Malaysia is to switch to all-digital transmission by October 31st. The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) said the nation’s transition from analogue TV to its digital service (myFreeview Digital TV) will start in the central and southern regions on September 30th, northern and eastern regions on October 14th while Sabah and Sarawak will make […]
International Launch Services, the commercial arm of the Russian Proton rocket launch system, has delayed the launch of Eutelsat’s latest craft, E-5 West. The delay also represents a delay for Eutelsat’s co-launch passenger, MEV-1. The dual payload launch was due for lift-off on September 30th, but is now delayed while a possible electrical issue is […]
Liz Corbin, a senior editorial leader with more than 18 years’ experience at the BBC across television and digital journalism, has been appointed Deputy Media Director and Head of News for the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), effective from January 2020. Corbin began her career as a journalist on the BBC’s domestic rolling news channel and […]
Grass Valley is claiming a record in having sold its largest single worldwide sale of 4K cameras to date. The company says it has sold 151 4K cameras (its LDX 86n version) to Watford, UK-based ES Broadcast. Included in the order were 15 of Green Valley’s Kahuna production switchers. The deal was to prepare for […]
SmackDown moves from Tuesdays to Fridays beginning October 4th on FOX, but WWE fans can still get their Tuesday night fix with FS1’s WWE BACKSTAGE, television’s only studio show devoted to all things WWE. The hour-long weekly show offers viewers the latest WWE news every Tuesday at 11:00 PM ET/8:00 PM PT, beginning November 5th […]
Amazon has announced that its AI virtual assistant Alexa will soon be able to communicate in the voice of celebrities – with Hollywood actor Samuel L Jackson being the first such confirmed option. The feature will roll out in the US later this year, with each voice costing $0.99. The company has also refreshed its […]
Carp Wars 2, the hit series from Fishing TV, is now live and free-to-air on Sports Channel Network (SCN). This adds to the archive of fishing content that SCN has been building since February 2019 with the UK broadcast rights acquisition of Carp Wars and The Fishing TV Show. Carp Wars has been a consistent […]
The FTTH Council Europe is hosting a high-level event to celebrate 15 years of our work and efforts to connect everyone and everything, everywhere, empowering a leading Digital Society throughout Europe. Created in 2004 by five founding members: Alcatel-Lucent, Cisco, Corning, Emtelle and OFS, the organisation was originally set up as a technology-focused, vendor entity. […]
Telaria, the complete software platform that optimizes yield for leading video publishers, has announced the launch of Telaria Audience Connect for publishers and marketers, the most comprehensive suite of addressable products built for CTV/OTT, mobile, and desktop. Audience Connect makes it easy for marketers to deliver on-target campaigns, spanning multiple addressable criteria, to best leverage […]
ITV has announced that wrestling fans in the UK will be able to watch AEW Dynamite on its channels when the new weekly show launches in October. ITV will show full episodes on Sunday mornings on ITV4 (some 4 days after it has aired in the US), as well as a highlight show on Monday […]