Pay-radio operator SiriusXM has concluded its $480 million “strategic investment” in music streaming service Pandora. The deal was first announced back on June 9th. Under the terms of the agreement, a subsidiary of SiriusXM purchased $172.5 million of Series A preferred stock upon execution of the agreement on June 9th 2017 and [September 22nd] purchased […]
The premiere of Star Trek: Discovery on CBS All Access, the CBS Television Network’s digital SVoD service, set a new record for subscriber sign-ups in a single day. CBS didn’t release exact figures, but said the number “eclipsed” the previous record held by the 2017 Grammy Awards. Episodes one and two of Star Trek: Discovery […]
Bloomberg is extending its financial news channel into the Arabic language. Bloomberg Al Arabiya will be a joint-venture with publishing house Saudi Research & Marketing, and based in the Saudi capital Riyadh although with other regional offices in Dubai and other important business and trading cities. The broadcast channel will launch within a year and […]
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 […]