Dish farms are massive arrays of uplink and downlink parabolic dishes in a teleport which communicate with orbiting geostationary satellites. The dishes are huge, typically measuring 7-10 metres across, and very expensive. Moreover, even the specifically designed tracking antennas (usually of about 3 metres across) are of limited use for handling signals to or from […]
Government-backed eSports innovation project Weavr has unveiled its first working prototype which it says is set to redefine sports viewing experience The Weavr Consortium, comprised of six UK companies spanning eSports, education and entertainment and supported by UK Research and Innovation, has revealed its technology’s potential to engage fans. The Weavr consortium have publicly demonstrated […]
Hong Kong-based APT Satellite Holdings reported a significant 9.4 per cent drop in revenues for the first half-year of 2019, worth HK$565 million (€64.8m). The operator received $16.5 million in insurance compensation last year for the partial loss of Apstar-6 in May 2018, and another $4.4 million in June. APT, in statements to the Hong […]
Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) and ACCESS have announced a partnership to make Viacom’s global TV brands accessible to vehicle passengers via ACCESS Twine for Car (Twine4Car) in Germany. Under the terms of deal, ACCESS is acquiring the rights to make linear feeds of MTV, Comedy Central and Nickelodeon available in German-language for integration into […]
Cult film-maker Kevin Smith has revealed he is bringing back the popular 1980s He-Man character for a new animated series on Netflix. The series, entitled Masters Of The Universe: Revelation, will return to Castle Grayskull and the fantasy realm of Eternia to wrap up key storylines involving He-Man and his arch-enemy Skeletor that have remained […]
Virgin Media and eir have agreed a deal to carry their key sports channels on each other’s TV platforms. Under the agreement, Virgin Media Sport will be available to eir customers as part of the eir sport pack and in turn, eir sport will be available to Virgin Media TV customers in Ireland. The new […]
IBC TV, the official television channel of IBC 2019 which takes place in Amsterdam next month, has once again chosen Grass Valley as its technical partner, selecting a comprehensive suite of broadcast production tools to support its live broadcasts from the show floor. The channel will engage more than 55,000 IBC attendees with content, and be […]
Global sports provider Eleven Sports has acquired exclusive live rights to the 2019 IAAF World Athletics Championships, and the FIVB Men’s and Women’s Volleyball World Cups in Taiwan. The 2019 IAAF World Athletics Championships will be live from the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar, and Eleven subscribers will have the opportunity to watch Taiwanese […]
To celebrate the release of Dad’s Army: The Lost Episodes on Gold, UKTV has unveiled a huge 1940s army-recruitment style out of home ad campaign which has been specially designed to look as if it has been in place for decades. The specially created, time-weathered ‘ghost billboard’ harks back to WW2 propaganda advertising and has […]
Amazon Prime Video will bring customers in the UK and Ireland live and exclusive coverage of the US Open Tennis Championships 2019, from the qualifying rounds (19 August–23 August) to the tournament (26 August–8 September) at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, New York. Customers will have access to full, […]