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BSkyB enhances its view with Actus Global Media monitoring solutions

Actus Digital, a provider of web-based media monitoring and management solutions for broadcasters, government agencies and content producers, has announced that British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB) has expanded its existing Actus View installation. Powered by the enterprise Actus 4 platform, Actus View provides BSkyB with multi-channel transmission ingest, content detection and monitoring for proactively managing the […]

November 3, 2010

Nilesat facing censorship claims

    Egypt is getting tough with some contentious channels and, meanwhile, there’s some highly vocal Arab criticism that ordering channels off  Nilesat is directly linked to upcoming presidential elections in Egypt. ‘Not so’, implies Nilesat’s chief engineer Salah Hamza. “We have no formal regulator covering satellite transmission. There is no Ofcom, no FCC, no […]

November 2, 2010

C4 VOD with FilmFlex

Channel 4 has teamed up with FilmFlex to launch a video-on-demand digital film rental service for Film4 with more than 500 titles available at launch. Film4oD will offer a 48-hour rental service with titles priced from 50p to £3.99 (E4.56). C4 claims it will have more films available than rivals such as Lovefilm and Blinkbox, […]

November 2, 2010

KDH acquires Primacom homes

Kabel Deutschland (KDH), Germany’s largest cable operator, has confirmed the acquisition of approximately 70,000 cable households from Level 4 operator Primacom. The households are located in the city of Osnabrueck (approximately 40,000) in Lower Saxony and in the area of Mainz (approximately 30,000) in Rhineland-Palatinate. KDH currently provides video signals to these households through a […]

November 2, 2010

Spain completes national DTT line up

The launch of the latest two La Sexta’s channels, La Sexta 3 and La Sexta HD, has completed the picture for nationwide DTT channels across Spain: 33 DTT channels -30 FTA and 3 pay TV- are now available across the country. Over the last few months, DTT channels like Nitro, Boing, La 10 or MTV […]

November 2, 2010From David Del Valle in Madrid

Netflix Canada on Xbox 360

Netflix has announced that Netflix members in Canada can now instantly watch thousands of movies and TV episodes streamed from Netflix to the TV via Xbox 360. There is no additional monthly fee for Netflix members who are also Xbox LIVE Gold members. Xbox LIVE members will be able to sign up instantly online for […]

November 2, 2010

T-VIPS Video Gateway powers DTT expansion in French overseas Territories

T-VIPS, a global expert in professional video contribution and distribution solutions, today announces the delivery to French broadcaster TDF of TVG420 ASI to IP Gateway units for the expansion of the French digital terrestrial TV (DTT) distribution network. This latest order for the T-VIPS TVG420’s will expand the network to encompass La Reunion, Guadeloupe, Martinique, […]

November 2, 2010

Eutelsat W3B damaged pre-launch?

Eutelsat’s W3B was declared a total loss on October 29th following the loss of thruster fuel from an oxidiser tank.  The satellite will probably be deliberately de-orbited over the Pacific Ocean early this week.  However, there are now suggestions that the damage to the satellite was caused on the ground prior to launch. The Arianespace […]

November 1, 2010By Chris Forrester

Canal Plus renews Spanish pay-TV interest

Vivendi’s Canal Plus has renewed its interest in buying a stake in Digital Plus, its Spanish counterpart, as it steps up its international expansion plans. Bertrand Méheut, Canal Plus chief executive, told the FT he was “open” to buying the Spanish broadcaster. But he stressed that there had been no talks since last year when […]

November 1, 2010

News Corp to move on Sky this week

News Corp is expected to begin the formal bid process for BSkyB this week with a formal notification to the European Union of its intention to buy the 61 per cent of the company it doesn’t already own. This step will give British ministers about two weeks to decide whether to refer the bid to […]

November 1, 2010