Dolby and Andy Fiord Lab have announced the opening of Russia’s first certified Dolby Vision color grading and mastering studio. The opening of the Andy Fiord Lab as a certified Dolby Vision facility will allow for the post production of HDR content for TV and streaming platforms that meets the highest international media industry standards. […]
beIN Media Group and Dentsu, on behalf of FIFA, have announced a two-year media rights agreement that will see beIN Sports exclusively broadcast the FIFA Club World Cup in 24 countries across the Middle East & North Africa region. Set to take place in Qatar for the first time, both the 2019 and 2020 editions […]
A number of Netflix customers who cancelled their subscription have had their accounts reactivated without their consent. An investigation conducted by BBC Radio 4’s You & Yours programme found that criminals have been logging-in to dormant accounts and reactivating them without even knowing users’ bank details. Netflix says wants it to be easy for customers […]
Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) has appointed Ben Frow as Director of Programmes for its UK operations, promoting him to an expanded brief that involves being responsible for all content for the company’s TV networks and associated streaming services in the UK. He will take up his new role with immediate effect, reporting in due […]
Elon Musk’s SpaceX is preparing up to four of its Falcon 9 rockets for launch next month. Already in the manifest is the launch of a condominium satellite (Japan’s JSAT-18/Kacific) joint mission which is slated for around December 15th. Earlier than that will see SpaceX on December 4th launch a Dragon re-supply mission to the […]
Ofcom has issued a draft notice to suspend the broadcasting licence of Club TV Limited, after its channel Peace TV Urdu repeatedly rebroadcast material that the media regulator had previously found incited murder. Ofcom said it has a duty to suspend a broadcast licence if they are satisfied that the licensee has broadcast a programme […]
Insight TV, the 4K HDR broadcaster, content creator and format seller, has launched on Swiss cable operator UPC, which is owned by Liberty Global. UPC subscribers can look forward to Insight TV’s line-up of shows in 4K including the new series Street Kings in Jail, the recently launched eSports show Modern Day Gladiators as well […]
International communications enabler BICS has confirmed a major upgrade and expansion of its backbone in Japan, increasing capacity tenfold to support the expected growing demand for roaming and IP-based services. The move comes ahead of increasing numbers of domestic and international mobile subscribers travelling in and out of Japan expected in 2020 and follows growing […]
CNN is celebrating the tenth anniversary of its Middle East hub in Abu Dhabi and looking ahead to expansion plans at the network’s key newsgathering, production, broadcasting and commercial centre. November marks a decade since CNN first went on air live from Abu Dhabi. Since then it has increased its footprint in the Emirate, made […]
This year, Sky is reuniting the beloved character of E.T. with Elliott’s 2019 family. The iconic characters from Universal Pictures’ classic movie E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial tell the story of their unbreakable connection using technology from Sky. Sky debuted the two-minute Christmas short story online today (November 28th) and it will air in ad breaks on […]