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Amazon greenlights 3rd season of Transparent

Amazon has greenlit a third season of the Golden Globe Award-winning series Transparent, which will become available exclusively to members of Amazon Prime in 2016. In addition, series creator Jill Soloway has signed an overall deal with Amazon Studios where she will exclusively develop television projects for Amazon Prime. Soloway will continue in her role […]

June 25, 2015

Volicon new Senior Director of Sales in Europe

Volicon have announced the appointment of Paul Higuera as Senior Director of Sales, Europe. He will head up the new Volicon office in Gloucestershire, U.K., where he will be responsible for growing the company’s business and strengthening customer relationships throughout Europe. Higuera, in addition to being a very experienced technical sales team manager, has a strong […]

June 23, 2015

iWedia’s MHEG-5 Engine enables Motive’s TabletTV UK App to support “Red Button” services

iWedia, a provider of software solutions for TV devices to service operators and Consumer Electronics manufacturers, as provided the MHEG-5 engine of the TabletTV UK app of London-based Motive Television, the digital television technology, software and solutions provider. Motive’s TabletTV UK app combined with a mains-powered tuner (for use in the home), or a battery-powered […]

June 22, 2015

Intelsat names Schmidt as VP of Marketing

Intelsat, a global provider of satellite services, has announced that Karen Schmidt, a veteran marketing executive with more than 25 years’ experience, has been named as the company’s Vice President of Marketing, effective immediately. Ms. Schmidt will lead Intelsat’s product and marketing efforts for Intelsat’s portfolio of connectivity services for media, broadband, mobility and government customers.  […]

June 19, 2015

ZEE Group gears up to celebrate the International Yoga Day

With the International Yoga Day around the corner, the ZEE Group’s Media & Entertainment Companies are gearing up to actively participate, making it a huge success. The companies which are lending support to this initiative are Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited, Zee Media Corporation Limited, Z Living, Zee Learn Limited and Zee Digital Convergence. Last year, […]

June 18, 2015

Envivio participates in Volvo Ocean Race tests of UHD TV coverage

Envivio, Images & Réseaux, Orange, SeaEvents, TDF, Technicolor and Thomson Video Networks put their talents together to televise the French leg of the Volvo Ocean Race in Lorient to the general public and professionals in ultra high definition high dynamic range (HDR) video and 3D audio. This test of image quality from capture to distribution […]

June 17, 2015

TRIAX annual report for the financial year 2014/15

In 2014/15, the TRIAX A/S Group realised a turnover of 82 Million €. That is 1.7 Million € more than in 2013/14 where turnover amounted to 80 Million €. This increase has been created despite difficult market conditions, with market shares on several European markets increasing. The result of the primary operation was 5.6 Million […]

June 17, 2015

Encompass Names Goldstein SVP, North America Sales and Client Services

Encompass Digital Media, a global leader in mission-critical media capture, management and distribution services, announced the appointment of Jonathan Goldstein as its Senior Vice President, North America Sales and Client Services. In this role, Goldstein will lead Encompass’ sales efforts in North America while simultaneously focusing on the expansion of strategic relationships with current and […]

June 16, 2015

Broadband Forum completes Plugfest for G.fast DPU and CPE Equipment

Support for the implementation of the G.fast standard continues to accelerate, as the Broadband Forum has completed the industry’s first G.fast equipment plugfest, part of its ongoing program preparing for widespread G.fast certification. The event, held in early June at the University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory’s (UNH-IOL) facilities in Durham, New Hampshire, was designed […]

June 16, 2015

Singtel TV selects SoftCast from Ideal Systems

Ideal Systems Singapore has been selected to provide, deliver, and install a turnkey multi-channel playout diversity system for broadcast business continuity planning based on the award winning SoftCast Technology platform for Singtel TV. The multi-channel HD solution incorporates a number of SoftCast modules including multiple channels of SC-AutoPlay for HD channel-in-a-box automation and playout. The […]

June 16, 2015