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Glimt TV Sweden goes live with Cinegy Air

Cinegy has confrimed its recent installation of Cinegy Air at Glimt TV in Sweden. Glimt Television is a new regional TV station in Sweden that broadcast a range of high quality programmes both on TV and online. The station is located in Karlstad, the regional capital for Wermland and commenced operation in January 2014 using […]

February 6, 2014

Civolution’s Teletrax for Always Best Care

Civolution, a provider of technology and solutions for identifying, managing and monetising content, has announced that its Teletrax platform has been selected by Always Best Care Senior Services, one of the US’ leading senior care service providers, to track and report performance of Always Best Care’s national television advertising campaign. Through its use of the […]

February 6, 2014

Ericsson, Harmonic, Brevity for NBC Winter Games

Ericsson has been selected to provide its video contribution and distribution systems to NBC Olympics, a division of the NBC Sports Group, during the production of the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, Russia, from February 6th. “The Olympic Winter Games is a global phenomenon and one of the most significant sporting events in the […]

February 4, 2014

Loft London increases technical and operational footprint

Loft London, a global independent digital media hub, has completed the latest technical and operational expansion of its state of the art Chiswick facilities. Over the final quarter of 2013 Loft London has been busy putting into action its plans to extend the services on offer to its rapidly increasing client base by creating a […]

February 1, 2014

Superbowl touches down in Europe with RRsat

RRsat Global Communications Network, a provider of comprehensive digital content management and global content distribution services to the broadcasting industry, has confirmed that in conjunction with its partner, IMG, the company is distributing the upcoming Super Bowl XLVIII to Europe. IMG has the European contract for distribution with the National Football League and has contracted […]

January 31, 2014

SES and Eutelsat strike historic agreement

The long-festering argument between satellite operators SES and arch-rival Eutelsat has been resolved. The dispute centres over access to 500 MHz of frequencies at the 28.5 degrees East orbital position. A Eutelsat craft was occupying the position. Back on September 16th last year, following the decision of a French Chamber of Commerce arbitration, SES announced […]

January 30, 2014By Chris Forrester

France 24 signs with Ericsson

Ericsson and France 24 have signed a five-year broadcast services contract, following a tender process conducted by the international channel. France 24 has renewed Ericsson’s playout management mandate and scheduled the deployment of modernised tools, including new control rooms and HD studios. France 24 plans to switch to HD during the second half of the […]

January 29, 2014

Aston reinforces presence in Russian market

For the third year running, Aston is participating at CSTB, confirming its presence in the Russian market and the CIS region. Aston already has a permanent on-site liaison office in charge of expanding its presence in this market. CSTB is an opportunity for Aston to present its technological innovations especially customised for the Russian market. […]

January 29, 2014Nick Snow @ CSTB

Arqiva is planning for 2040

UK transmission and teleport operator Arqiva has a business strategy that extends to 2040. Barrie Woolston (MD/Satellite division) says that recent major business wins, including handling playout for Turner Broadcasting in much of Europe and Asia, but also the fall-out from the Eurozone financial crisis has forced it to further evaluate its business plan. “This […]

January 28, 2014By Chris Forrester

Ibrarn deploys PlayBox Technology

Ibrarn Television has chosen a PlayBox Technology channel-in-a-box platform for its new broadcast service, transmitting via satellite from the Libyan capital city, Tripoli. The project was managed by system integration specialist Libirel Communications Limited. “A PlayBox Technology CIAB installation was the obvious choice for this new network,” comments Libirel Communications senior engineer Declan Goulding. “It […]

January 28, 2014