Dejero, creator of the a versatile platform of cellular newsgathering products, will offer a range of on-location services in Sochi, Russia for broadcasters covering the upcoming Winter Games. Dejero will offer its technical services which includes two days prior to the opening ceremony and one day after the closing ceremony. Beginning February 5th, Dejero is […]
Serving an overseas audience of 630 million people in more than 100 countries, Russia’s RT television network carries a wide range of documentaries, talk shows, debates, sports and cultural programmes, supported by round-the-clock news bulletins. Having recently moved home, the state-run broadcaster now operates from a new studio complex in Moscow, where it has recently […]
Ideal Systems Group, Asia’s largest broadcast systems integrator, announced the launch of SoftCast Technologies, the world’s first suite of downloadable solutions for broadcast television operators. The SoftCast range is a comprehensive suite of software products for operating and managing broadcast television channels. In an industry first, Ideal Systems is making the new SoftCast range of […]
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has selected Octoshape, an expert in cloud-based streaming technology, to provide the streaming services for their online TV channel ParalympicSport.TV. More than 780 hours of live sport were broadcast on paralympic.org throughout London 2012 across five channels. For 2014, Octoshape will provide enhancements like geo-targeting, picture-in-picture capabilities and video time-shifting […]
Reports out of Cape Town state that StarSat’s service for On Digital Media is at risk of total meltdown following the broadcaster’s playout switch from SES Platform Services in Munich to a new facility operated by StarTimes Group in Beijing. The switch took place just before Christmas. One report said that decoders are not working, […]
RRsat Global Communications Network, a provider of digital content management and global content distribution services to the broadcasting industry, has been awarded a tender by Media Service Support and Asset Management Fund (MTVA), Hungary’s public service media organisation, to expand broadcast of Duna World TV channel and Duna World Radio worldwide. The tender will generate […]
GroupM has confirmed the launch of a new innovative TV business unit that will offer clients targeting and engagement capabilities in what has become a technology driven, data fused, addressable media environment. GroupM North America CEO Kelly Clark announced that the unit will be called Modi Media and will be led by Michael Bologna, GroupM’s […]
Satellite operations and video delivery solutions provider EchoStar Corp has acquired 100 per cent ownership of Solaris Mobile Ltd., the Eutelsat/SES joint-venture next-generation mobile satellite services (MSS) operator based in Dublin, Ireland and one of the European Union licensees of mobile satellite service with a complementary ground component (S band). Solaris Mobile Ltd is deploying […]
Wyplay, creator of software solutions for pay-TV operators, has announced the opening of Frog by Wyplay, an initiative that aims to free all players in the TV ecosystem from being locked-in to proprietary solutions. “With the release of the first version of the Frog source code to our partners and licensees today through the Frog […]
New Q3 data from Synergy Research Group shows that Cisco has maintained its leadership in four of the five main video infrastructure market segments, though in video client hardware and software (which includes set-top boxes, residential gateways and associated software/middleware) it slipped to third ranked position, being overtaken by Pace. In the other major change […]