Sharp has released what it claims is the biggest LED TV ever to go on sale in Europe. The Aquos LC-90LE757 features a 90 inch (229cm) screen, trumping an 84 inch display from LG. Sharp has offered the size in the US since June 2012 – the world’s biggest market for jumbo-TVs – but said […]
TrueVisions, the largest satellite and cable TV provider in Thailand, has upgraded its existing video compression system with Ericsson, enabling it to offer more high-definition channels and greater quality of service to its subscribers. Vichai Sernvongsat, CTO, TrueVisions, says: “We have a strong commitment to our viewers to deliver high-quality content from across Thailand and […]
Technicolor, a worldwide technology specialist in the media and entertainment sector, announces has appointed Boris Teksler as President of its Technology Group which includes Intellectual Property & Licensing and the company’s world class Research & Innovation activities. Teksler, most recently spent four years at Apple as head of Patent Licensing & Strategy. Prior to Apple, […]
Intelsat, a global provider of satellite services, has announced agreements with leading media customers in the Asia-Pacific region. Hong Kong-based TVBI Company Limited (TVBI), the worldwide operating arm of Television Broadcasts Limited, one of the world’s largest producers and distributors of Chinese-language programming, recently renewed a multi-year agreement on Intelsat 19. TVBI will use the […]
The Broadband Forum has released BroadbandSuite 6.2, which establishes a fibre interoperability test plan and offers new options to accelerate G-PON deployments within the broadband industry. This comes at a time when fibre is the fastest growing access technology around the globe, and offers global new verification tools to simplify equipment selection and better keep […]
Appear TV, a leading global provider of next-generation head-ends for broadcast and IP television, today announced that it has designed and is to launch a cable head-end to specifically meet the technical and business issues faced by India’s cable operators that are mandated to switch from analogue to digital. The cable dedicated head-end will be […]
Romain Bausch is to leave his president/CE position at SES next April. Bausch turns 60 next month and has been in position since 1995. He will remain a main board director at SES. His successor will be Karim Michel Sabbagh (49) and he will take over next April although will take up the ‘CEO Designate’ […]
Currently, the overall number of pay-TV subscriber households is estimated at around 804 million by MRG. Over 55 per cent of the total number of TV households (more than 1.42 billion) are subscribed to a pay-TV service. APAC represents the region with the most rapidly growing pay-TV base. Meanwhile, mature markets, North America and Europe, […]
France has threatened to block the start of free trade talks between the European Union and the United States if movies and digital media are not kept out the negotiations. On the eve of EU countries supposedly giving the go-ahead for the talks, France said it would veto them unless the sector, which it sees […]
Video streaming service Netflix will increase its original programming slate through a new, multi-year deal with DreamWorks – the maker of movies such as Shrek and Kung Fu Panda. DreamWorks is looking to expand its television production and distribution worldwide through this deal that has 300 hours of new programming. The agreement, Netflix’s largest for […]