The International Olympics Committee says it has no plans to cover the upcoming 2016 Rio Games in 4K. The decision does not cover further tests on 8K ‘Full’ UHD which will be carried out to link Rio with Japan’s public broadcaster NHK. Yiannis Exarchos, CEO of Olympic Broadcast Services says it has taken its cue […]
21st Century Fox has denied as “categorically untrue” a story that appeared in the Australian Financial Review saying that senior executives from 21st Century Fox and Discovery Communications had met to discuss a tie-up that could create a $100 billion movie, entertainment and sports giant. Rupert Murdoch of Fox and John Malone, a major shareholder […]
French telco Orange, is to invest €400 million in the deployment of its LTE network over the next three years, €100 million in 2015 making a total of €1.5 billion since the start of its operations in 2006. The company aims to take LTE services to 85 per cent of the population in 1,300 cities […]
Last week’s post-results analyst’s teleconference revealed a few important points about satellite operator SES and what it expects to happen in terms of 4K broadcasting this year and next. SES CEO Karin Michel Sabbagh told analysts that they were in ongoing conversations as regards their client’s expectations regarding 4K/UHD transmissions, and not least in terms […]
Digital UK – the body supports the UK’s terrestrial TV service and its viewers – and DTT platform Freeview have announced that Panasonic will be the first manufacturer to launch TVs featuring the Freeview Play connected TV service. The news follows the recent announcement of Freeview Play as the brand for the service as part […]
Saudi Arabian billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal’s hopes of launching a news channel have been wiped out by Bahrain’s government. The channel was initially suspended within an hour or so of going on air earlier this month, but now the ‘ban’ is said to be permanent. Bahrain’s Ministry of Information says all contracts between the […]
On-demand platform MyTF1VOD will launch a new VoD service branded Afrostream on March 6th – dedicated to the African movie industry. TF1 has formed a partnership with start-up Afrostream, which owns the largest library in Europe of African productions, to deliver a paid access to new African, Afro-American and Carribbean movies. Films will be provided in […]
The ITU is reported to be permitting 30 African countries to slip past its ‘absolute deadline’ of June 30th this year to switch off analogue TV transmissions. According to Kenya’s Daily Nation newspaper, the date extensions apply to some major African nations not least Egypt, Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco. An ITU spokesman, speaking exclusively to […]
DISH Network has announced that President and Chief Executive Officer Joseph Clayton will retire from his position effective March 31t 2015. Clayton, who is a 42-year veteran of the consumer electronics industry, leaves the post he assumed in June of 2011. DISH Co-founder and Chairman Charles Ergen, who has previously served as DISH’s President and […]
OSN’s majority owner Kuwaiti financial conglomerate KIPCO reported its end-of-year numbers on February 21st, and saying that KIPCO had seen operating profits rise 26 per cent during 2014 from $451 million to $567 million. Faisal Al Ayyar, KIPCO’s vice-chair said it was KIPCO’s 23 successive year of reporting profits. KIPCO owns 60.5 per cent of […]