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Technology
Arqiva deploys hybrid TV service for Immediate Media
Makes Immediate Media's craft shopping channels available 24 hours a day
Data Centre
European pay-TV market records lowest ever growth as subs slump
Market grew just 0.3 per cent in the first quarter of 2018
BVE
Streaming “Like telly, only better”
ITV is on a mission best summed up as to make OTT streaming “like telly only better”
TVBEverywhere
LCI made available free-to-air
French media authority CSA has ruled confirmed that news channel LCI can broadcast free-to-air on the nation’s DTT network, known locally as TNT
TVBEverywhere
UHF to remain with TV services until 2023
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has applauded the decision by the ITU’s World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC-15) on the use of the UHF band
Production & Post
NBC Nigeria chooses Paywizard for digital TV switchover
Paywizard has been selected by Inview, the broadcast and OTT software and services specialist, and the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) of Nigeria, to support...
TVBEverywhere
EBU defends broadcast sector spectrum at WRC-15
At the United Nations World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC-15), which opens today, European public service broadcasters have stressed that any final agreement on spectrum allocation...
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Digital UK urges EU to protect future of TV
Digital UK chief executive Jonathan Thompson, along with other representatives from the broadcasting sector have called on the EU to protect the future of...
IBC
DTT localisation CMS unveiled
A new content management system that gives DTT broadcasters the chance to localise their output before it is delivered to viewers is being debuted...
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Net Insight signs deal with Swisscom Broadcast for DTT network
Net Insight, provider of live, interactive and on-demand media transport, has signed a deal with Swisscom Broadcast to develop a nationwide DTT distribution network
Business
Sky to overtake Liberty Global in western Europe
Liberty Global's top slot in western Europe is under threat, with Sky Europe expected to overtake its subscriber count in 2017, according to a...
Business
UTV Ireland to lose £6 million this year
TV channel UTV Ireland, which launched in January this year, is expected to make a full-year loss in the region of £6 million
TVBEverywhere
Thomson presents France’s first DTTV demo
This week, Thomson Video Networks is conducting France's first demonstration of high-quality video broadcast of five HD channels in a DTTV 24.8Mbps multiplex
Data Centre
EBU study affirms industry position on preservation of spectrum
A study into the future use of radio spectrum – the finite resource essential to free-to-air TV access – concludes that its most valuable...
Business
EBU and ABU call to safeguard spectrum
Leaders of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) have demanded global action to protect spectrum to guarantee the future...
Business
Africa’s pay TV subscribers up by 25%
Pay TV subscriptions in Africa topped 14.5 million at the end of March 2014, a 25% increase over the 11.6 million reported in 1Q13.