Advanced Television

Eurosport tees up PGA Tour

Eurosport has announced a new partnership with the PGA Tour to bring sports fans 43 weeks of live golf throughout the year. Beginning in January 2021, the pan-European sports destination will present live tournament coverage and highlights in more than 30 territories, including Czech Republic, Greece and Turkey, with new markets set to come on […]

December 17, 2020

TV5MONDE selects Wiztivi to further reach

TV5MONDE adapts to new uses and media for the consumption of video in Europe. To support them in their project, the company chose Wiztivi to further its accessibility to its linear content by offering a new distribution platform with an optimized experience on new distribution channels. TV5MONDE decided to call on Wiztivi for the development, […]

December 17, 2020

Deezer, DAZN boxing collaboration

Deezer, the global streaming service and DAZN, the online sports destination, are joining forces for a collaboration ahead of two upcoming world championship boxing bouts. The integrated campaign is launching ahead of the WBA super middleweight title fight between Canelo Alvarez and Callum Smith on December 19th. For phase one, the campaign will combine advertising […]

December 17, 2020

Amagi named Supplier of the Year by Herring Networks

Herring Networks, the owner and operator of national cable networks One America News Network (OAN) and AWE, has announced that Amagi has been chosen as its Supplier of the Year for 2020. “We’ve been fortunate to have numerous outstanding suppliers supporting our content operations. Yet this year, Amagi’s technical support in linear channel creation, distribution, […]

December 17, 2020

Survey: Consumers savvy about brand safety issues  

Consumers express a nuanced appreciation of the complexities of the brand safety decisions faced by advertisers, according to a new survey conducted by the digital advertising industry certification programme the Trustworthy Accountability Group (TAG) and digital advertising industry initiative Brand Safety Institute (BSI) among more than a thousand US adults via SurveyMonkey. For example, instead […]

December 17, 2020

InterDigital completes VVC and V-PCC standards

InterDigital, a mobile and video technology research and development company, has announced the finalisation of Versatile Video Coding (VVC) and Video-based Point Cloud Compression (V-PCC) video standards at MPEG. The standards bring new capabilities and will enable more interactive experiences within the video ecosystem. The new VVC standard improves high-efficiency video coding (HEVC) performance by […]

December 17, 2020

Extreme E partners with Moncler

Extreme E, the new electric off-road racing series, has announced it is partnering with Moncler. The renowned global luxury brand will provide a dedicated uniform for Extreme E’s on-site team, protecting them from the elements during the remote races. The co-branded uniforms include some of the brand’s most iconic outerwear as well as sweatshirts, t-shirts, […]

December 17, 2020

TV TEM Brazil modernises with Pebble Solutions

Pebble, the playout automation and channel in a box specialist, has announced that TV TEM Brazil, the regional Brazilian television network and affiliate of TV Globo, has overhauled its playout workflow with the installation of Pebble Automation software and Pebble Integrated Channel devices. The system was supplied and installed by Videodata, Pebble’s reseller in Brazil. […]

December 17, 2020

Fighting digital divide in Rural Africa with Satmotion and Alusat

MSTelcom, a telecommunications company based in Angola, is fighting against the digital divide in rural Africa, providing connectivity to rural Angola. MSTelcom has successfully deployed a large network across Angola supported by ST Engineering iDirect’s Evolution platform. The deployment was surprisingly quick thanks to the Integrasys VSAT Auto-Commissioning tool, Satmotion Pocket, which enhances the delivery, […]

December 17, 2020

Nam named AsiaSat VP Finance

Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company Limited (AsiaSat), Asia’s premier satellite solutions provider, has announced the expansion of the company’s management team with the appointment of Tammy Nam as Vice President, Finance. Reporting to AsiaSat’s Chief Financial Officer, Sue Yeung, Nam will manage the finance team and oversee all financial planning and analysis, accounting, business operations and […]

December 17, 2020