Jean-Thierry Augustin, Eurosport ‘s newly-appointed Chief Executive Officer, has strengthened Eurosport’s development division appointing Julien Bergeaud as Development Director. In order to reinforce global coherence across all TV channels and the strength of Eurosport Group’s TV platform and offer, Arnaud Simon, Managing Director of Eurosport France, extends his responsibilities and has become TV content director, […]
LandscapeHD, the first 1080p linear instrumental music channel, has shipped its first app through inclusion in the Sony Bravia 2012/2013 televisions. Viewers can watch the channel through the playlist option in the app, giving Landscape global reach and anyone buying a Sony Bravia television can now receive a full 1080p channel at their fingertips at […]
MultiChoice has launched TLN, a channel belonging to Televisa Networks, a subsidiary of Grupo Televisa. MultiChoice, which has operations in 50 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa and adjacent Indian Ocean islands, has successfully added the Televisa Networks TLN signal to its portfolio of DStv channels in the main Portuguese-speaking African countries: Angola and Mozambique. TLN comes […]
Conax, a global provider of solutions for securing multi-device and digital video content distribution, has announced that Mexican cable operator Cablemás is further expanding their VoD platform with Conax Xtend Multiscreen. In a contract with security partner Conax, Cablemás, Mexico’s 2nd largest operator, is continuing its aggressive market approach by rolling out additional VoD content […]
The new 24-hour Euronews Hungarian news service will be launched on May 30th and will be available immediately through the major European and Hungarian TV networks, as well as on the Euronews Live app and on YouTube via the official Hungarian Euronews channel. This will be the 13th language edition and viewers can gain exclusive […]
Starlounge, the localised celebrity editorial service, relaunches with an enhanced team and new content partnerships with CNN International and Getty Images. Formerly part of MSN, the now independent and wholly owned service has new technical standards on all Starlounge websites include fully optimised players for tablets and smartphones and the addition of cross platform video […]
Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS) announced the appointment of Mohamed Youssif as Chief Operating Officer (COO) of ABS and President & Managing Director of the Middle East. As ABS’s Chief Operating Officer, Mohamed will be responsible for global sales and revenue for the company as well as directly managing business development for the Middle East region. […]
Box TV has launched a free online streaming service, built and powered by SimpleStream. All seven Box TV channels (4Music, heat, Kiss, Kerrang!, Box, Smash Hits and Magic) can now be viewed for free through an intuitive branded video media player hosted on 4music.com and the respective channel websites. Using SimpleStream’s Over-the-Top (OTT) technology, live […]
BBC technology guru Andy Quested says that Ultra-HDTV will need much higher frame rates than today’s 24/25 frames/second or 50/60 fps, depending on content. Quested, speaking to 3D Focus says that so-called ‘image smearing’ was a risk for 4K and 8K Ultra-HDTV transmissions. “At 50/60 [fps] though, the increased temporal resolution accentuates the smearing caused […]
UK consumers are increasingly prepared to pay for media content despite the fact they are spending fewer hours watching TV, reading books and browsing social media sites than in previous years, a survey by advisory firm KPMG has found. KPMG’s latest Media & Entertainment Barometer which gauges trends and consumers’ sentiments towards new and traditional […]