JT Group Ltd (JT), an innovative telecom provider and incumbent communications enabler based in the Channel Islands, has selected active equipment provider Genexis for the delivery of optical home gateways. They have commenced with the roll-out of fibre to the home (FTTH) to all 42,000 premises on Jersey. JT has chosen Genexis’ FiberXport product family, […]

Food Network UK is kicking off the Christmas season this year with a collection of 50 festive, original programming shorts starting November 26. The assortment will feature an inspiring range of recipes, tips and tricks of the trade presented by popular Food Network chefs and some high profile new faces. The programming shorts will run […]

Broadcast International has been selected by Vünder Sports Network to deploy CodecSys as the core platform for its OTT sports network. The three year agreement includes a revenue share between the companies, estimated to be more than $500,000 over the life of the contract. Vünder Sports Network is a global broadcasting company with exclusive rights […]

Gearhouse Broadcast has announced the completion of an installation for sports federation UEFA at the organisation’s HQ in Nyon, Switzerland. Gearhouse Broadcast was commissioned to upgrade UEFA’s Match Center and Master Control Room in preparation for the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League tournaments for the 2012/2013 season. The new installation consisted of installing […]

Ekioh,
 providers
 of
 the

 widely
 deployed
 TV
 compliant
 Scalable
 Vector
 Graphics
 engine,
 has
 announced
 that
 
RiksTV
 have
 launched
 a
 range
 of
 new
 services
 in
 Norway
 using
 Ekioh’s
 SVG
 &
 HTML
 engines.
 The
 Ekioh
 engines
 are
 at
 the
 heart
 of
 two
 new
 digital
 hybrid
 set top
 boxes
 manufactured
 by
 Strong
 which
 are
 being
 sold
 to
 Norwegian
 […]

Levira, one of the largest independent providers of TV playout services in the Northern Europe, was selected by Turner Broadcasting to provide the playout service of Cartoon Network’s localised version for Sweden and TNT HD for Denmark. “We have been working together with Turner for more than five years and are delighted to continue having […]

As the Barclays Premier League season gathers momentum, ESPN has reached an integrated sponsorship agreement with William Hill for its enhanced – free – ESPN Goals mobile application in the UK. Now in its third season and featuring recently-introduced enhancements, ESPN Goals brings UK football fans action and goals from every single Barclays Premier League […]

RRSAT ANNOUNCES ACQUISITION OF SM2 SPORTS & MEDIA SOLUTIONS RRsat Global Communications Network, a provider of comprehensive content management and global distribution services to the television and radio broadcasting industries, has announced that its U.S. subsidiary, RRsat America Global Communications Network Inc. (RRsat America) has acquired the assets and operations of SM2 Sports & Media […]

Elemental Technologies, the leading supplier of video solutions for multiscreen content delivery, today announced the appointment of Sujal Patel to its board of directors. Patel is the founder of Isilon Systems, a leader in scale-out storage and a division of EMC, where he variously served as president, CEO and chief technology officer since its inception […]

Marquis Broadcast, specialist in content workflows and media integration software, has entered into a strategic partnership agreement with Quantel, making it easier for Quantel customers to fully integrate workflows with third party editing, server and archive platforms. Quantel’s recently launched sQ Fileflow application exposes a RESTful API, allowing it to be controlled by Marquis Broadcast’s […]