Bell Media, the Canadian content company, has joined with Lionsgate and its Starz premium pay-TV platform to announce an exclusive, long-term alliance to bring Starz to Canada and distribute the first pay window of Lionsgate’s future theatrical releases in the territory. The collaboration marks the first international launch of Starz since Lionsgate acquired the network […]
South Korea’s LG Display is to start making its OLED panels for mobile phones in plastic. This is a direct attempt to crash into Samsung’s 98 per cent market domination of the sector. LG expects to begin producing plastic OLED panels at a production line at its Paju facility, just North of Seoul, in Q3 […]
Arqiva, the UK communications infrastructure and media services company, has announced the launch of a new Central Processing Platform for channel delivery within the broadcast industry. Against a backdrop of constant change, insatiable consumer demand and evolving audiences, the scalable platform aims to bridge the gap between channel or content and provider – handling the […]
DNA and Discovery have agreed to bring Eurosport 1 HD and Eurosport 2 HD to DNA’s VHF terrestrial network. The channels will be available on DNA’s terrestrial network from January 25th. DNA will automatically add the new channels to all terrestrial network channel packages with a corresponding standard definition channel. Eurosport 1 HD and Eurosport […]
ESPNPlayer will deliver live and on-demand coverage of the 2018 X Games Aspen across Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) as the action sports competition returns to Aspen Snowmass on January 26th. The event features top athletes competing in 18 different disciplines over four days in Buttermilk Mountain, Aspen, Colorado. The 22nd edition of the […]
At the World Economic Forum event in Davos, Cisco has signed a Memorandum of Understanding to help Luxembourg digitise its economy. They will work together over the next three years on a range of initiatives across education, cyber security, the Internet of Things and fintech. In education, they will look to overturn “an acute shortage […]
The countdown has started for the planned January 25th launch by Arianespace of two satellites: SES-14 and Al Yah 3 (YahSat-3). SES-14 has been positioned atop Al Yah 3 within the payload fairing – which was installed on the launcher’s cryogenic core stage during previous activity inside the Spaceport’s Final Assembly Building for Ariane 5. […]
Comcast kept the profits flowing in Q4 with total revenue up 4 per cent to $21.9 billion (€17.7bn) and NBCUniversal showing gains in both the cable and broadcast TV. Adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation was flat with the year-earlier period at $6.8B. NBCU revenue for the quarter ending December 31st was up […]
Kantar Media has launched its new Digital Advertising Intelligence solution, bringing together paid and organic search and digital display advertising data in the UK market. The innovation from Kantar Media aims to help brands better understand their share of voice – and that of competitors – in the online search and advertising landscape. As a […]
Harmonic, a specialist in video delivery technology and services, has announced that La Télé, a broadcast news channel based in Switzerland, has deployed a live and scheduled playout solution that leverages the power of Harmonic’s Spectrum X media server and Polaris Play automation to control scheduled playout operations and Aveco automation for live news coverage. […]