In a random sampling of public opinion taken by the Forum Poll among 1,341 Canadians 18 years of age and older who were aware of how much they spent on cable and satellite TV, virtually all (92 per cent) say cable and satellite fees are too high, and 7‐in‐10 use the strongest term (“much too […]
Tanzania has extended its digital terrestrial coverage to 25 per cent of the nation. The switch-over from analogue TV was started in April, and the government says it is confident to beating the June 2015 deadline for the whole country. A statement says that about 1 million digital set-top boxes have been sold, and there […]
Philip Pilcher, Head of European Policy at BSkyB, has questioned whether now is the right time for copyright reform in Europe. Speaking at the Westminster Media Forum Keynote Seminar – Next steps for copyright policy: UK and European reform – Pilcher noted that content delivery across Europe was dynamic, with consumers offered a wide range […]
France’s Canal+ has lost its unfair competition claim against Al Jazeera’s BeIN Sports. The commercial court threw out Canal+’s suit where the pay TV operator had claimed €293 million in damages for unfair competition. Canal+ was ordered to pay legal costs of €100,000. The judges ruled that Canal+ had failed to make their case and […]
Many of the world’s broadcasters are looking to the next stage in transmission, namely so-called Ultra-HDTV (usually called 4K). But NHK, Japan’s public broadcaster, is making a huge show in Brazil of its ultimate plan, which is to see 8K ‘Super Hi-Vision’ start broadcasting in 2020. NHK is capturing some of the current FIFA World […]
Ofcom has awarded licences to run local TV services in Guildford, Reading and Salisbury on digital terrestrial TV (DTT). The licences are awarded to That’s Surrey Limited, That’s Berkshire Limited and That’s Salisbury Limited, respectively. The awards follow legislation enabling Ofcom to issue local TV licences. The channels will be broadcast on DTT by the […]
For the past dozen years Zee Entertainment has been involved in a very harmonious (74-26) joint-venture with Turner Broadcasting to distribute Turner’s entertainment channels throughout India. That agreement has come to end because India’s regulator (Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, TRAI) has ruled against bundling of television channels from multiple broadcasters. Consequently the bright heads […]
Europe’s Ariane rockets need to be urgently overhauled in order to meet tough competition from the USA’s SpaceX and Russia’s Proton launch systems, says Arianespace boss Stephen Israel, speaking at a CommunicAsia event in Singapore. “We have a newcomer in America with SpaceX. Yes, competition is increasing, but when competition is increasing, we need to […]
Eutelsat Communications has unveiled its plans at the CommunicAsia exhibition in Singapore for significantly scaling up its presence in the Asia-Pacific region. The company is embarking on a new triple mission satellite programme that will support sustained demand for capacity for data, fixed and mobile broadband services as well as video. The satellite will also […]
Newtec announced today that Thaicom PLC, a leading Asian satellite operator, has installed Newtec technology (M6100 Broadcast Satellite Modulators) on the platform of Thaicom-6, enabling its satellite to provide TV Broadcasting services in both C-band and Ku-band to serve customers with the best value and viewing experience. More than 30 Newtec M6100 Broadcast Satellite Modulators […]