Arqiva, the UK communications infrastructure and media services company, has extended its lease for C and Ku-band capacity with AsiaSat, Asia’s leading satellite operator for sports content delivery across the Asia-Pacific. The agreement will see Arqiva’s continued use of AsiaSat 5 to deliver a broad range of sporting events to Asian viewers, from football and […]
SK Telecom, Korea’s largest telecommunications company and Bharti Airtel, India’s largest telecommunications services provider, have announced a strategic partnership under which, Airtel will leverage SK Telecom’s expertise to build what they claim will be the most advanced telecom network in India. The partnership will work across several areas including developing bespoke software to dramatically improve network experience, […]
Conax, a Kudelski Group company and specialist protection for pay-TV and digital entertainment services, and conditional access module provider SmarDTV, have announced a collaboration with JOYNE, the new Dutch multi-channel pay-TV operator. JOYNE selected Conax ‘Contego-as-a-Service’, cloud-based content protection security hub and Conax Cardless CAM developed by SmarDTV with pre-integrated security client Conax Core Access […]
Globecast, the global solutions provider for media, has soft launched its new Globecast liveSpotter live-to-VoD packaged content service. This comes after select customers successfully deployed the trial solution. Globecast liveSpotter provides customers with the ability to create monetisable short-form content from quickly and efficiently, using an end-to-end solution – from signal-to-screen – from a single […]
SPI International / FilmBox is launching three live TV channels with Youfone, an MVNO in the Netherlands. Starting this week Youfone’s TV customers get access to three channels from the SPI’s worldwide TV portfolio. The line-up includes DocuBox – a channel featuring documentaries on wild life and human civilisation, FightBox – 24/7 sports channel which […]
Viasat Ukraine, the largest DTH operator in Ukraine, will be providing TV reception to its subscribers using SES Video’s services on Astra 4A. Under the multi-year agreement with SES, Vision TV will be broadcasting approximately 40 pay-TV channels, out of which 13 are in HD, and about 60 free-to-air channels at 5 degrees East. SES […]
German IPTV and hybrid DVB STB provider, ABOX42, will demonstrate its new dotIO Smart Home Platform for pay-TV, internet and mobile operators. The ABOX42 dotIO Smart home solution is a fully managed turnkey solution for operators that enables them to generate new revenue streams by opening up new business models. “With the margins for internet, […]
Es’hailSat, the Qatar Satellite Company, announced today the signing of an agreement with Al Rayyan Media to expand their service offering on Es’hail-1 located at 25.5°E broadcast hotspot. Al Rayyan HD, Al Rayyan SD, Sout Al Rayyan (Radio) and Sout Al-Islam (Radio) joins Al Rayyan 2 HD, which is already available on Es’hail-1, for distribution […]
Ericsson has selected Equinix to deploy its Unified Delivery Network (UDN) solution in Equinix’s datacenters and across its business ecosystem of network service, cloud and content providers and enterprises in all industry sectors. The two companies will also extend their new relationship to work together on future innovation projects, including possible collaboration on new technologies […]
Ericsson has chosen Zixi to provide additional technology capabilities for their Contribution applications. Zixi’s Feeder and Receiver technology will be integrated into Ericsson’s recently launched MediaFirst Content Processing software-based decoder to meet the needs of media businesses that rely on premium content revenue. Zixi is the industry leader for enabling dependable, live broadcast-quality video over […]