Canadian satellite operator Telesat says it has received approvals from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to use about 4 GHz of Ka-band spectrum for its proposed Low Earth Orbiting satellite system. Telesat, in a statement, said its new satellites will enable and accelerate the world’s digital transformation by providing high-performing, cost-effective, fibre-like broadband anywhere in […]
Sling TV has become the first live and on-demand over-the-top (OTT) service available on select Samsung Smart TVs. The launch of Sling TV on this new platform enables Sling TV to expand its position in device compatibility, currently supporting other platforms that include tablets, game consoles, computers, smartphones, streaming devices and other smart televisions. “With […]
Foxtel has unveiled its new Foxtel Now box. The plug-in-and-play box delivers seamless access to an line-up of programming, streamed instantly, live or on demand. Foxtel favourites available to stream on the Foxtel Now box, with a Foxtel Now subscription, include Love It or List It Australia, A Place to Call Home, Gogglebox Australia, plus international […]
The Walt Disney Company has announced the appointment of Abhishek Maheshwari as country head for India. Maheshwari joined Disney in 2012 as VP and head of corporate strategy and business development. In 2014, he was put in charge of the consumer products business and earlier this year was also given charge of the company’s Integrated […]
Speedcast, a specialist in providing fully managed, remote communication and IT solutions, and satellite operator SES have announced an agreement to provide several hundreds of Mbps of connectivity into Peru. This is the first agreement between the companies in Latin America to provide Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) capacity with high throughput capabilities and low latency. […]
Eurofins Digital Testing, a global player in end-to-end quality assurance (QA) and testing services, has been selected by RiksTV, a leading Norwegian digital terrestrial TV (DTTV) provider, to automate monitoring of service availability of RiksTV digital TV and HD TV services. RiksTV offers a wide range of TV and entertainment services for people across Norway, […]
The RSCC and the European company Chronosat have signed a contract stipulating an increased use of RSCC’s Express-AM7 satellite capacity by the European company. The contract was signed at AfricaCom 2017. Yuri Prokhorov, the RSCC General Director, noted: “RSCC has a long record of successful operations in the Middle East and Europe, where we have […]
IRIS.TV, a video personalisation pioneer that enables publishers and marketers to maximize revenue on their owned and operated digital properties, today announced IRIS.TV for Brands, a private marketplace for brands to distribute branded video in-stream alongside contextually relevant content and across hundreds of premium publisher sites and apps. Using augmented intelligence and machine learning technology, […]
CryptoGuard has been awarded the prestigious nomination Gasell Company and also Super Company ranked by the Swedish business magazines “Dagens Industri” and “Veckans Affärer” together with Bisnode. These two nominations are both proofs of being one of Sweden’s fastest growing and profitable companies. The criteria for the Gasell nomination include consistent, organic and profitable growth […]
Reports have emerged that 21st Century Fox has been holding talks to sell most of the company to Walt Disney Co. Any such deal would not involve all of Fox’s assets, according to people with knowledge of the talks. It is understood that Fox believes that a more tightly-focused group of properties around news and […]