ATEME, the emerging player in video delivery solutions for broadcast, cable, DTH, IPTV and OTT, has announced that FPT Play, the Vietnamese OTT service provider, has implemented ATEME’s TITAN solution to replace its OTT headend and to offer the latest OTT services to its viewers across Vietnam. Having previously implemented ATEME’s live event encoder for […]
The Association of Commercial Television in Europe (ACT) – which represents the interests of leading commercial broadcasters across Europe – is celebrating its 30 years as Europe embarks into a new political cycle. ACT’s Blueprint for media policy 2019-2024 sets out the body’s guiding thoughts for what European policy-makers need to focus on if they […]
Italy’s Antitrust Authority has given its conditional approval for the acquisition of Persidera by F2i and EI Towers. Persidera is a TV broadcasting tower company owned by Telecom Italia (TIM) and Gedi. The Authority established the operation will strengthen the dominant position of the new entity in the market for TV broadcasting infrastructure, “thus eliminating […]
Phil Spencer, head of Xbox, has said it will take “many years” before streaming video games becomes mainstream. The best gaming experiences was still be on gaming consoles or PC, Spencer said speaking to the BBC. His comments come as Google this week launches its video game streaming service Stadia. Xbox has a similar, rival […]
A network of TV piracy has been dismantled in Spain with the arrest of 12 people who illegally distributed pay-TV signals at a much lower price than the market to some 20,000 customers across the country. The pirates would have reportedly earned around €1 million. The police have closed down seven websites and several social […]
Most analysts had expected the C-Band Alliance of satellite operators to volunteer 25 per cent of their anticipated revenues in a ‘windfall’ tax paid to the US Treasury. But in a major filing to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on November 15th, they now say they’ll use a ”progressive” formula which ranges from 30 per […]
Spain’s public broadcaster RTVE is proposing to close down Teledeporte, its DTT sports TV channel, and turn it into a streaming service only available online. The move is aimed at cutting costs in the TV group, saving some €20 million a year. RTVE pays around €5 million a year to Cellnex, the domestic broadcasting agency, […]
US telco T-Mobile US has confirmed that its Board of Directors has named Mike Sievert as Chief Executive Officer, effective May 1st, 2020. Currently President, Chief Operating Officer and a Board Director, Sievert will assume the CEO role from John Legere after the conclusion of Legere’s contract on April 30th, 2020. Sievert’s new title will […]
Hulu, the US streaming service, is raising prices – for the second time this year – for its top-tier subscription plan for live TV streaming. From December 18th, Hulu’s live television streaming plan will cost $55 (€49.7)per month, an increase of $10 a month, or 22 per cent. The price for Hulu + Live TV, […]
There have been many formal filings to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) by Eutelsat, explaining their strategy as far as the proposed reallocation of C-band is over the US. Inside Satellite spoke to a senior Eutelsat spokesperson on the background to their thinking, and in particular to their controversial proposals to offer up a 50 […]