Advanced Television

Tolka Chooses TCAS TV content protection

Tolka has announced the completion of a television content protection system for one of southeast Asia’s largest gaming broadcasters. The new installation is based on TCAS for Contribution, a newly developed version of the Tolka Conditional Access System. It replaces the network’s third-party signal content protection technology which had been hacked and was being retransmitted […]

December 9, 2021

Discovery, Samsung raise awareness of tiger conservation around Project C.A.T.

Discovery and Samsung are raising awareness for the need to protect and conserve tigers in the wild to audiences around the globe through a content partnership around Discovery’s Project C.A.T. (Conserving Acres for Tigers). As part of the partnership a stunning short film, Eye to Eye with the Tiger, was produced to help build awareness […]

December 9, 2021

OpenAP launches XPm

OpenAP, the advanced advertising company bringing simplicity and scale to audience-based campaigns in television, has announced the launch of XPm, the new cross-platform measurement framework backed by national TV publishers that will provide advertisers with more choice in measurement solutions by helping facilitate an open and independent measurement ecosystem. TV publishers now have a common […]

December 9, 2021

Prysmian produces 20km of underground cable for SuedOstLink

Prysmian Group, a global in the energy and telecom cable systems industry, has produced the first 20 kilometres of underground cable for the SuedOstLink, one of Germany’s most important high-voltage direct current lines for transporting wind power from the north to consumers in Southern regions. The cables have been manufactured according to international standards and […]

December 9, 2021

Portuguese regulator proposes FTA channels on cable

Portugal’s National Communications Authority (Anacom) has recommended to the government that FTA TV channels are distributed “wherever possible” via cable instead of DTT. The proposal was made by Anacom president, João Cadete de Matos, within the working group on the future of DTT in Portugal, set up by Secretary of State for Cinema, Audiovisual and […]

December 8, 2021From Branislav Pekic in Rome

Viaplay launching in Netherlands in March

Viaplay will launch in The Netherlands on March 1st 2022 offering Dutch viewers a combination of premium live sports, Viaplay Originals, Hollywood films and series, and kids content. The service will be a single package priced at €13.99 per month, and will be available through distribution partners such as VodafoneZiggo and KPN and as a […]

December 8, 2021By Nik Roseveare

Success for EBU content-sharing initiative

A pioneering European news service supported by 11 national broadcasters has garnered more than 23.5 million views in just five months. Launched in July 2021, the ‘A European Perspective’ initiative responds to surging demand for trusted news against the backdrop of conspiracy-fuelled disinformation campaigns and populist rhetoric. It is hosted by public service media from […]

December 8, 2021By Colin Mann

Portugal: 4.3m pay-TV subs

The number of pay-TV subscribers in Portugal reached 4.3 million at the end of September 2021, representing a 3.2 per cent growth year-on-year. According to the National Communications Authority (Anacom), this is the lowest growth reported since the end of 2017. In Q3 2021, 94.9 per cent of households in Portugal had pay-TV (+4.5 per […]

December 8, 2021From Branislav Pekic in Rome

SES drops $1.35bn claim against Intelsat

The opening day of Intelsat’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy exit plan Confirmation Hearing saw Judge Keith Phillips’ hear explanations from Steven Serajeddini, one of Intelsat’s lawyers, that SES would scrap its demand for Intelsat to pay “punitive damages” to SES of $1.35 billion (€1.19bn). The withdrawal of the claim means that Intelsat, as its part of […]

December 8, 2021By Chris Forrester

UK to phase out 2G, 3G networks by 2033

The UK Government, together with UK mobile network operators, has announced a joint ambition for 35 per cent of the UK’s mobile network traffic to be carried over open and interoperable Radio Access Network (RAN) architectures by 2030. “Open network architectures will play a key role in enhancing the security and resilience of the networks […]

December 8, 2021By Colin Mann