The CBS AMC UK Channels Partnership, a joint venture between AMC Networks International and CBS Studios International, ahs announced that its branded, on-demand players – Horror Bites and CBS Catchup Channels UK – have launched on YouView, the hybrid television platform, a joint venture between the BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5, BT, TalkTalk and […]
Brighton Dome & Brighton Festival has partnered with Digital Catapult to launch one of the first performance, arts and cultural venues equipped with 5G technology anywhere in the UK. Over the next year, the project will develop new ideas for integrating 5G technology into the venues, such as live streaming performances in high quality and […]
While there are some key concerns over the upcoming Eutelsat financial results, there’s at least one financial analyst who is content with the results from Luxembourg’s SES. “Most importantly, guidance was held for the full year,” says equity analysts at Berenberg Bank. “This was really the main point of the results, in our view.” However, […]
Israel’s Spacecom has again suffered a postponement of the launch of its AMOS-17 satellite, this time to July. Spacecom made its statement to the Tel Aviv stock exchange on April 28th. Amos-17 had been expected to launch in the May 20th – June 19th time period aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Florida. Spacecom […]
Discovery veteran, Matthew Butler, has been named general manager of Travel Channel, effective immediately. The announcement was made by Kathleen Finch, Chief Lifestyle Brands Officer, and Henry Schleiff, Group President, Investigation Discovery, Travel Channel, Destination America and American Heroes Channel. “Given the terrific success of Travel’s recent repositioning, coupled with Matt’s long-term impact on the brand, […]
Andy Cairns is to step down as Executive Editor of Sky Sports News in the summer, bringing to an over 30 years of of service at Sky. Cairns started his Sky career at Sky News in 1989 and was a central part of the team that launched Sky Sports News in 1998. Cairns has also […]
SK Telecom has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with SBS, a Korean television channel operated by Seoul Broadcasting System, for joint development of innovative media business. With the MOU signing, SK Telecom has entered into MOUs with the top three terrestrial TV broadcasting stations in Korea, namely KBS, MBC and SBS. SK Telecom will […]
Technology news programme BBC Click’s 1,000th show will be the BBC’s first full-length, interactive programme, letting viewers to choose how they want to watch it. Working with new tools created by BBC Research & Development, the programme will enable viewers to interact with the show, skipping ahead to the sections they’re really interested in, or […]
Looking for the most efficient way to deliver consistently high quality highlights packages to Channel 4 from all 21 grand prix of the 2019 Formula 1 World Championship, Whisper Films has turned to Gearhouse Broadcast. In response, the Gravity Media-owned supplier of broadcast technical facilities, crew and services used to capture the world’s most watched […]
OTT Video Streaming Service Provider, Airbeem, has announced the appointment of Alastair McCormack as Chief Technology Officer. McCormack said, “I’m honoured and thrilled to lead the technology strategy at Airbeem especially at such a pivotal point in Serverless cloud architectures. I’m excited to be driving forward Airbeem’s next-generation OTT service that provides affordable Tier 1 […]