Inside Secure, a specialist in security solutions for mobile and connected devices, has announced the successful completion of fundraising in the global amount of €16 million through the issuance of bonds convertible into new shares and/or exchangeable for existing shares (“OCEANE”) due in 2022. The OCEANE bonds have been offered by way of two private […]
Subscribers to DStv’s Multichoice pay-TV in cash-strapped Zimbabwe are having to pay their monthly fees in US dollars (or other ‘hard’ currencies). Now, a local lawyer is asking the nation’s High Court for an order to compel Multichoice to accept payment in more traditional forms. James Majatame of Takawira Law Chambers is seeking the court-issued […]
September 8th saw David Frear, CFO at pay-radio operator Sirius/XM. Speaking at a Bank of America/Merrill Lynch media conference, talk about the prospects for his business, and where growth would likely occur over the next 3-5 years. “I think it’s becoming more and more [about] the connected car. We think about what’s going to drive […]
An administrator has been appointed at Bike Media Ltd. A statement on September 8th said that the company had run out of [financial] options and would close and the channel removed from distribution on Sky, Virgin Media and Freesat. Six staff will lose their jobs and buyers are being sought for the broadcaster’s assets. “Bike […]
Euroconsult’s Paris ‘Satellite Business Week’ opened September 11th with a series of highly-positive reports on the ‘state of the industry’. In truth, the news for satellite operators this past year has not always been good, but those older sentiments are fast-evaporating if equity analysts at investment bankers Jefferies are right. Jefferies, and analyst Giles Thorne, […]
Satellite operator Eutelsat Communications and next generation compression solutions specialist V-Nova are unveiling at this year’s IBC a new satellite-delivered studio-quality HD contribution solution that they say, for the first time, offers broadcasters and video service providers a true alternative or back-up to fibre in terms of quality and bandwidth-efficiency. The new solution leverages V-Nova’s PERSEUS […]
FremantleMedia has acquired a majority stake in the brand new Australian drama company Easy Tiger Productions. The high-end scripted indie will be led by producer Ian Collie, who will take up the position of Managing Director. Collie co-founded Essential Media in 2006 and rapidly built its drama division into one of Australia’s foremost creators and […]
Conax, a Kudelski Group company and speciaist in total content and service protection for digital entertainment services, has announced the launch of Conax Lynx, a TEE-based solution and Conax Prime Access, a cardless security client designed for hybrid set-top-boxes. Conax Lynx enables strong isolation on hybrid set-top-boxes, reduced integration effort for middleware partners and access […]
Paywizard, the subscription, billing and customer relationship management (CRM) expert, and Ostmodern, the broadcast content and VoD specialist, have partnered to launch Venue, a revolutionary new end-to-end Pay-Per-View (PPV) solution. Venuereflects the shared Paywizard and Ostmodern philosophy of managing PPV TV viewers by treating them as long-term customers rather than one-off buyers. Central to Venue […]
Wowza Media Systems has unveiled a new Ultra Low Latency Service as a part of the Wowza Streaming Cloud platform. Built on top of Microsoft Azure, the global cloud computing infrastructure, this service will deliver live-streaming at unsurpassed speed and scale. The Wowza Ultra Low Latency Service combines streaming software with intelligent monitoring and management, […]