Eutelsat has suffered multiple demands over its carriage of Russian channels, including its links with two major Russian pay-TV operators. Recently, 39 members of the European parliament called for Eutelsat to suspend its broadcasts to Russia. This has been followed by a letter from Ukraine’s broadcasting regulator demanding that Eutelsat take immediate action over its […]
Quantinuum, integrated quantum computing company, has joined a consortium with University College London (UCL) and the BBC to explore the industrial relevance of quantum natural language processing (QNLP). The consortium, funded by the Royal Academy of Engineering for a Senior Research Fellowship at UCL, will build on a long-term exploration of quantum mechanics and linguistics […]
Voggt, the European video e-commerce platform using livestreaming to bring shopping to mobile and web, has launched in the UK for consumers passionate about collecting and trading everything from playing cards, comic books and figurines, to sports memorabilia, fashion and sneakers. Voggt aims to enhance the traditional retail experience through livestreamed shows which bring together […]
Malaysian satellite operator MEASAT has begun migrating Manila Broadcasting Company (MBC) stations onto its latest MEASAT-3d satellite. This makes MBC the first media organisation in the Philippines to broadcast via the new craft. “We are pleased to welcome MBC on board MEASAT-3d,” said Ganendra Selvaraj, Chief Commercial Officer, MEASAT. “As a pioneer broadcast institution in […]
A report shows how the BBC boosts the growth of creative industries across the UK. Research, conducted by PwC, shows a 15 per cent increase in the BBC’s local footprint doubles the rate of growth of the surrounding creative industries over time. Creative hubs in Salford, Cardiff, Glasgow, Belfast and Birmingham have seen a considerable […]
The deployment of satellite constellations in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) for low-latency and high throughput network applications and extending terrestrial network (TN) coverage have become significant drivers in the adoption of satellite services in the global telecommunications sector, notes technology intelligence firm ABI Research who forecasts that this adoption will culminate in $141 billion (€135.7bn) […]
TV2Z is now featured in the Brightcove Marketplace, allowing Brightcove clients to easily facilitate their needs and services with TV2Z regarding Lightning development. As the newest addition to the platform, TV2Z’s Lightning expertise will be highlighted for any and all interested Brightcove clients to discover what their Lightning solutions entail. With this partnership, TV2Z will […]
Bloomberg Media, the business and financial information and news player, has announced its partnership with UK artificial intelligence (AI) start-up, Papercup, to localise hundreds of hours of video content through AI dubbing on YouTube for Spanish-speaking audiences in Latin America and the US. The partnership will feature AI used to translate and dub Bloomberg’s global […]
Broadcast infrastructure provider Arqiva and intelligent media delivery platform MainStreaming have forged a technology and services partnership, jointly to offer distribution services for the media streaming market. The partners will explore how the combination of MainStreaming’s CDN technology and broadcast-grade streaming experience with Arqiva’s global media infrastructure and managed services capability can offer more scalable, […]
Channel 4 and Prime Video have partnered to launch an examination of access and inclusion provision for disabled talent in the British TV industry. The Industry Access survey will be conducted on behalf of The TV Access Project (TAP), which was launched at the Edinburgh TV Festival to drive improvements in access and inclusion for disabled talent working in TV. The survey will be carried out […]