Miranda Technologies, a worldwide provider of infrastructure, playout and monitoring systems for the television broadcast, cable, satellite and IPTV industry successfully added a new channel to a leading broadcaster’s service only three days after the station placed an order. Satellite Telecommunications Network (STN), the leading satellite service in Slovenia, already had nine channels on air […]
ScheduALL is a global provider of Enterprise Resource Management (ERM) software for the media, broadcast, and transmission industries. The annual National Association of Broadcasters Show-NAB-held this year in Las Vegas April 16-19 is a perfect forum to showcase how ScheduALL is making genius possible with its innovative and extensible technologies that are bringing an often […]
Eutelsat Communications has officially launched its newsgathering service called ‘NewsSpotter’. The service expands the range of professional services provided through Eutelsat’s high-performance KA-SAT satellite and is provided by its Skylogic affiliate. Using a new generation of lightweight equipment, NewsSpotter broadens opportunities for newsgathering by offering broadcasters and service providers the ability to transmit High Definition […]
Signiant, a global player in intelligent file movement software for the media and entertainment industry, has announced the recent signing of new and expanded installations with Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF), Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF) and SRG SSR. “Three of the most recognisable brands in the German, Austrian and Swiss broadcasting industries have selected Signiant to facilitate […]
After the success of Guadalajara Pan American Games coverage, leading Brazilian broadcaster Rede Record enters into a deal with WASP3D for London Olympics 2012. The touch screen based interactive technology will be used for illustrating and analyzing the sports event in a real-time environment. The broadcaster has already been using the WASP3D graphics technology for […]
ScheduALL, a global provider of Enterprise Resource Management (ERM) software for the media, broadcast and transmission industries has announced a strategic partnership with the World Teleport Association. The partnership will allow WTA members to showcase their resource inventories such as bandwidth, trucks and teleport packages to more than 1200 ScheduALL media and broadcast customers around […]
Boeing’s satellite manufacturing arm announced a significant four-satellite order from Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS) and Satmex. The satellites will be wholly dependent on electrical propulsion using a Xenon-Ion system. These satellites will not have conventional chemical propulsion, thereby saving build costs, launch costs and getting more speedily to market. The contracts were signed in Washington […]
In a move aimed at positioning it as a leading provider in managed services for broadcasters, Ericsson is acquiring the broadcast services division of media and entertainment technology specialist Technicolor in a €19 million deal. The closing of the acquisition is subject to relevant customary regulatory administrative approvals and consultations. The acquisition will bring approximately […]
BSkyB is reducing what it charges the BBC to transmit its TV channels and radio stations by more than £5 million (€5.9m) a year. BSkyB charges TV and radio broadcasters annual fees to carry their channels and stations on its satellite service with ITV, Channel 4, the BBC and Channel 5 currently paying around £24 […]
thePlatform, a white-label video publishing company and specialist in TV Everywhere services, has announced an advanced new suite of features, enabling operators to create new and highly tailored content packages and promotions. The new features enable pay TV providers to reinforce and extend the value of their current TV subscription packages across more devices. “TV […]