Netflix has revealed that Season 6 of House of Cards, which is currently in production, will be the final instalment of its flagship show. The news comes following allegations that its star, Kevin Spacey, sexually harassed a 14 year old boy at a party in 1986. Spacey claims he has no memory of the incident […]
Alticast is an end-to-end provider for OTT services; UI including voice, VoD, catch up, linear. Most often Alticast deals with broadcasters and service providers in transition and guiding that journey enabling the transition alongside legacy services is key to their proposition. Getting it right is more important than getting it quick, says Frederic Gounard, VP […]
Research from TVT Media, the global content services specialist, shows that 61 languages are broadcast across the European Union and Turkey, highlighting the linguistic diversity within a television market of 600 million people. The research, commissioned by TVT and conducted by Media Asset Capital, reveals France is clearly the king of multilingual content in Europe’s […]
Discovery Communications has agreed a deal for its pay-TV brand Discovery Channel to become available on Amazon Channels in Germany and Austria. The launch of Discovery Channel on the service extends the streaming cooperation between Discovery and Amazon, which launched Eurosport Player earlier this year with its extensive sports line up, including exclusive Friday night […]
Amazon Studios has revealed it will move to the Culver Studios, a 280,000-square foot TV and movie studio with historical connections. The core building (the ‘Mansion House’) and its associated bungalow-style offices as well as the studio buildings were home in the past to Cecil B De Mille (and where much of Gone With the […]
Abu Dhabi-based satellite operator Yahsat says it has been trialling a 50 Mb/s in-flight service direct to aircraft passengers. “The result of a unique partnership between Yahsat, du, Etihad Airways Engineering, Hughes Network Systems and Carlisle Interconnect, the high-speed broadband offering will be available for airlines to offer its passengers within the next year,” it […]
TiVo has announced that Jupiter Telecommunications (J:COM), one of Japan’s largest cable television operators, has signed a multi-year licence renewal for TiVo’s G-Guide and IP across Japan. The licence agreement, which covers J:COM’s VoD services for cable TV subscribers, has now been expanded to cover OTT subscribers on mobile devices and PCs. This enables J:COM […]
SpaceX achieved another text-book rocket launch and subsequent landing on the afternoon of October 30th. SpaceX launched Koreasat-5A into its geostationary transfer orbit at 3.34pm Florida time. A few minutes after launch the 1st stage separated from the satellite and its protective faring, re-started its engines and manoeuvred its guidance grid fins to bring itself […]
A major European telecom operator will bring connectivity to new areas across North and West Africa and enable contingency services during fibre outages using a satellite-based solution. The network is implemented by CETel, a German provider of global end-to-end communications solutions, in partnership with SES Networks, who will deliver C-band capacity on SES’s NSS-7 satellite. […]
Pan-African satellite company, Kwesé TV, has announced the addition of Kwesé Family to its entertainment bouquet. Kwesé Family is an owned – Kwesé branded – channel designed to foster relaxation, engagement, upliftment and education for the whole family. The channel comes as an addition into Kwesé TV’s offering which already consists of over 65+ channels […]