Infomir has unveiled new HEVC Set-Top boxes: The high-powered MAG257 (successor to MAG254) with STiH301 processor, and the premium IPTV/OTT set-top box MAG350 featuring a Broadcom processor. Infomir has also launched a new version of its free Stalker Middleware that is even simpler and more convenient to use. The STBS will be shown at the […]
Al Jazeera Media Network recently moved to their new state of the art UK studio in London, located in the skyscraper :the Shard“. Once again the modern infrastructure is using Teracue IPTV solutions to distribute TV channels. So far it is the 5th installation at the Al Jazeera Media Network using the powerful IPTV solutions […]
Ofcom is contemplating a deregulation of the television and telecoms industry to reflect shifts in how people watch, read and talk over the past decade. In her first interview since taking over as head of the UK media regulator, Sharon White said Ofcom needed to examine how competition from US Internet giants such as YouTube […]
Sky Italia’s whole package is now available on Telecom Italia’s new generation networks thanks to the IP platform and to the dedicated My Sky HD decoder. For the first time this means integrated landline and mobile, Internet and TV services. The two leading companies in their respective industries join together by sharing their assets and […]
The Spanish government has given its green light to the public tender to award 6 new DTT licences. A cabinet meeting approved a public tender to award three HD and three SD channel in a process likely to be concluded in the last quarter of the year. Potential bidders will have until the end of […]
A study by eMarketer has shown that US adults will spend on average 5 hours, 31 minutes watching video each day this year. The driving force behind the growth is digital video, especially on mobile and tablet. The study included television watching, which took up the majority of the time, but is slightly on the […]
Sky will report its Q3 numbers next Tuesday on April 21st, and the market is expecting 9-month revenues growing by some 4.9 per cent (to £8.44 billion). But the challenges ahead are not to be ignored, suggests a note from investment bankers Jefferies on April 17th. Sky UK has just announced steep price hikes for […]
Australia’s penchant for pirated content may have inadvertently scored the country a better deal on Netflix pricing, judging by comments from its chief financial officer, David Wells. In a call to investors, Wells said the company reduced the price of subscriptions to its video streaming service in countries with a high prevalence of piracy in order […]
The five countries of the East African Community (EAC) had a total population of 146.89 million end-2014, with 33.61 million households and a TV household penetration rate of 23 per cent, according to research from Dataxis. Kenya is the most developed market in the region with 12.04 million households and a TV household penetration rate […]
Troubled Australian satellite company NewSat, which had wanted to build Jaburu-1, an independently-owned satellite serving Australia, has been placed into administration. NewSat, and its various subsidiaries (Jabiru Satellite, NewSat Space Resources and NSN Holdings) are now being looked after by the administrator, PPB Advisory. A USA-related business, NewSat Ltd, and registered in Delaware has also […]