Portfolio Entertainment’s popular food travel series You Gotta Eat Here is about to reach one of the world’s most renowned and celebrated culinary cultures: Italy. The deal has been forged with the National Geographic Channel Italy through Portfolio’s local representative GA&A and will see You Gotta Eat Here air on the network in September 2013. […]
Celebrity packed doc ‘William and Kate: A Royal Arrival’ has been proving popular for Electric Sky in the run up to the royal arrival. Global interest in the birth has led to a number of pre-sale deals being secured across the world including CBC in Canada, Globosat in Brazil, Mediacorp in Singapore and others. With […]
Arris Group, a global player in entertainment and communications solutions, has announced its E6000 Converged Edge Router (CER) has reached General Availability (GA). Continuing the legacy of the C4 Cable Modem Termination System (CMTS), the E6000 CER delivers new levels of density and cost-effectiveness in a simple, robust integrated architecture that has the capability to […]
TSL has reported unprecedented success with the launch of its new company, StudioExpert Ltd. Since its formation in March 2013 the new business has already exceeded its first year’s turnover target. “These days it’s not just the traditional broadcasters that need studios”, explains David Phillips, Managing Director, TSL Systems. “There is an ever-increasing list of […]
Agama Technologies, the video service quality assurance expert and Zenterio, the independent operating system developer for TV client devices, has announced a technology partnership to deliver a turnkey solution for efficient last-mile and in-home video service quality assurance to joint TV operator customers worldwide. The partnership has already resulted in a new contract with a […]
Brainient has integrated its Brainient Studio video editor into the Adap.tv global video advertising platform. The integration enables Adap.tv, the technology partner of choice for many of the world’s largest brands and media companies, to provide media buyers with additional options for adding interactivity into their video advertising campaigns. Adap.tv’s clients can access the Brainient […]
BBC World News is now available free-to-air via cable across major parts of Germany, including Munich, Hamburg and Bremen following a new agreement with the country’s largest cable operator Kabel Deutschland (KD). The agreement sees the lifting of KD’s encryption arrangement and will enable all customers of KD with digital reception to access the BBC’s […]
Volvo Ocean Race has appointed British-based independent sports production company Sunset+Vine as Host Broadcaster and Distribution Partner for the 2014-15 edition – with a mission to take full advantage of enhanced media capabilities on board and deliver the human and sporting drama of the nine-month race to a global audience. As well as delivering live […]
Ziggo, the leading cable operator in the Netherlands and SMIT – the leading CAM (Conditional Access Module) provider – have teamed-up to offer subscribers the industrial advanced CI+ 1.3 VoD CAM which enables the viewers to watch their favorite programs. In combination with an advanced TV-set and adjustments in the Ziggo network they also can […]
ITV has been awarded ‘Freesat Channel of the Year’, as judges praised the channel for discovering a ‘new class and confidence’ in its programming, resulting in a ‘resurgence of break out hits and high end drama’. The night also saw ITV drama Broadchurch crowned ‘Best of British ‘TV Programme, whilst BBC Two’s Twenty Twelve, won […]