T3Media, a specialist in title management, delivery and monetisation services for sports, media, and entertainment companies, will provide video content management and metadata services for the USTA & US Open. The golf event takes place August 31st – September 13th at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows–Corona Park, Queens, New […]
Globecast has been selected by Quran Hidayah International Network to provide a suite of playout and distribution services for its launch of 40 channels around the world. Quran Hidayah is based on readings of The Noble Quran in multiple languages, the largest network to broadcast the Noble Quran with 40 channels in total (across 30 […]
Sea Launch, the floating rocket launching platform, could be bought by the Chinese, according to well-sourced industry insiders. Sea Launch is officially headquartered in Bern, Switzerland, but its floating assets are in the port of Long Beach, California. Sea Launch uses a converted Norwegian oil rig as its launch pad. Sea Launch is majority owned […]
Research from nScreenMedia notes that US and European pay-TV operators are spending an estimated $2.8 billion (€2.53bn) of their almost $10 billion annual network and maintenance expenses to directly address multiscreen service delivery failures. S3 Group, a global expert in enhancing the performance and service readiness of video platforms across connected devices, commissioned the report. […]
Vislink, a global provider of broadcast communications equipment, in conjunction with Broadcast RF, has announced its transmission and receive infrastructure is being used for the second year in a row to deliver course-wide coverage of the 144th Open Golf Championship, 16-19 July from the Old Course at St. Andrews. Broadcast RF has designed a compact […]
Sky has guaranteed that its most popular on-demand programming will be supported by subtitles by summer 2016. Ian Rosarius, Director, Product Design & Development at Sky, gave the assurance and outlined other ways in which the pay-TV broadcaster will be improving its subtitling in a blog post. He wrote: “At Sky, we want to make […]
Globecast Australia has enhanced its Online Video Platform, to provide media owners with the ability to charge for content. Earlier this year, Australian News Channel announced the launch of Australia Channel, powered by Globecast Australia’s Online Video Platform. As Australia’s first, truly global television service, Australia Channel offers international audiences live and catch-up Australian news, sport and […]
A television studio complex in west London has been rescued from the administrators after a leading entertainment company stepped in at the eleventh-hour to keep it as a ‘centre of creativity’. Media company Lean Forward has bought the 22,000 sq ft site in Acton from the administrators and housed its new interactive gaming service, Win […]
Six OBE C-100 encoders were used at the Glastonbury Festival to transport high quality HD broadcast feeds over IP from six stages to London, marking the first on-site IP delivery at Glastonbury. These feeds were then used on the web and Connected Red Button services. Using BBC Newsgathering’s expertise in using IP and commodity equipment […]
Ericsson has signed a multi-year broadcast and media services deal with BT Sport to help launch three new television channels and an interactive red button service in the UK. Ericsson will be responsible for designing, building and running BT Sport Europe, free-to-air service BT Sport Showcase, and BT Sport UHD. BT Sport UHD will be […]