Chinese media group StarTimes is investing $7 million to build a new production facility to boost African creativity for its fast-growing broadcasting interests. The facility is being based in Rwanda. The commitment was announced last week during the 7th African Digital TV Development seminar, held in Beijing, China, and which attracted more than 400 delegates […]
Orange and Vitis have signed an agreement that makes movies and TV channels from Orange Cinema Series (OCS) available on LA FIBRE videofutur, a full FTTH offering for public networks. From June 1st, subscribers to LA FIBRE videofutur will have access to the four OCS linear channels, as well as to their catch-up and on-the-go […]
Atresmedia’s streaming platform, Atresplayer, has launched an app for Apple TV, claiming to be the first Spanish TV group to be present on the service. Apple TV users will now be able to access TV series like La casa de papel, Allí abajo, as well as entertainment programmes such as El Hormiguero or El Intermedio. […]
Broadcast specialist Vision247 has announced the addition of Alaraby Television to its VisionTV service. VisionTV is the first platform in the UK to host Alaraby Television. The channel is available with immediate effect on Freeview channel 244 in the International genre, desktop, EETV and via the VisionTV UK app. Alaraby Television Channel Director Abbas Nasser […]
Arianespace will launch two satellites June 1st carrying ViaSat-2 for ViaSat of California and Eutelsat 172B for the Paris-based operator. The mission, the 237th overall by an Ariane launcher, breaks a number of records. The first is that the weight being carried into orbit, at 10,865 kgs, is the heaviest-ever. The satellites themselves are the […]
Tele Columbus Group, the third largest German cable network operator, and M7 Group, the European IP based TV platform, have extended their longstanding cooperation for the contribution of German and international pay-TV channels. As part of this cooperation Tele Columbus Group and M7 also consolidated the existing contracts with the Tele Columbus subsidiaries primacom and […]
Noting that today’s cable hybrid fibre coax (HFC) plant has grown from primarily a residential video network to a wireline aggregation network for all types of access markets, including small-medium businesses, Wi-Fi and LTE backhaul, and IoT and M2M, and that cable operators are looking to meet the broadband needs of their residential and small […]
Global ICT solutions provider Huawei has taken the opportunity of ANGA COM to release the CloudFAN prototype for multiple system operators (MSOs), and demonstrate fast service provisioning capabilities and smart home based on cloud under the cooperation between open protocols and network controllers. With the development of new services, such as HD videos, OTT, bring […]
AirTies, an international provider of premium in-home wireless systems, has announced the appointment of industry veteran, Thomas Fehr, as the General Manager for the company’s set-top box business. “Thomas has an exceptional track record defining winning products and growing sales and marketing channels for the set-top box market. We are delighted to add him to […]
Insight TV, a producer and broadcaster of adventure travel and extreme sports genres in 4K, has signed a distribution contract with SK broadband through its partnership with Thema TV. The deal will see the Seoul-based telco, one of the largest broadband operators in Korea, distribute Insight TV’s 4K channel. Insight TV UHD will be available […]