The ASC Signal Division of Communications & Power Industries LLC (CPI) has been awarded a contract for four 7.6m C and Ku-band capable antenna from North Telecom. The antenna will be installed at one of the company’s teleports with an emphasis on enhancing the company’s offerings to a range of vertical sectors in the Asia-Pacific […]
The newly published ETSI specification TS 102 796 V1.4.1 on hybrid broadcast broadband TV (HbbTV) will allow the United Kingdom and Italy to implement the latest technologies in their receivers. With the large installed base of receivers in the UK and Italy, there will be a transitional period where broadcasters will provide apps and services […]
The weekend’s Italian Formula One Grand Prix saw heightened speculation that Liberty Media’s planned acquisition of the sport was a ‘done deal’, with an announcement expected as early as Tuesday September 6. Senior sources close to the deal suggest that all terms have been agreed and all that remains is the formality of signing. The […]
In addition to announcing its plans to overhaul its organisational structure, multinational cable, fibre, telecommunications, content and media company Altice is to simplify the Group’s ownership structure and enhance its organisational flexibility through an exchange offer for the outstanding 22.25 per cent of shares in telco subsidiary SFR Group not currently owned by Altice. Altice […]
Multinational cable, fibre, telecommunications, content and media company Altice has revealed its intention to strengthen further its industrial and operational strategy following its transformation into a leading transatlantic communications and media group with the closing of the acquisition of Cablevision. Altice plans to make its core strategic, operational and technical capabilities available to its subsidiaries […]
In advance of Labor Day on September 5, the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) has released new statistics on the film and television industry’s economic impact in all 50 US states, with the findings, shared by Julia Jenks, Vice President, Worldwide Research, indicating that in total, the film and television industry supports 1.9 million […]
The departure of current CTO Simon Gauntlett at the end of September to take up the position of Director of Imaging Standards and Technology at Dolby will see UK digital TV group DTG reorganise its leadership as well as driving a range of leadership programmes over the next year to keep the UK at the […]
EKT (Eagle Kingdom Technologies), a company specialised in the design and manufacturing of Set Top Box solutions and DOCSIS modems is launching a range of Operator SmartTVs that will completely change the TV landscape. It has long been a wish of some operators to bring consumers their complete content offering on the big screen without […]
Sky has invested €4 million in French OTT platform Molotov, which distributes free and pay-TV channels and content to consumers via a freemium model. This investment is part of a larger Molotov financing round and is the latest in a series of Sky investments in innovative start-up companies. Molotov was founded in 2014 by JeanDavid […]
According to the findings of The Pay-TV Innovation Landscape in Latin America, the fourth in a global series of white paper from the Pay-TV Innovation Forum, a global research programme from content protection provider NAGRA, in partnership with international research and strategy consultancy MTM, the region features solid growth potential yet accounts for less than […]