England star Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain is to feature in TV adverts for BT Sport, as well as appearing as a regular guest. Alex, 19, who has ten England caps, will also become a BT Ambassador. Alex, nicknamed The Ox, will be one of the current players at the forefront of BT’s marketing campaigns to promote BT […]
Viewster, a rapidly-growing ‘free on demand’ service for movies and TV shows, has bolstered its management team with the appointments of Helen Biggart as CFO, Tzvetan Horozov as SVP of Product Management and Philipp Rotermund as SVP Business Development. High demand for video advertising has also spurred new office openings in New York, London, Singapore […]
HGI, the global organisation for publishing requirements for the Smart Home, welcomes the EnOcean Alliance as a new Associate Member. The EnOcean Alliance is a non-profit organisation with an established ecosystem and experience in the building automation sector, more than 250,000 equipped buildings and 300 member companies. The common ground is EnOcean’s energy harvesting wireless […]
THEMA, provider of channels in France and on the international stage is pleased to announce C Music TV first agreement in Latin America and the Caribbean. C Music TV is the world’s first classical, cinematic and chillout music-video channel available 24 hours a day, uninterrupted by advertising breaks. The channel features the world’s greatest classical […]
Entone, a provider of Hybrid TV and Connected Home solutions, has announced that Moldtelecom, the primary telecommunications provider in Moldova, is deploying its Kamai 500 Hybrid Media Player to deliver advanced video services. Moldtelecom provides a full range of next-generation TV, high-speed broadband and telephony services to Moldova, a nation of 3.6 million people. As […]
HGI, the global organisation for setting requirements for the digital home, has published a requirements document that sets out common industry approach to troubleshooting. Document HGI -RW016 entitled Home Gateway and Home Network Diagnostics Module Requirements specifies both an overall diagnostics architecture as well as a set of diaqnostic functions in the Home Gateway (HG) […]
Asia Ireton has been appointed General Manager for The History ChannelJapan Corp., a joint venture between A+E Networks and Super-Network, Inc. The announcement was made today by Alan Hodges, Managing Director, Asia Pacific for A+E Networks and Shoji Iwamoto, President, Super Network/Representative Director, The History Channel Japan Corp. Based in Tokyo, Ireton is responsible for […]
THEMA continues its distribution and marketing strategy of ethnic offers, in Europe and worldwide, and has signed an exclusive agreement for France, Monaco and United Kingdom for the distribution and promotion of the Lebanese TV channel MURR TV. Entertainment channel MURR TV broadcasts a wide range of shows that satisfies the tastes of the Arab audiences. […]
Telestream, a provider of digital media tools and workflow solutions, has announced the expansion of the executive management team as industry veteran Paul Turner joins the company in a new role as Vice President of Enterprise Product Management. Turner brings more than 30 years of leadership in the broadcast and video technology industry in Europe […]
AMC/Sundance Channel Global, the international division of AMC Networks has announced numerous personnel appointments and the acquisition of a wide array of award winning films and acclaimed series. Bruce Tuchman, President of AMC/Sundance Channel Global, made the announcement ahead of the company’s participation at next week’s Asia Pacific Pay-TV Operators Summit in Bali. The company […]