Local press reports state that Sony Corp is contracting with Al Jazeera to expand studio facilities and technologies for the Arabic broadcasting region. The Doha News is reporting that Shoji Nemoto, an EVP and member of Sony’s executive board, announced a $160 million deal during a visit to Qatar. “Al Jazeera is… one of the […]
Bank TV, a satellite broadcaster in the Ukraine, has launched a complete, end-to-end HD news production solution from Grass Valley to facilitate the smooth delivery of its 24/7programming. At the core of the broadcaster’s new structure is GV Stratus nonlinear media production tools for enhanced production and a streamlined workflow. GV Stratus is being used […]
Satellite operator SES reported a revenue increase of 2.4 per cent in its first nine months to €1.378 million, although profits for the period fell from €456 million to €413 million. The fall in profits was attributed to an increase in taxes paid (of €28 million) as well as continued investment in its O3b high-throughput […]
Analytics firm Mediamorph and digital home entertainment trade body DEG: The Digital Entertainment have launched a reporting service now available for pilot testing at no cost that they say will improve multi-channel digital retailer sales reporting. Through the use of Mediamorph’s Data Management Platform, the digital retail industry can now make a significant move toward […]
Farncombe, a provider of specialist technology and operational services, has announced an expansion of its advisory services portfolio to include network capacity planning, and operational launch readiness advisory and audit services. Farncombe now offers a full complement of services to help clients prepare their new technology products for mass-market adoption in new and complex marketplaces, […]
Motive Television, the London-based provider of technology-based solutions, has announced that its 100 per cent owned subsidiary, Motive Television Services Limited, has signed two new contracts with Digiturk, the largest satellite pay-TV platform in Turkey. The contracts both have an initial term of one year and renew automatically unless terminated/cancelled. Under the new licensing agreement, […]
With a TV audience of 4.7 billion, the Premier League’s broadcasting rights are amongst the most highly sought after anywhere in the world. To maintain the value of this high quality premium content, IMG Premier League Productions is upgrading its existing system based on the Ericsson Content Distribution Solution. Key to the upgrade is the […]
Eutelsat said that all the signs for 4K/Ultra-HDTV transmission were positive and encouraging, and expected signals to meaningfully start in the 2017-2018 timeframe. Eutelsat also reported “stable” video revenues for its Q1 numbers (period to September 30th) with quarterly revenues up just €800,000 to €217.1 million compared with the same period last year. Eutelsat chairman/CEO […]
Eenadu Television (ETV) has launched the custom feed of its channel “ETV Telugu” in Singapore through Amagi’s cloud enabled broadcast solution. ETV has deployed Amagi’s localisation platform at SingTel’s Mio TV to generate a local feed for Singapore and has been on air since July 2013. ETV which broadcasts its channel in India and USA […]
TV NOW, a new 24-hour Malayalam satellite television channel for news and other informational programming, plans to launch with a fully integrated HD news production solution from Grass Valley. TV NOW’s new infrastructure will include three GV Director non-linear live production systems, the GV Stratus non-linear media production tools, nine LDX Flex HD studio cameras, […]