Telestream, the provider of digital media tools and workflow solutions, has announced that its Wirecast live video production software will be used to stream its live broadcast of the WWDC 2013 to worldwide audiences. MacQuébec,a French-language website and podcast focused on Apple technology, hosts the only French podcast dedicated entirely to Apple. MacQuébec selected Wirecast […]
The BBC is abandoning its £98 million+ (€115m) digital production system, as new BBC Director General Tony Hall said it had “wasted a huge amount of licence fee payers’ money”. The Digital Media Initiative (DMI), launched in 2008, was suspended after problems came to light late last year. “I have serious concerns about how we […]
The BBC says it should start charging Sky for carrying its channels if it doesn’t drop retransmisson fees. Sky charges the BBC, and other public service broadcasters ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5, to carry channels on its pay-TV platform. The BBC pays £5 million (€5.9m) a year, with the four others footing a combined […]
BBC Trust has recommended the corporation to merge its online and Red Button operations. In its most recent review of BBC Online and BBC Red Button, the governing body said that the BBC should look to improve navigation across the different parts of BBC Online, with an improved links and design consistency and better search […]
Ofcom is to preparing to crack down on the poor standard of subtitling of it says is common on UK TV by introducing a six-monthly quality check that will name and shame broadcasters into improving their services. Gaffes include asking for a “moment’s violence” during The Queen Mother’s funeral. Viewers are able to switch on […]
iCITY – the preferred bidder for the legacy uses of the Press and Broadcast Centres on London’s Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park – has signed its deal with the London Legacy Development Corporation for the long-term future of the Centres. This agreement takes total investment on the Press and Broadcast Centres to over £1 billion. This […]
Content delivery network specialist EdgeCast Networks and Nordic telco TeliaSonera have agreed a managed CDN accord that will bring new site acceleration and CDN solutions to TeliaSonera’s customer base while expanding the reach and capacity of the EdgeCast network. Under the agreement, both companies will make significant investments in high-performance network infrastructure, along with sales […]
at800 has revealed the results of its recent trials in South-East and West London. It revealed that there were no confirmed Freeview problems as a result of the 4G at 800 MHz testing. The results reflect the fact that there is a very strong digital terrestrial television signal in London, and that this is transmitted […]
In-flight connectivity supplier Gogo, which wants to provide a global TV and Internet system to aircraft, has won FCC recognition and a blanket licence to take up to 1000 Ku-band satellite transponders for in-flight entertainment and Internet access. GoGo has leased capacity from SES for some trans-Atlantic and North American capacity, and Intelsat for Pacific […]
Comux UK, the community not-for-profit business selected by Ofcom to build and operate the local TV broadcasting platform, will be located at Birmingham Science Park Aston’s Innovation Birmingham Campus. Comux will occupy three suites within the ground floor of the Faraday Wharf building. One suite will be dedicated to broadcast operations, one will house the […]