BT has chosen iCITY and the north end of the former International Broadcast Centre at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park as the home of its new BT Sport channels. The company will become a long term anchor tenant of the building, now part of iCITY, as it seeks to contribute to the Olympic legacy, by […]
Entertainment & Media Group Limited (EMG) has announced a merger with Canis Media. The merger creates a new London-based business which can create and manage new content from incubation through to commercial success. EMG has just built and recently opened a new theatre –the St James Theatre in SWI – with two live theatre performance […]
Fibre network provider Geo Networks has reported three significant milestones for its media division. In 2012, Geo: extended its network to connect 12 new key media hubs and data centres; increased the number of contracts signed by 50 per cent year-on-year and welcomed a number of new customers including TVCatchup and SIS LIVE. Geo, which […]
Gearhouse Broadcast has announced the completion of an installation for sports federation UEFA at the organisation’s HQ in Nyon, Switzerland. Gearhouse Broadcast was commissioned to upgrade UEFA’s Match Center and Master Control Room in preparation for the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League tournaments for the 2012/2013 season. The new installation consisted of installing […]
Levira, one of the largest independent providers of TV playout services in the Northern Europe, has been selected by Turner Broadcasting to provide the playout service of Cartoon Network’s localised version for Sweden and TNT HD for Denmark. “We have been working together with Turner for more than five years and are delighted to continue […]
Marquis Broadcast, specialist in content workflows and media integration software, has entered into a strategic partnership agreement with Quantel, making it easier for Quantel customers to fully integrate workflows with third party editing, server and archive platforms. Quantel’s recently launched sQ Fileflow application exposes a RESTful API, allowing it to be controlled by Marquis Broadcast’s […]
“In the short time since we took delivery, the Hitachi broadcast cameras have proved themselves to be reliable, versatile and sophisticated, so we are looking forward to what our team can achieve with them at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals,” said Kevin Moorhouse, Gearhouse Broadcast’s Chief Operating Officer at the start of the ATP […]
ITV Granada, part of ITV Studios Global Entertainment, has called on GlobeCast to handle workflow management and playout as well as delivery services — including international fibre and satellite uplink — to support the launch of its HD channel across Asia and the Middle East. The channel is delivered via the Measat-3 satellite HD neighbourhood. […]
In collaboration with Warner Bros and its other major studio customers, Technicolor has announced a multi-year initiative to develop an end-to-end digital platform connecting individual studio operations and siloed service providers into a single, efficient and interoperable pipeline. The platform will allow studios to retain the flexibility to choose their preferred services partners, and be […]
Intelsat has announced an agreement with Grupo Chilefilms to provide satellite connectivity for a new digital cinema distribution network that will serve Mexico, the Caribbean and South America. Under a multi-year contract, Intelsat will provide C-band capacity to Grupo Chilefilms on the Intelsat 1R satellite at 310° East, transitioning to capacity on the Intelsat 27 […]