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 […]

    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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]