Red Arrow Entertainment Group has acquired a majority stake in Karga Seven Pictures, a television production company based in Los Angeles. Karga also benefits from strong ties to the Turkish TV market and has offices in Istanbul. Founded in 2008, Karga has established itself as a leading creator and producer of factual entertainment, producing both […]
Singapore Telecommunications (Singtel) has secured the broadcast rights to all Barclays Premier League matches for the next three seasons commencing August 2016. Yuen Kuan Moon, Chief Executive Officer, Consumer Singapore, Singtel said, “We are delighted to bring the Barclays Premier League to Singaporeans for another three seasons. Singtel TV fans can be assured that their […]
Egypt’s public broadcaster has suspended a popular female TV host because she criticised the country’s president on air. Officially, veteran host Azza El-Hanawy, has been suspended because of a “lack of neutrality and objectivity”. On air, the Channel 3 host of its weekly Cairo News show that was examining corruption in the country, said that […]
Software-defined video solutions for multiscreen content delivery specialist Elemental Technologies, has confirmed that African pay-TV provider MultiChoice is using Elemental for live streaming and video-on-demand (VoD) delivery of its DStv online service, which makes sports and entertainment content available on smart phones and tablets to more than 10 million subscribers in Sub-Saharan Africa. Rapidly expanding […]
An Ariane 5 rocket successfully placed into geostationary transfer orbit two satellites on November 10th. The rocket, carrying the ARABSAT-6B and GSAT-15 spacecraft, lifted off at the start of the launch window, at 4:34 p.m. EDT (21:34 GMT) from Ariane’s Launch Complex No. 3 (ELA 3) at Europe’s spaceport, located in Kourou, French Guiana. The […]
RR Media, a provider of global digital media services to the broadcast and media industries, has on-boarded an additional seven new VoD platforms capable of directly populating a wider range of VoD libraries. The new multi country and multi region VoD platforms are Google Play, BT Vision, TalkTalk’s blinkbox TV, Amazon Prime Video, British Airways’ […]
Scripps Networks UK & EMEA has announced that Bake Off judge Paul Hollywood will make his debut on Food Network in a new original commission. The new series titled ‘Paul Hollywood City Bakes’ is the first new commission for 2016 and is scheduled to transmit in April on Food Network in 100+ countries and territories […]
With four newly added channels, the Filmbox Premium package available on Orange Slovakia now offers both movie and thematic channels, announced SPI International/Filmbox. The Filmbox channel bouquet on Orange now consists of FilmBox Premium, FilmBox Extra HD, FilmBox Plus, FightBox HD, 360TuneBox HD and Eroxxx HD. It has also received a new name and is […]
MediaMelon, the smart streaming company, and NexStreaming, a provider of multiscreen HLS player SDK NexPlayer, today announced a collaboration that improves adaptive bitrate (ABR) streaming to consumer devices. The integration of MediaMelon QBR™ technology with the NexPlayer SDK for mobile apps enables video service providers to deliver premium quality in network-constrained situations, lowering costs and […]
Over the course of 2015, Intelsat has forged strategic partnerships with leading networking hardware and antenna manufacturers as it implements its strategy to drive performance, improve economics and simplify access to the company’s next-generation high throughput satellite platform, Intelsat EpicNG. Building on that momentum, the company today announced that it has appointed long-standing Intelsat executive […]