The former prime minister of Estonia, Andrus Ansip, currently a member of the European Parliament and a former vice-president of the European Commission, has written to Eutelsat and asks it to explain its position over Russian revenues, and the shareholding in Eutelsat held by Russia’s own satellite operator. Ansip also questions why Eutelsat is pursuing […]

SES has announced that its growing sports and events customer base will be able to aggregate and deliver popular sports and live events to screens across Europe and the MENA region on SES’s new satellite platform. SES adds that its new dedicated sports and events distribution platform offers powerful wide beam coverage over Europe, the […]

Following on from the slightly delayed but successful launch by SpaceX of Eutelsat’s latest Hotbird satellite (13F) on October 15th, Airbus has also confirmed that Eutelsat’s next-in-line satellite, Hotbird 13G, another of its latest ‘Eurostar Neo’ designs, has been flown to an airstrip at the Kennedy Space Centre from Toulouse in France. SpaceX launched 13F […]

Integral Ad Science (IAS), a specialist in digital media quality, has been selected by Netflix as a partner to provide transparency into advertising performance on the upcoming Netflix ad supported tier. Using IAS’s Viewability and Invalid Traffic (IVT) verification, brands and agencies will gain insights on campaign reach and engagement to drive outcomes and shape […]

Ahead of MIPCOM, The Whip Media Exchange, the industry’s premier global licensing and research platform for film and TV content, has introduced several new features that transform the content licensing and planning process, enabling media companies to meet customers’ growing appetite for compelling content. The new features of the Whip Media Exchange provide multiple efficiencies […]

Bitmovin, a provider of video streaming infrastructure, and the University of Klagenfurt have announced they will collaborate on a two-year joint research project worth €3.3million to develop a climate-friendly adaptive video streaming platform called ‘GAIA’. The Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG) will co-fund the project, providing an initial €460,000 in funding for the first year. […]

Channel 4 has announced a partnership with 4Sales and ViewersLogic to provide advertisers with a new way to measure TV effectiveness and understand how their TV spend impacts hard business metrics like sales, footfall, app downloads, account openings and more. 4Sales and ViewersLogic have worked together to develop a new industry standard platform which unlocks […]

BT has announced a new programme aimed at reducing business customers’ e-waste by recycling end-of-life equipment and helping them achieve their targets for a circular economy. It is the latest step in BT Group’s Manifesto pledge to move to circular products, networks and operations by 2030, and then extend this across its supply chain by […]

Intelsat is planning a satellite launch October 6th from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Galaxy 33 and Galaxy 34 are geosynchronous communications satellites that will ensure service continuity to Intelsat’s North American customers as part of Intelsat’s Galaxy fleet refresh plan. Galaxy 33 will be the replacement satellite at 133 degrees west once it […]

Red Bee Media, the media services provider, has partnered with QuantumCast, a cloud-based orchestration of QuantumCast-Audio backend services, to expand its audio streaming capability offering for customers. This updated service offering from Red Bee Media will allow broadcasters to benefit from greater device reach, improved ad insertion capability and increased scalability for both TV and […]