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BKtel expands its portfolio with SCTE-174 conform RFoG equipment

The time of non-standardized RFoG equipment which has lead to severe problems with early-to market devices has come to an end in December 2010, with the release of the specification 174 by the Society of Cable and Technology and Engineering (SCTE).  Trading under the name Fiber.DOCSIS BKtel offers now a set of equipment which complies […]

May 19, 2011

MPP Global Solutions’ expansion ensures continued success

MPP Global Solutions, the leading provider of payment services and eCommerce solutions to the Media and Entertainment Indsutries, have extended their dynamic team of employees by no less than five this week. This continued reflection of ambition demonstrates MPP’s intent to remain at the forefront of the eCommerce Solutions sector. MPP have dramatically boosted their […]

May 19, 2011

TV One acquired by Nortek

TV One announces the recent sale of one hundred per cent of the Company’s stock to a subsidiary of Nortek, a diversified global manufacturer. The sale includes all TV One related, wholly-owned companies in the US, UK, Taiwan and China. TV One will be included in Nortek’s Technology Products segment and closely aligned with Magenta […]

May 19, 2011

VSNIPTRANSFER: A content exchange platform in Castilla La Mancha

The Testing and Development Center for Castilla-La Mancha Digital Television Foundation chose the VSNIPTRANSFER solution to make available to digital media companies from La Mancha all necessary technology for exchanging media contents over the Internet. NRDmultimedia, VSN’s official integrator, won the project bid. The VSNIPTRANSFER technology was selected by the Testing and Development Center for […]

May 16, 2011

Ricky Ghai appointed as CEO of Eros Digital

Eros International, the largest integrated Indian film studio, is pleased to announce the appointment of Ricky Ghai, 50, with effect from July 2011, as Chief Executive Officer of Eros Digital, the rapidly growing digital and new media arm of Eros International plc. Ricky will be based in Eros’ operating offices primarily in India, as well […]

May 13, 2011

Walkabout bar and iPONT to show UEFA Champions League Final on ‘without glasses’ 3D TV

Walkabout, the authentic Australian bar chain, is to pilot a 65” ‘without glasses’ 3D TV at its flagship Covent Garden bar, London in time for the UEFA Champions League Final 2011 between Barcelona and Manchester United on Saturday 28th May 2011.  The 3D TV will be provided by iPONT International, an innovator and technology partner […]

May 12, 2011

Concilium to distribute Bridge Technologies monitoring solutions in South Africa

Bridge Technologies has announced a partnership with leading South African broadcast and telecommunications system integrator Concilium Technologies. Based in Centurion, Concilium represents many of the world’s leading broadcast video, audio, and monitoring equipment manufacturers, and now includes the VideoBRIDGE line of digital media monitoring products in its portfolio. VideoBRIDGE is the most comprehensive advanced headend […]

May 9, 2011

CNBC’s new London studio sets the pace for business and financial news

CNBC, the specialist in business and financial news, has started broadcasting from its brand new studio facilities at its European headquarters in London. John Casey, CNBC’s Vice President of International News & Programming says, “The new studio is designed to support one ultimate goal – delivering the most essential business news to the most influential […]

May 9, 2011

NHK World HD launches on Sky with GlobeCast

GlobeCast and Japan International Broadcasting, JIB) have announced that NHK World HD has launched on the Sky and Freesat platforms in the UK. GlobeCast provides re-encoding, uplink, and capacity on Eutelsat’s Eurobird 1, bringing the channel to a new community of over 10 million Sky subscribers, and over a million Freesat viewers. Available on Sky […]

May 9, 2011

MPP to monetise woomi platform on Samsung connected TVs

MPP Global Solutions has been selected as the core Payment Service provider to manage transactions for Miniweb’s woomi platform on multiple devices, including Samsung connected TVs and Blu-ray players. MPP, the leading provider of Payment Services and eCommerce Solutions to the Media and Entertainment Industries are to integrate their eCommerce payment services into the woomi […]

May 6, 2011