Advanced Television

Food Network and Fine Living for Hungary’s UPC

Scripps Networks UK & EMEA has announced that Food Network SD and Fine Living SD have launched on UPC Magyarország Kft, the largest cable television operator in Hungary. “We welcome Food Network and Fine Living, two of top lifestyle channels of the world in UPC’s digital television portfolio. We are very proud that UPC is […]

November 17, 2015

Paywizard selected for NBC Nigeria DSO

Paywizard, the specialist in subscriber management for pay-TV, today announces that it has been selected by Inview, the broadcast and OTT software and services specialist, and the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) of Nigeria, to support the national digital TV switchover project. Working with Inview, Paywizard’s AgileXtra platform will manage all customer data, subscriptions and billing, […]

November 17, 2015

DataMiner to manage hybrid STB services for over 2m households in East Africa

Skyline Communications, global leader in end-to-end multi-vendor network management and OSS software solutions for the broadcast, satellite, cable, telco and mobile industry, announces that DataMiner CPE Manager has been selected by a major service provider to manage a new network of interactive set-top boxes spanning across one of Africa’s biggest markets. The new network will […]

November 17, 2015

Newtec Dialog chosen by Liquid Telecom

Newtec – a specialist in designing, developing and manufacturing equipment and technologies for satellite communications – has announced that Liquid Telecom has chosen the Newtec Dialog multiservice platform to enlarge and improve its current VSAT services with more applications and features for both current and new customers. Extending its current relationship with Newtec, Liquid Telecom […]

November 17, 2015

Marvell, Valve to deliver PC gaming Experience on TV

Marvell, a specialist in providing complete silicon solutions from storage to Internet of Things (IoT), cloud infrastructure, digital entertainment, in-home content delivery and Kinoma software enabling the “Smart Life and Smart Lifestyle”— have announced that Marvell’s ARMADA 1500 Mini (88DE3005) System-on-Chip (SoC), Avastar 88W8897 11ac Wi-Fi and Bluetooth chip and power management integrated circuits (PMIC) components […]

November 17, 2015

Ericsson: ‘No Cisco deal’

Ericsson president and CEO Hans Vestberg has been compelled to publicly rule out a merger with Cisco as market rumours swirled following the announcement of their cooperative technology partnership last week. In a statement, Vestberg said there weren’t “any discussions whatsoever” about a merger with, or acquisition by, Cisco.  “We note that there are rumours […]

November 16, 2015

Sky ‘still scope to raise UK prices’

Sky’s CEO Jeremy Darroch has told analysts that he sees further opportunities for price rises in its UK and Ireland home market. Darroch was bullish as he spoke at the annual Morgan Stanley investor conference in Barcelona, saying that neither the rise of Netflix-type services or the threat from rivals such as BT Sport had […]

November 16, 2015By Chris Forrester

La Liga launches bid process for TV rights to 2019

The TV rights to the top Spanish Leagues for the period 2016-2019 have opened for bids. They must be submitted by 2 December for the broadcast rights to packages of La Liga’s first and second divisions and the Copa del Rey for seasons 2016-2017, 2017-2018 and 2018-2019. This is the first time that an open bidding process […]

November 16, 2015From David Del Valle in Madrid

DTG and German TV Platform combine for UHD tests

The DTG UK UHD Forum and German TV Platform are joining forces to continue testing Ultra HD TVs, receivers, content and connectivity as new services develop. German TV Platform is the German counterpart to the DTG, the UK collaboration centre for innovation in digital media technology, with its own industry group dedicated to Ultra HD […]

November 16, 2015

Openreach CEO departs

BT Openreach CEO Joe Garner, is stepping down to become chief executive of building society Nationwide. Garner, who became CEO in February 2014, will leave next spring handing over to his successor, who BT said “will be named in due course.” The news comes as rival comms compaies including Sky, TalkTalk and Vodafone all urge […]

November 16, 2015