Business
NEP Connect wins Premier Sports contract
Will provide fibre connectivity for Guinness PRO14 rugby
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Business
The Switch and Eutelsat join forces for global satellite and fibre network
Provides ability to transmit feeds around the world on a minute-by-minute basis
Technology
SSE Enterprise Telecoms partners with SIS LIVE for high-capacity coverage solution
Enabling the transmission of over 100,000 hours of live TV footage each year
Technology
MainStreaming partners with Sky Italia
Partnership provides high-quality video for Sky subscribers
Business
Sky Italia and Open Fiber to launch fibre-only service
New venture will launch from summer 2019 and sit alongside Sky's existing services
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AIMS members participate in first full IP remote live broadcast
Flemish Belgian public broadcaster VRT has completed a trial remote production over IP
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EVIO Polska chooses ABOX42
EVIO Polska, a Polish fibre TV service provider, has chosen the ABOX42 M-Series SmartSTB platform for its new service Telewizja Swiatlowodowa, which will be...
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Altice to offer SVoD service
Altice has launched Zive, a new SVoD platform, as well as a new fibre set-top box for the French market
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Exclusive content to boost adoption of multiplay bundles in UK
Number of households taking four services from a single provider to double in 2016
Production & Post
Riedel streamlines 2015 Red Bull Air Race World Championship
Riedel Communications succeeded in reducing the signal-distribution infrastructure supporting the Red Bull Air Race World Championships, by deploying the new MetroN core router along...
Production & Post
Riedel and VIDELIO-Events + Utram support French Open at Roland-Garros
VIDELIO-Events + Utram and Riedel Communications' MediorNet real-time media network helped bring the action from Roland-Garros tennis tournament to large-screen displays across courts at...
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SIS Live delivers pre-World Cup game at Olympic Park
SIS Live kicked off the Rugby World Cup by delivering broadcast coverage of the Barbarians v Samoa match at London's Olympic Stadium using its...
Business
UPC Ireland to rebrand as Virgin Media
UPC Ireland, provider of digital TV, broadband and phone services in the country, has announced it is to move to the Virgin Media brand
Production & Post
RAI relies on Riedel for Giro d’Italia race
Italian broadcaster RAI chose a decentralised fibre-based network from Riedel Communications to support real-time distribution of audio, video, and communications signals at the 98th...
Production & Post
Trickbox TV invests in 4K kit
Equipment includes first UK MultiDyne 4K camera fibre systems and 4K multi-camera PPU
Business
Vision247 opens data centre as part of London move
Vision247, a playout, media technology and content distribution company, is to move to Chiswick Media Park in west London
Production & Post
AP GMS opens North Korea facility
The Associated Press is expanding its Global Media Services (GMS) business, opening a new facility in North Korea and upgrading its existing live facilities...
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Globecast brings the 2015 Tour de France to the world
From the Grand Départ in Utrecht to the final iconic sprint on the Champs Élysées, Globecast successfully delivered all the action from the 2015...
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ITV Sport chooses SIS LIVE for Rugby World Cup connectivity
SIS Live has been announced as the supplier of connectivity services for host broadcaster ITV, throughout the 2015 Rugby World Cup.
Business
Orange outlines TV plans in Essential2020 strategy
Orange has unveiled plans to offer richer connectivity and to continue to modernise its infrastructure as part of its Essential2020 strategy.
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Virgin Media announces Project Lightning in UK
Virgin Media has announced a £3 billion investment to expand its network, with the support of parent company Liberty Global, giving up to 4...
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Rugby Masters to reach 100 countries using world’s largest network
Tata Communications will be the Official International Connectivity Provider for The Master’s Rugby on 5 February.
Production & Post
Imagine Communications embraces Sony’s UHD initiative
Imagine Communications is engaged in an industry initiative with Sony to enable the transitions to UHD/4K, and from legacy SDI to IP-based network infrastructures.
Business
OTT revenue to expand to $6 billion by 2019
Subscription video on demand (SVoD) services such as Netflix were available to 1.3 per cent of emerging market households in 2014, with a user...
Production & Post
BroaMan boosts TV2 Denmark truck
Denmark’s TV2 SNG truck DNK-47 has been upgraded to HD, moving its commentator intercom onto a Clear-Com platform and adding a BroaMan Mux22 transmission...
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Barnfind completes installation at Norwegian soccer stadium
Barnfind has installed a fibre transport solution at the Norwegian Nationals Soccer Stadium Ullevål. The solution comprises BarnOne frames and optical muxes, and was...
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Net Insight selected for video contribution network
Italian Rai Way, provider of network services to Radiotelevisione Italiana (RAI), has selected Net Insight’s media transport solution as part of a project to...
Business
root6 appointed reseller for Barnfind
Technology reseller and integrator root6 has added Barnfind to its portfolio of products. Norwegian Barnfind Technologies has developed BarnOne, a signal-neutral platform that supports...
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New lifestyle channel Ride TV picks Globecast
Globecast has been selected to provide content management and playout for equestrian lifestyle channel Ride TV.
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Arsenal FC selects RR Media as content delivery partner
In a landmark move, RR Media, a provider of global digital media services to the broadcast industry, has been chosen as a delivery partner...
Production & Post
Deutsche Glasfaser selects ABOX42 for DGTV service
Deutsche Glasfaser, the German fibre-to-the-home (FttH) network provider, has selected the ABOX42 M-Series SmartSTB platform including the ABOX42 advanced DVB feature set for its...
Production & Post
British Touring Cars gets on-board with Videosys
Videosys Broadcast has announced its support of UK OB specialists Cloudbass to supply onboard camera and video transmission systems for HD coverage of the...
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Net Insight launches 8K solution at IBC2014
At IBC2014 next week, Net Insight will demonstrate how its Nimbra solution enables 8K signals to be split up and sent over multiple links.
Business
Evolutions to open second Bristol facility
Post production house Evolutions Bristol is to open a second facility on Whiteladies Road, just one year after opening in the heart of the...
Production & Post
Alston Elliot chooses Snell for OB
AE Graphics has selected the Snell 2RU Vega router to create a web-enabled workflow environment for sports production in its new OB trucks
Production & Post
Fischer Fibre Connectors exclusive to Canford
Canford has been chosen as sole UK broadcast distributor of the new Fischer FiberOptic Series, from Fischer Connectors.
Features
Blackmagic Design brings politics to the people
At Denmark's The People’s Meeting (Folkemødet), members of each political party, as well as mayors, councillors and government ministers give speeches and take part...
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SIS Live Premier network connects UK
SIS LIVE is commissioning high bandwidth dedicated fibre networks to key UK sports venues