Bangladesh is to form a public company to own and operate its upcoming debut satellite, Bangabandhu Satellite-1. Bangladesh’s cabinet secretary, Mohammad Shafiul Alam, briefing journalists, said Bangladesh will join the Satellite Club as the process for launching the satellite is nearing completion. “The satellite will be launched into the orbit very soon, and to operate […]
Communications technology and services specialist Ericsson is to become connectivity partner for Stamford Bridge – Chelsea Football Club’s home stadium in Fulham, London. The agreement is for an initial two years which after which it will be reviewed. Around that time, Chelsea are set to move to another temporary stadium venue while Stamford Bridge is […]
Quest is to show live and exclusive coverage of the Emirates Cup 2017 on July 29th – 30th as Arsenal play host for the summer pre-season tournament. Quest will bring football fans all the action live and for free from the four-way clash at the Emirates Stadium – that welcomes Benfica, the current Portuguese champions, […]
BBC News and CBS News have announced a new editorial and newsgathering relationship that will significantly enhance the global reporting capabilities of both organisations. The new deal allows both organisations to share video, editorial content, and additional newsgathering resources in New York, London, Washington and around the world. The relationship between BBC News and CBS […]
Joyne, a new multi-channel TV venture for Dutch viewers and the country’s recreational market, has selected the Eutelsat 9B satellite as its platform to reach viewers in the Netherlands and across Europe. Joyne has signed a multi-year, multi-transponder contract with Eutelsat Communications and is preparing to officially launch on July 24th, using Eutelsat’s Paris-Rambouillet teleport […]
BuzzMyVideos, the next-generation and creator-first digital media company, has announced the launch of a Thumbnail Editor, their new audience development tool, which is designed to increase content discoverability and reach in today’s crowded content space of social video platforms. With the launch of Thumbnail Editor, BuzzMyVideos says it has has expanded its content optimisation and […]
The Royal Television Society (RTS) has announced the winner of its annual RTS Young Technologist Award, which is presented in memory of A.M. Beresford-Cooke. Kathleen Gray, Guarantee Broadcast Engineer at NEP UK Broadcast Services, was chosen to receive the award by a panel of judges chaired by Terry Marsh, Digital Media Consultant. Kathleen graduated from […]
Having confirmed on June 26th that it was in discussions regarding such a move, multinational cable, fibre, telecommunications, content and media company Altice has entered into a definitive agreement with Promotora de Informaciones, S.A (Prisa) to acquire Prisa’s 94.7 per cent stake in Media Capital SGPS, SA (Media Capital). Media Capital is a leading Portuguese […]
In 2014 Elon Musk’s SpaceX rocket business won 20 per cent of the Global Commercial market for launches during the year, and where supply had typically been dominated by Europe’s Arianespace with 45 per cent of launches during the year. This current year SpaceX claims to have secured 45 per cent of the available contracts, […]
Customers of AT&T’s DirecTV NOW streaming service are set to be the first this autumn to experience a new platform that will eventually support AT&T consumer video services. Beta testing of the new platform, including a cloud DVR feature, will be available for invited DirecTV NOW customers beginning this summer. In heralding the new platform, […]