ATEME has announced that its advanced video compression technology is being used by Arqiva and Samsung Electronics to conduct the first field trial of 5G Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) technology in the UK. The trial, first of its kind in Europe, is taking place from July to December 2017 in central London and involves the […]
Live and on-demand digital video content technology product and service provider NeuLion is partnering with Sky Sports to power its Sky Sports Box Office OTT service. The NeuLion Digital Platform will power future, live pay-per-view events for Sky Sports Box Office. “We’ve seen the work that NeuLion has done over many years for the English […]
Polish broadcasting group Cyfrowy Polsat has signed a long-term contract with Paris-based Eutelsat for the lease of multiple transponders. The deal covers the extension of existing contracted capacity and expansion of bandwidth at Eutelsat’s ‘Hotbird’ video position. This new contract consolidates a collaboration that began in 1992 with the launch of Polsat, Poland’s first commercial […]
ThinkAnalytics, the TV search and recommendations engine for pay-TV and OTT, has announced record results for the financial year ending June 30th 2017, with turnover up 25 per cent and profits up 30 per cent year on year. Business highlights include successful launches with Astro (Astro Go and NJOI), CenturyLink, PCCW, Vodafone Kabel Deutschland and […]
California-based ViaSat and Eutelsat have secured a contract with Israeli airline EL AL to equip their aircraft fleet with satellite WiFi connectivity for passengers and crew. EL AL Israel Airlines recently announced the purchase of 16 new Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft as part of its focus on customer service and innovation. The airline is committed […]
DNA has become Finland’s first TV operator to offer Netflix programmes in 4K via its digibox (DNA TV-hubi). Customers need a 4K television and Netflix 4K subscription to watch programmes in the UHD format. “Netflix is a major addition to the services offered by DNA TV-hubi. Its 4K feature, in particular, will take the viewing […]
Eurosport has secured the rights to show this season’s Guinness PRO14 in 62 countries and territories across Europe and Discovery-owned Rugbypass and Setanta in Asia. Now in its second season as a broadcast partner of the competition, the agreement will see Eurosport and Eurosport Player show all home and selected away games – if locally […]
Spectral Edge has released Vividteq, a unique colour filter technology that dynamically improves image quality and enables service providers to deliver HDR-like experiences to their premium subscribers, with no need to replace or update customer equipment. While High Dynamic Range (HDR) technology promises more vivid pictures with greater colour depth, most existing TVs and set […]
Ericsson will launch MediaFirst Content Processing, a software based, multi-application platform, at IBC 2017. The platform is designed from the ground up with high quality, full performance video processing capabilities specifically for the contribution market. Ericsson MediaFirst Content Processing answers the growing industry need for greater flexibility, superior low latency, and the ability to repurpose […]
Paywizard, the subscription, billing and customer relationship management (CRM) specialist, has today announced that NHK Cosmomedia Europe (NCME), an affiliated company with Japanese national broadcaster, NHK, has selected the Paywizard Agile platform to provide an end-to-end subscription, CRM and billing solution for JSTV-i, NCME’s flagship OTT service and currently the only Japanese language TV service […]