Barak Ravid is joining CNN as a political and foreign policy analyst. Ravid is currently a politics reporter and Middle East expert for Axios covering foreign policy and the 2024 election. Ravid also writes for Walla News in Israel. Ravid was previously a contributing correspondent for Axios between 2020 and 2023 stationed in Israel, where […]
Israel is reportedly talking to executives from Elon Musk’s Starlink broadband-by-satellite system about permitting Musk’s technology to be used for what Bloomberg describes as “wartime back-up”. Israel’s Minister of Communications confirmed it is in talks with SpaceX on setting up Starlink internet services to bolster its wartime communications, ahead of its expected ground invasion in […]
Paris-based satellite operator Eutelsat has taken Al-Aqsa TV, the television station which is affiliated with Palestinian resistance group Hamas, off the air. The instruction to Eutelsat came from regulator Conseil supérieur de l’audiovisuel (CSA). The channel has been active since 2006 and includes broadcasts from a studio in Gaza. Its signals were carried by Eutelsat […]
Leading broadcast event International Broadcasting Convention (IBC) has awarded KAN, the Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation (IPBC), and Sport BUFF with the IBC Innovation Award for Content Everywhere, beating finalists including Sky Sports, TNT Sports and UEFA, and Sport TV. The award recognises how the partnership changed the way Israeli TV audiences engaged with the FIFA […]
Kaltura, the Video Experience Cloud, has announced that, as part of an expanded partnership with Israeli commercial broadcaster Reshet 13, Kaltura is powering Reshet’s full Cloud TV service, which launched in just three months. The second biggest channel in Israel, Reshet reaches over a third of Israeli households every day, with more than 1 million […]
Cellcom, Israel’s largest cellular provider, and NovelSat, a specialist in content connectivity, have teamed up to leverage 5G technology to deliver captivating multi-camera views to fans at live events. Through the integration of NovelSat’s edge-based media delivery solution within a stadium equipped with Cellcom’s advanced 5G network, this initiative will introduce an immersive real-time multi-camera […]
Israel’s three main broadcasters, Keshet 12, Reshet 13 and Kan, are coming together in a group action forum to oppose the government’s new media bill. The networks said that the Israeli TV Channels Forum has been formed to “prevent the expected harm to media independence and freedom of the press as a result of the […]
Israel-based satellite technology connectivity company Gilat Satellite Networks reported revenue up 15 per cent for its Q1 trading period (at $59 million (€53.8m), compared to $51.4 million in the same period last year). Gilat raised its GAAP operating income guidance to between $16 to $20 million for the full year, representing year-over-year growth of 81 […]
Israel’s YES pay-TV operation has extended its access to Spacecom’s Amos 7 satellite for an period from September 2024 to February 2025. The lease extension represents another $7 million of revenue for satellite operator Spacecom. Telco Bezeq owns YES but is in the process of switching away from satellite to an all-OTT service. Amos-7 operates […]
Viaccess-Orca (VO), a provider of data-driven, end-to-end solutions for the delivery, security, and monetisation of advanced TV and video content services, and Broadpeak, a provider of content delivery network and video streaming solutions, have partnered to provide Israel’s leading telecommunications company Cellcom with an end-to-end solution offering low latency for live sports streaming over OTT […]