Late on March 4th, a SpaceX Falcon-9 rocket successfully launched the very much delayed SES-9 satellite into space. It launched at 6.35pm (Florida time, and 00.35 Paris time) from the Cape Canaveral spaceport. SES-9 has, one way or another, been waiting almost nine months for a launch window. Even this past week it had been […]
TVT, the independent media services and post-production house, has extended its contract with BBC Worldwide ANZ to manage and co–ordinate all of the broadcaster’s media assets for playout in Australia and New Zealand. This will allow the business to continue its delivery of high quality programming across channel brands BBC First, UKTV, BBC Knowledge and […]
Satellite operator SES says it is now carrying eight Ultra HD channels. The news emerged during the operator’s results announcement, which also saw the company state that the number of HD channels it was carrying grew by an impressive 18.3 per cent to 2,230, and representing a HD penetration rate up from 28.9 per cent […]
Norway’s largest terrestrial television and radio broadcasting services provider Norking has submitted an offer for YLE concerning the transmission of TV services in Finland. The government granted Norkring in November 2015 three nationwide antenna television network licenses. The licences are valid for ten years and enable Norkring to operate TV services in UHF band B, […]
Cable and satellite programmer UKTV is celebrating being in The Sunday Times 100 best companies to work for list for – thus becoming the first and only TV broadcaster to have achieved entry into the list which also features companies such as Edelman, OVO Energy and Hawksmoor. Inclusion in the top 100 list is determined […]
Pixel Power, the automation, branding and graphics innovator, has created a mosaic service that can be remotely triggered, at the Spanish playout provider Telefónica Servicios Audiovisuales (TSA). The system was designed and implemented by Pixel Power’s distributor in Spain, Qinmedia. The new system depends upon two Pixel Power LogoVision 3D graphics devices, together with a […]
Thailand’s National Broadcasting & Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) has approved its next stage of digital TV’s terrestrial roll-out in the nation. NBTC says it will distribute 11 million ‘vouchers’ to deserving households which have not already received a voucher. Eligible households include those living in social housing and include “state enterprise” officials, said a statement. The […]
Paris-based satellite operator Eutelsat says it has reached a total of 6,000 channels on its fleet of satellites. Eutelsat is now carrying more than 2,200 free-to-air channels, on 50 pay-TV platforms. Eutelsat says it continues to register strong channel growth in fast growing markets, notably in the Middle East and Africa, with one out of […]
Ooyala, a provider of online video technology products and services, and Qvest Media, are entering into a strategic partnership. Qvest Media, systems architect for IT and audiovisual solutions for broadcasting and media infrastructures, will thus become a reseller and service provider for Ooyala’s products in EMEA. Customers can now purchase Ooyala’s entire range of products […]
AVIWEST, a global provider of video contribution systems, has announced that Globecast, a provider of global content delivery services for broadcasters and content creators, has deployed AVIWEST’s DMNG StreamHub receiver, decoder, and distribution platform at its Paris hub. Utilising the digital, mobile ENG application, common customers of Globecast and AVIWEST now have an enhanced and […]