Broadband Forum has strengthened its board of directors, adding two new operators – Verizon and China Unicom – as its work to develop and standardise next-generation broadband services continues. Mike Talbert, of Verizon, and Ding Hai, of China Unicom, are the latest members to join the board which includes representatives from BT, Calix, CommScope, Deutsche […]
A1 Telekom Austria Group has announced its first partnership in the US market for its wholesale broadcasting business. A1 Group is supporting the launch of Boss TV, a streaming platform which will provide access to over 100 channels in Spanish, English and Italian. The platform will be launched on October 1st and provides an end-to-end […]
In light of the ongoing pandemic, the FTTH Council Europe has announced that this years FTTH Conference, scheduled for December 2nd – 3rd, will now be a virtual event. The FTTH Council Europe will reschedule the physical FTTH Conference to September 21st-23rd 2021. In a statement, the COuncil said: “We are confident that this decision, […]
ZEASN, a provider of OTT and Smart TV solutions, has partnered with FITE, a digital platform for global sports and entertainment, to distribute content to sports fans around the world. Headquartered in New York, FITE is a worldwide brand focused on combat sports, especially professional wrestling, mixed martial arts and boxing events, as well as […]
Pebble Beach Systems, the automation, content management and integrated channel specialist, has announced the next wave of media orchestration with its new platform, Oceans. Oceans is Pebble’s next generation service-oriented technology platform. Built for all clouds, but equally happy on-prem, Oceans will enable broadcasters to deploy, manage, host and upgrade their broadcast workflows and services […]
Nordija has appointed Vikram Felix Rozario as Sales Director EMEA. Rozario joined Nordija on June 1st, and is responsible for driving sales in the EMEA region. Rozario joins Nordija from Synamedia, where he was Sr Manager strategic partnerships – EMEA and previously in senior business development and sales roles in Cisco Video and Pace (now […]
This year’s BASE Awards winners will be announced on Thursday, October 22nd following a decision not to go ahead with a physical awards ceremony in 2020 that has been informed by ongoing government guidance on large scale gatherings and by the understandably limited appetite from members for such an event in the current climate. Eschewing […]
Reed MIDEM has announced that Korea is the MIPCOM 2020 Country of Honour. Korea will become the first Country of Honour to be showcased on the new MIPCOM ONLINE+ platform, making its flagship content accessible to television professionals around the globe. The Korea Country of Honour showcase is sponsored by Korea Communications Commission (KCC), responsible […]
ITV Studios has reveaed the full line-up for its inaugural Fall Festival. The three week long event, which is an extension of its award-winning Drama and Formats Festivals, will be a series of virtual content and production sessions for buyers held from 14 September 2020. Ruth Berry, Managing Director, Global Distribution and Maarten Meijs, President […]
All 28 Premier League fixtures in September will be televised live, with Leicester City’s home match against Burnley to be broadcast free-to-air on the BBC, as matches continue to be played behind closed doors. Sky Sports and BT Sport have already selected 17 matches for live broadcast for the first three match rounds of the […]