Satellite networking technology specialist Gilat Satellite Networks has successfully demonstrated carrying 5G traffic with what it says is “outstanding performance” over operator Thaicom’s GEO HTS satellite. With this successful demonstration, Gilat’s cellular backhaul solution is declared operational and ready for implementation in the 5G architecture. According to Gilat, superior user experience was recorded using its […]
Amagi, a global leader in cloud-based technology for broadcast TV and streaming TV, today announced that Tarima TV, the first Latin concert channel has partnered with Amagi to bring a superior concert experience of Latino music on TV to music lovers and the larger Hispanic audience in the US. Available as a 24×7 linear TV […]
Edgeware has announced that izzi, Mexico’s largest cable TV operator, will expand its existing Edgeware TV CDN platform with the addition of new OCR subtitling features for its izzi TV service. This will enable them to add Spanish subtitles on the fly across 75 channels, ensuring full support for accurately displayed subtitles on all devices […]
Sky and Adobe have launched The Edit, a new digital programme for schools designed to improve the media and digital literacy of 30,000 young people across the UK and Ireland. With a focus on low-income areas, The Edit will reach and inspire the next generation of media talent by breaking down the industry’s barriers to […]
Tokyo Broadcasting System Television (TBS) is the latest media organisation to subscribe to K7 Media’s media intelligence services. One of Japan’s leading private broadcasters, TBS has hired K7 Media to work directly with its international team to provide expert insights surrounding the global TV format market, support with international growth and help the broadcaster connect […]
A new website opening up access to footage from BBC Northern Ireland’s archive is now live. Rewind currently hosts a collection of more than 13,000 clips including news reports, documentaries and lifestyle programmes from the 1950s, ’60s and ’70s. Work is also underway to open up more of the archive from the 1980s and 1990s […]
Nielsen has announced that YouTube’s streaming TV inventory will be measured in Digital Ad Ratings and Total Ad Ratings to help media buyers and sellers better understand and verify audiences on both the YouTube and YouTube TV apps on connected TVs (CTV). This announcement expands Nielsen’s ability to measure YouTube beyond computer and mobile and […]
French public broadcaster France Télévisions has chosen Whats’on — the BMS by MEDIAGENIX — to replace their current Broadcast Management Systems and manage all their linear channels and on-demand services in a unified process. With more than 9,000 employees and operating multiple TV channels on international, national, regional and local levels France Télévisions is the […]
SpotX, the global video advertising platform, has announced the UK launch of SpotX MetriX, a cross-platform measurement solution created in partnership with market research company AudienceProject and TechEdge, a supplier of tools for linear and non linear TV consumption data. The solution offers brands and their agencies unique insights into growing OTT audiences. MetriX reporting […]
Grass Valley has been working at the BBC’s all-new BBC Wales broadcast centre in the middle of Cardiff and has now confirmed that it is the world’s largest SMTPE 2110 IP routing system for broadcast. Grass Valley’s IP orchestration and routing system forms the bedrock of the broadcaster’s enhanced media traffic network and multi-channel playout […]