Markus Fritz has joined Eulesat as Director of Commercial Development and Marketing, reporting to Jean-Francois Leprince-Ringuet, the Group’s Chief Commercial Officer. In this role, Fritz is responsible for further developing Eutelsat’s commercial strategy internationally, including market development and research, business intelligence, product management and pricing as well as marketing communications. He is also responsible for […]
Troubled Belgian outside-broadcast giant Alfacam is being bought out of bankruptcy protection by French media company Euro Media Group. Euro Media Group is backed in part by Belgian investment company Ackermans & van Haaren. Euro Media is already involved with providing broadcast services for live events. Financial details were not divulged but local reports suggest […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
The Australian press is full of reports as to who is likely to end up owning Singapore Telecom’s Optus Satellite fleet of 5 craft. Hong Kong-based SingTel says it wants around $2 billion for the fleet, and there’s a deadline of June 21st for first bids to be submitted. Private equity investors in the form […]
Astro, Malaysia’s largest pay-TV operator, aims to complete the conversion of its customers’ legacy set-top boxes to the B.yond HD platform by the year-end, said chief executive officer Datuk Rohana Rozhan. “We saw over 64 per cent of customers during the first quarter subscribing to HD and other value-added services, which in turn drove up […]