 92.1 million in 2014, to 332.2 million globally by 2019. Continued growth in the North American market will
At 6.47am (GMT) on May 16th a Russian Proton rocket exploded shortly after take-off from the Kazakhstan cosmodrome. It was carrying the Centenario/Mexsat satellite for the Mexican government. This is the fourth such explosion and the various investigation boards now examining what went wrong will severely delay upcoming launches planned by Eutelsat, Inmarsat and Intelsat. […]