Appear TV, a global provider of next-generation head-ends for broadcast and IP television, has announced that its scrambling and multiplexer solutions have been deployed at ZON Multimedia, the Portugese pay-TV operator and content provider. The installation, which is scheduled to go live in late 2013, is being managed by Satcab, the Appear TV Portuguese business […]
Globecast is providing services to NHK World, delivering the channel via satellite to new audiences in Central and Western Africa. NHK World, the international broadcast channel of Japanese national public broadcaster NHK, launched the new service as part of Canalsat, a package of more than 130 channels, radio stations, and services operated by Canal+ Afrique […]
Live from the Singapore Grand Prix last weekend, Tata Communications successfully showcased its next generation of capability for video distribution to Formula One Management (FOM) and a group of leading broadcasters at its Biggin Hill headquarters in the UK. The capability demonstration included the supply of JPEG 2000 quality video live from the race circuit, […]
AmberFin, a developer of file-based media ingest, transcoding and quality control solutions for content owners, has announced that UK-based broadcast facility provider, Timeline Television, has integrated the AmberFin iCR software platform within a bespoke production centre to support BT Sport, the new UK sports broadcaster. AmberFin iCR is providing high-speed file playback and transcoding resources […]
Fox Turkey, an entertainment and news channel broadcaster based in Istanbul, is upgrading its existing Grass Valley production and playout system to include a new selection of flexible and upgradable Grass Valley technologies that will enable edit-in-place capabilities, enhance the delivery of HD content, and improve production workflows. The upgrade will take place without any […]
UK communications infrastructure and media services company Arqiva has signed fresh “long term, multiple transponder” capacity contracts with SES. The frequencies were previously held by Eutelsat, and the switch comes about because of the legal victory achieved by SES and announced September 16th. This fresh capacity agreement secures transmission for Arqiva’s many customers beaming channels […]
Grass Valley has revealed it will provide Russian satellite broadcaster NTV Plus with several of its innovative live production solutions to deliver multichannel sports production for the 2014 Winter Games to be held in Sochi, Russia, February 7-23, 2014. These solutions include a K2 Summit production client with a K2 Storage Area Network (SAN), GV […]
WRN Broadcast and MBC have announced a partnership that sees the London-based broadcast managed services provider responsible for a range of broadcast services for the Dubai-based commercial broadcasting company. WRN Broadcast has a strong reputation for global broadcasting projects, having worked with NHK World for almost a decade, enabled the launch the East African triple-play […]
According to NSR Research, the Latin American DTH market has in recent years seen excellent growth in both household and revenue numbers. With just under 22 million DTH subscribers as of 2012, Latin America as a whole represents almost 20 per cent of global DTH subscribers, and during the next three-to-five years, it will be […]
RRsat Global Communications Network, a provider of comprehensive digital content management and global distribution services to the television and radio broadcasting industry, has been selected by Synterra Media, the largest Media Content Logistics operator in Russia, to distribute live broadcasts of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) season games through April 2014. Synterra Media was selected by […]