Italian DTH platform Tivùsat platform has added the first regular 4K channel to its offer. Fashion TV 4K is the Ultra HD version of global fashion and style channel Fashion TV. The launch of the 4K version coincided with Milano Fashion Week. It is available on channel position 289 for all viewers equipped with the […]
MTG has acquired the exclusive Swedish and Norwegian media rights to the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 and the season-ending ATP World Tour Finals until 2019. Fans can experience 10 ATP tennis tournaments every year on MTG’s video streaming service Viaplay and pay-TV channels – next up is the Shanghai Masters on October 7th. Peter […]
Independent factual content production and distribution company Barcroft has launched a new free TV app, available across multiple digital platforms. The new app features the company’s entire content catalogue of both original Barcroft-produced and third-party programming, making it easily accessible via a simple VoD user interface. The content is curated from across the company’s channels […]
Arianespace says it has rescheduled the cancelled launch of the dual payload of Intelsat 37e and BSAT 4a satellites to a target date of September 29th. The initial launch was aborted at the very last second on September 5th at the Kourou launch facility when an anomaly was sensed in one of the giant rocket’s […]
Broadcast connectivity expert SIS LIVE and satellite operator ABS have launched a new SIS LIVE Gateway Service solution for ABS Occasional Use (OU) services. The SIS LIVE Gateway Service offers broadcasters and service providers a flexible and reliable Occasional Use platform at competitive rates. The SIS LIVE Gateway Service provides Occasional Use booking services and […]
Deluxe Entertainment Services Group have announced a four-year agreement between its digital cinema group and Unique Digital. The agreement appoints Unique Digital, a supplier of software and electronic delivery services to the Exhibitor Industry, as Deluxe’s preferred partner for theatrical electronic content delivery in Spain, an extension of an existing relationship between the two companies […]
PCCW Global, the international operating division of HKT, Hong Kong’s premier telecommunications service provider, has won the Best Anti-Fraud Initiative award at the prestigious Capacity Africa Awards held in Kampala, Uganda this month. PCCW Global won the award for its ValueMax carrier product, which includes SMS market intelligence structured as a service and firewall protection […]
Ed Woodward, the vice-chairman of Manchester United Football Club, has said that Amazon and Facebook are likely to bid for English Premier League streaming rights, further escalating the huge financial bonanza for England’s top clubs. In his quarterly call with bank executives who invest in Manchester United’s shares on the New York stock exchange, Woodward […]
The latest broadband survey from UK consumer body Which? finds again that some of the biggest providers are rated most poorly by its customers. The results, based on a survey of over 1,700 telecoms customers, saw TalkTalk, Sky and BT achieve the lowest customer satisfaction scores among their peers. For the fifth Which? broadband survey […]
The UK’s booming creative industries could be worth £128.4 billion (€148.1bn) to the UK economy by 2025, and help to create up to 1 million new jobs by 2030, according to an independent review of the sector commissioned by the government and led by the current Chair of ITV Sir Peter Bazalgette. The review – […]