Video intelligence and big data processing specialist Conviva has revealed that it processed over 45 billion streams in 2013, increasing the size of its global intelligence base by more than four times over the last two years, and suggested that this growth is a strong factor in enabling its customers better to serve the Internet […]
DirecTV’s Genie, Liberty Global’s Horizon, Dish’s Hopper and the boxes that power Comcast’s X1 service have something in common other than better marketing names than an older generation of boxes more commonly known by model names such as “DCT6200”. These feature-rich boxes bring more tuners to centralise DVR resources (minimising DVR conflicts), as well as […]
Steering a TV to a new audience has often been described as being similar to steering a super tanker onto a new course. It takes an age to see any real movement. This is the problem for CNN’s president Jeff Zucker. He has been in post at CNN for one full year, yet this past […]
Ofcom has awarded licences to run local TV services in Swansea and Mold on digital terrestrial TV (DTT). The licences have been awarded to Bay TV Swansea (Swansea) and Bay TV Clywd (Mold). The awards follow legislation enabling Ofcom to issue local TV licences. The channels will be broadcast on DTT by the local multiplex, […]
Street riots in Bangkok have seen the government respond by issuing an emergency decree that could allow it to shut down certain TV channels. However, the National Broadcasting & Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) regulator says this is not the case. According to BBC Monitoring, NBTC committee member Mrs Supinya Klangnarong addressing growing concerns about actions from […]
BBC Worldwide has confirmed a deal with KT Corporation, the dominant South Korean telco, to launch a CBeebies SVoD service on KT olleh TV. Over five million KT olleh TV viewers will have access to the library of CBeebies programmes on their IPTV platform. The deal also marks the largest volume of television programmes on […]
Twitter and GfK have formed a partnership to introduce GfK Twitter TV Ratings in Germany, Austria and the Netherlands. The new service will provide insights into the frequency and reach of messages from Twitter users associated with television programmes and campaigns. This information is essential for media groups and agencies to gain insight into the […]
The Radio Frequency Interference – End Users Initiative (RFI-EUI) and the Satellite Interference Reduction Group (IRG) have announced a merger, helping the two groups to better serve the industry and combat satellite interference together. The merger sees IRG creating an umbrella over RFI-EUI, forming two advisory committees/working groups. The first will be the EUI, covering […]
Reports out of New York and Ottawa suggest that Canada-based satellite operator Telesat – itself majority owned by Loral Space & Communications – is looking for a sale. Telesat is the world’s fourth-largest satellite operator. Loral, whose biggest shareholder is reportedly hedge fund investor Mark Rachesky’s MHR Fund Management LLC, is working with Credit Suisse […]
Fox International Channels (FIC) Italy today has confirmed the appointment of Fabrizio Salini to Managing Director of FIC’s Italian operation, effective February 17th 2014. Salini, who served as Vice President of Entertainment Channels for FIC Italy between 2003 and 2011, returns after a 2-year stint serving senior management roles at SKY Italia, Discovery Communications Italia […]