A report in The Sunday Telegraph newspaper examined Sir Richard Branson’s much-delayed promises to take people – and satellites – into space. Branson’s latest commitment is to start human flights in 2020, taking fare-paying passengers beyond the nominal Karman Line which indicates the start of ‘Space’ at 62 miles (100 kms) above the Earth. However, […]
NOW TV, Sky’s OTT streaming service, opened a pop-up pie shop in the heart of Soho, London on July 30th to mark the 20th anniversary of seminal teen-comedy American Pie. Every visitor to the shop was presented with an apple pie with a hole in the middle in commemoration of that scene from the original […]
Every rocket failure gets a thorough investigation into the problems suffered on the launch, but the recent failure of a Vega launch on July 10th is to receive an independent inquiry commission. The decision to hold such an investigation comes from the European Space Agency (ESA) and Arianespace. The special commission is co-chaired by the […]
Freeview’s mobile app is now available to download from the Google Play Store, giving Android users the freedom to watch their favourite TV on-the-go. Users can stream live shows from the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5 as well as on demand content from BBC iPlayer, ITV Hub, All 4, My5, and UKTV Play […]
LG Electronics saw record second quarter and first half revenues with consolidated sales of KRW 15.63 trillion (€12bn) and operating profit of KRW 652.3 billion for the period covering April-June 2019. Compared to the same period last year, sales were 4.1 per cent higher with operating income down 15.4 per cent. The LG Home Entertainment […]
TiVo has announced that Midco, a US regional cable provider, has selected TiVo’s Next-Gen Platform to give its subscribers a superior entertainment discovery experience. In business for nearly 90 years, Midco has long been a cable, television and telecommunications provider, serving customers in Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin and Kansas. Midco will utilise the […]
NETINT Technologies, an innovator of computational storage and video processing SoC solutions, has announced Codensity EdgeFusion E408, combining NETINT’s video processing expertise with their Solid State Drive (SSD) technology into a single compact integrated solution suitable for deployment at the network edge. With the new EdgeFusion E408, based on NETINT’s in-house developed Codensity G4 System […]
ARRIS (now part of CommScope) and US -based TDS Telecom have announced plans to deploy an Android TV set-top solution for the TDS Cloud TV Platform called TDS TV+. TDS plans to launch the cloud-based, IP video delivery solution later this year, beginning in its cable footprint in central Oregon. The solution addresses consumer demand […]
SSIMWAVE, an innovator in the science of perceptual video quality measurement, has unveiled SSIMPLUS VOD Monitor Production, a new cloud-based tool that harnesses the power of the human visual system to optimize quality for high volumes of video assets across complex delivery chains. SSIMPLUS VOD Production is a viewer-centric technology that allows video businesses – […]
Leader Electronics has chosen IBC 2019 as the European launch venue for its LV5900 HD/4K/8K multi-standard waveform monitor. First announced at the Las Vegas NAB 2019 Show in April, the LV5900 is designed for content producers, broadcasters and equipment manufacturers progressing into the Super Hi-Vision standard. “8K is a forward-looking standard which will carry the […]