Digital TV is finally taking off in Latin America – from only 18.1 per cent penetration of TV households at end-2010 to just over the halfway mark by end-2014 and onto 94.5 per cent by 2020, according to a new report from Digital TV Research. To put it another way, 132 million digital TV households […]
Motive Television Services has begun the installation of its Content Express platform in South Africa in accordance with the contract signed in December 2013 with Siyaya Free To Air TV of Johannesburg, South Africa The project will begin with the installation and integration of Motive’s head-end software, enabling Siyaya services on FreeVision, the new DTH […]
New Delhi Television (NDTV), one of India’s most-watched TV news networks, has migrated its satellite uplink infrastructure from MPEG-2 to a complete MPEG-4 multiple-channel-per-carrier (MCPC) chain based on Thomson Video Networks’ advanced encoding, MPEG processing, and transport stream (TS) monitoring equipment. Driven by the ViBE EM4000 HD/SD encoder, NetProcessor 9030 MPEG processor, XMS network management […]
Brazil’s Empresa Paulista de Televisão (EPTV), part of the commercial network TV Globo, replaced their SD OB van with a brand new HD OB van equipped with a scalable Grass Valley live production solution for HD coverage of major sporting events including the upcoming 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. The purchase includes 12 LDX […]
Benie TV and Ouest TV, two recently launched African channels, have chosen Globecast to distribute their programming via satellite to new audiences in West Africa. Via the Globecast service, Benie TV and Ouest TV are now part of the Canalsat bouquet available on the SES-4 platform. Canalsat is a satellite pay-TV package including +150 channels, […]
Encompass Digital Media, a global specialist in mission-critical media capture, management and distribution services, has partnered with the Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) to bring live coverage of the 2014 Samsung Galaxy ASP World Championship Tour (WCT). Encompass is utilising its unique combination of global assets including geographically diverse Teleports (satellite and fibre services), remote […]
Atresmedia, a TV and media group in Spain, is outfitting its new HD studio with several live production solutions from Grass Valley including the Karrera Video Production Center switcher with K-Frame, as well as a K2 Dyno Replay System. Atresmedia operates eight on-air channels that deliver news, magazines, entertainment shows, top quality TV series and […]
Measat Satellite Systems has announced an agreement with Globecast and TV5Monde to upgrade the TV5Monde channel from standard definition to high definition. Under the terms of the agreement, Measat will distribute the upgraded TV5Monde HD channel via Measat -3’s global C-band beam, covering 102 countries across Asia, Australia, Middle East, Europe and Africa. TV5Monde switched […]
In a bid to bring TV5Monde Asia a better viewing experience, TV5Monde Asia has signed a deal with Globecast to launch TV5Monde Asia HD via the Measat-3 satellite to reach homes across the Asia-Pacific region. TV5Monde Asia HD is a simulcast of the SD variant, which was also delivered via Globecast’s capacity on the Measat-3 […]
RRsat Global Communications Network, a provider of digital content management and global content distribution services to the broadcasting industry, has announced the opening of RRsat America’s corporate office to locally support the US media market with a comprehensive array of end-to-end digital media services. “Enhancing our presence and local solutions in the US market is […]