B/R Live, the US streaming service, has signed a partnership with Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, the 2019 Champions League finalists, to become their US streaming partner for the Club’s International Programming Block. Spurs TV, the Club’s weekly highlights programme, will be broadcast exclusively on B/R Live for the duration of the 2019/20 and 2020/21 seasons. […]
Disney Media Distribution and Cox Communications have reached an agreement to carry ESPN’s newly launched ACC Network in the US. The deal will allow fans and followers of the Atlantic Coast Conference to access the multiplatform network in all Cox markets once launched. “We know our customers are passionate about sports, and we’re excited to […]
Insight TV, the 4K HDR broadcaster and producer of native UHD content, has launched on Samsung TV Plus in the UK, with two new channels: Insight TV Lifestyle and Insight TV Wonder. The channels will provide an eclectic mix of unique inspirational content from stunning locations around the world encompassing human endeavors and incredible insights […]
SES has announced that Adaptive Resource Control (ARC), a dynamic software solution under development in partnership with Kythera Space Solutions. This system will further enhance the flexibility and efficiency of O3b mPOWER, SES’s next-generation medium earth orbit (MEO) communications system. ARC will enable the dynamic control and optimisation of power, throughput, beams and frequency allocation […]
Red Bee Media is extending its relationship with Channel 4 and will deliver fully resilient dual site Playout and Access Services for all the British broadcaster’s channels. Playout Services will be delivered from Red Bee’s facilities in Broadcast Centre, London and Media City UK, Salford. Access Services will continue to be delivered from a number […]
Skyline Communications, a global player in end-to-end multi-vendor network management and OSS software solutions for the broadcast, satellite, cable, telco and mobile industry, has announced that its AI-powered DataMiner NMS and orchestration system was selected by yet another major operator in the Middle East. Es’hailSat is a communications satellite operator that delivers direct-to-home television services, […]
Major League Baseball (MLB) and NTT, a global technology and business solutions leader, have partnered on a multi-year technology partnership. NTT is the first Japan based information technology company to be named an official MLB partner in the US. The announcement was made at MLB Headquarters in New York by Baseball Commissioner Robert D. Manfred, […]
Premium video content management specialist Eluvio has launched Eluvio Content Fabric, a software platform for content owners to manage and distribute premium video (live and on-demand) to consumers and business partners without content delivery networks (CDNs). It enables content owners to deliver ultra-low latency, high quality video content – and reduce their reliance on complex […]
Social media giant Facebook is linking with Hughes Network Systems to provide its Community WiFi access to Facebook users in Colombia. The system uses Facebook’s Express WiFi platform, and transmitted via Hughes’ (VSAT) Very Small Aperture Terminals. “Express Wi-Fi supports the Facebook Connectivity mission to bring more people online with faster Internet,” said Paul Monte, […]
Globecast, the global solutions provider for media, has announced the launch of Globecast Managed Cloud Network (Globecast MCN), responding to pressures across the sports broadcasting market for more content more of the time, to affiliates and viewers. Liz McParland, Global Contribution Worldwide and Commercial Director of Contribution UK, said: “The sports broadcasting market is often […]