Advanced Television

Quortex raises €2.5m

Quortex, a provider of a video streaming solution over the Internet, has raised €2.5 million in seed capital, in a funding round led by Elaia and Go Capital, with the participation of Unexo and Business Angels. The Quortex software solution is already used by customers such as M6 and Red Bee Media. Quortex says this […]

June 22, 2020

Eutelsat buys back its own shares

A Eutelsat board meeting on June 18th voted to cancel 2,229,640 shares, representing 0.96 per cent of the share capital, in accordance with the authorisation granted by the 14th and 15th resolutions of the Combined General Shareholders’ Meeting of November 7th 2019. Of the 2,229,640 shares cancelled, 2,124,572 shares were acquired under the share buyback […]

June 22, 2020

Insight TV to air Global Goal concert in 4K

Insight TV, a global content producer and provider of 4K UHD HDR linear and digital channels, will be the only channel to broadcast the ‘Global Goal: Unite for our Future’ concert in 4K UHD HDR on June 27th. Organised by international advocacy organization Global Citizen, the concert will be broadcast across all of Insight TV’s […]

June 22, 2020

London Live moves to ABS Broadcast

London Live, one of the local television stations under the Ofcom local-DTPS licence, has moved its entire broadcast operation to ABS Broadcast despite Covid-19 challenges The project teams on both sides were faced with unprecedented challenges caused by the Covid-19 lockdown, which presented a new dimension to the migration process. London Live is distributed on […]

June 22, 2020

Yanga! on VisionTV app

Yanga! TV, the home of African diaspora entertainment, has brokered a deal with Vision 247 and can now be streamed via the VisionTV app which is freely available on Android and iOS. Yanga! TV puts the viewers first, inviting their opinions and giving them and community leaders a platform to share their opinions . This […]

June 22, 2020

Keshet sells Gone Fishing to UKTV

Keshet International has completed a deal for Owl Power’s popular series, Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing, with UKTV. The second window rights deal will see both series of the BAFTA-nominated Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing broadcast on Dave in the UK. Series one will air from August this year, and the second early 2021. Originally […]

June 22, 2020

Barstow named Chief Revenue Officer at OpenVault

Josh Barstow has been promoted to the newly created position of Chief Revenue Officer at OpenVault, a global provider of technology solutions and industry analytics for broadband operators. Barstow will leverage more than 20 years of experience in the telecommunications sector to grow OpenVault’s global expansion, drive channel strategy and manage sales efforts and resources. […]

June 22, 2020

VENN selects Blackbird for remote video production

Blackbird, the developer and seller of the Blackbird cloud video editing platform, has announced that eSports trailblazers, VENN, has selected Blackbird for ultra-fast remote video production. The deal is for 3 years and was brokered by Blackbird’s new US systems integrator partner, ASG. VENN is a TV network for the streaming generation, aimed at gaming, […]

June 22, 2020

Forsway introduces Xtend Saga EMS

Forsway, a provider of innovative solutions tapping satellite and existing terrestrial technologies to enable cost-efficient broadband, today announced the introduction of the Forsway Xtend Saga EMS. The new Forsway-branded EMS product is a high-performance DVB-S2 Modulator and IP Encapsulator featuring ACM (adaptive coding and modulation) and MPE (Multiprotocol Encapsulation)  support, fully integrated with the Forsway Xtend  […]

June 22, 2020

Live Premier League on Twitch

Amazon has announced that it will stream its live Premier League fixtures on gaming platform Twitch. Twitch users in the UK will be able to watch four matches in the coming weeks, starting with the Crystal Palace vs Burnley fixture on June 29th. The coverage will also include Twitch chat, so fans can interact alongside […]

June 19, 2020