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Paramount, Cloudfare, Dolby.io and more join SRT Alliance

Haivision, a provider of mission-critical, real-time video networking and visual collaboration solutions, has announced that the SRT (Secure Reliable Transport) protocol has garnered much support within the broadcast and streaming industries, with over 600 solution and service providers joining the SRT Alliance within six years. The latest members of the SRT Alliance include Paramount, Cloudflare, […]

March 9, 2023

IRI, NPD rebrand as Circana

Following their merger in August 2022, Information Resources Inc (IRI) and The NPD Group have unveiled a new combined company name and brand identity: Circana. Circana will serve as an advisor on the complexity of consumer behaviour. Through advanced analytics, cross-industry data and expertise, the compnay will aim to provide clarity that helps clients take […]

March 8, 2023

New OpenVault patent helps operators optimise in-home networks

OpenVault, a market-leading source of revenue and network optimisation solutions and data-driven actionable broadband industry analytics, has announced that it has been awarded a patent for techniques that can help broadband operators diagnose and automatically remediate issues in subscriber Wi-Fi and Ethernet networks. U.S. Patent No. 11,477.072, “System and Method for Prescriptive Diagnostics and Optimisation […]

March 7, 2023

Red Bee Media, Dotscreen power RTBF’s Auvio

Red Bee Media, THE global media services provider, has signed a multi-year agreement with Radio-télévision Belge de la Communauté Française (RTBF) to power its recently re-launched Auvio platform through Red Bee Media’s managed OTT services with live TV and radio, Audio on Demand (AoD), and VoD capabilities. As a part of the project, Red Bee […]

March 6, 2023

Viaplay recognised for sustainability performance

Viaplay Group has been recognised for its sustainability performance by Sustainalytics for the second consecutive year, following an analysis of over 15,000 companies around the world, and has received both a 2023 Industry Top-Rated Badge and a Regional Top-Rated Badge. In addition, Viaplay Group’s 2030 emission reduction targets for greenhouse gases (GHG) have been validated […]

March 2, 2023

Nilesat takes down Iran’s Press TV

Press TV, the Iranian-backed news and documentary channel, has been taken down by Cairo-based Nilesat. The controversial Press TV channel started life in London in 2007 and is backed by state-owned media and broadcasting body IRIB (Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting). Its intention was to counter the news coverage from and for the Middle East […]

March 1, 2023By Chris Forrester

Erstream manages Australian Open 2023 services for beIN Sports

Erstream Video Delivery Company, the leading provider of over-the-top solutions for the online television and media industry, successfully managed the Head End and Streaming Origin Services of the online streaming events of the Australian Open 2023 for beIN Asia Pacific’s live streaming service, beIN Sports Connect, covering Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Brunei, Malaysia, Hong […]

February 28, 2023

Mediaset future-proofs TV production with Sony

Italian broadcaster Mediaset is future-proofing its TV production infrastructure with a progressive migration to ST.2110 open standards. As part of this IP evolution Mediaset has equipped production centres in Milan and Rome with Sony’s XVS-7000 video switchers as well as PVM-X2400 24-inch 4K HDR TRIMASTER monitors for high-grade picture quality control. Offering a range of […]

February 28, 2023

SES revenues up 9.1%

SES returned to positive revenue growth in its full year results. The satellite telecommunications network provider is also now in its 2023 trading year, where the FCC’s long-awaited C-band ‘jam tomorrow’ promise becomes a $3 billion (€2.84bn) positive income. SES issued an impressive set of guidance numbers, including detail that SES-17 and its O3b mPOWER […]

February 27, 2023By Chris Forrester

Stacked launch schedule for SpaceX

Arabsat’s next satellite, its BADR-8 craft, is likely to be launched by SpaceX in May. But between now and then, SpaceX has an extremely full manifest of launches with satellites for OneWeb, SES, O3b, Intelsat, Viasat, EchoStar, Türksat as well as a NASA crew launch and its own Starlink satellites. It has a Starlink launch […]

February 22, 2023By Chris Forrester