New Zealand’s Sky TV is rumoured to be going ahead with its merger plan with telco giant Vodafone’s New Zealand offshoot, despite not winning the legal approval from New Zealand’s competition regulator. The country’s Commerce Commission ruled against the merger plan in February, but has subsequently said that its clearance was not formally required but […]
Canal+ Group and CBS have announced an exclusive licensing and trademark agreement for Showtime in France. The long-term deal will bring the Showtime brand to the country for the first time, along with hundreds of hours of critically-acclaimed, original series and future Showtime programming. The agreement marks a significant expansion of the Showtime brand in […]
India’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) is demanding action over alleged malpractice by the country’s Department of Space (DoS) in how transponder satellite capacity was awarded to private direct-to-home broadcasters. The PAC state that decisions going back more than 10 years need to be fully investigated. The 22-member PAC is made up of Indian parliamentarians in […]
Harmonic, the global player in video delivery infrastructure, has announced its unaudited results for the first quarter of 2017. GAAP net revenue for the first quarter of 2017 was $82.9 million, compared with $113.1 million for the fourth quarter of 2016 and $81.8 million for the first quarter of 2016. Bookings for the first quarter […]
Netgem had formed a software agreement with ZTE, an international provider of telecommunications, enterprise and consumer technology solutions for the Mobile Internet, for the delivery of complete TV solutions to telecoms operators in Latin America. Beginning in the second quarter of 2017 by establishing a partnership in Mexico with fiber operator TotalPlay, ZTE will deliver […]
CSG Systems, a global partner to launch and monetise digital services, has revealed that its Ascendon digital services platform will consolidate and manage a myriad of payment options for approximately three million consumers of iflix, the SVoD service for emerging markets. To enable convenient payment options that are relevant and accessible to iflix customers, the […]
Limelight Networks, a global player in digital content delivery, has launched an offer to reduce online video re-buffer rates for new customers by 10 per cent or more. The limited-time offer is backed by a money-back guarantee and the company will match customers’ existing delivery pricing. “We know how critical performance is for our customers, […]
Finnish telco DNA has announced that its remaining DVB-T format pay-TV channels will switch to DVB-T2 technology on May 17th. The majority of terrestrial-network pay-TV channels and all HD channels are already being broadcast with the new technology. The greater efficiency of DVB-T2 technology increases broadcasting capacity and enables the transmission of HD-quality broadcasts over […]
STRONG, a member of the SKYWORTH Group and leading manufacturer and distributor of TV reception equipment in the world, releases a new HD+ Satellite Receiver. The HD+ Receiver SRT 7806 stands for a rich multimedia experience and an upgraded performance and comes with a 6-months HD+ smart card for free. The DVB-S2 HD receiver SRT […]
Sky News is at the forefront of technological innovation. SNG vehicles, fly-away kits and portable production have always been based around in-house ideas. Following a corporate decision to take the entire uplink and production operation in house, a small team were formed to bring innovative, cutting edge technology, and ideas, to produce lightweight but effective OB […]