fibre

netgem.tv partners with 12 ultrafast fibre providers

Reaches over a quarter of a million UK homes

netgem.tv assists Premier Sports

Allows netgem.tv customers to access Premier Sports 1 HD, Premier Sport 2 HD and Freesports

News Releases

MultiDyne evolves 12G series of fibre transport solutions

Enable broadcast and production customers to efficiently manage and transport higher resolutions and signal counts

Orange provides be-spoke tech for Tour de France

Including 6,300 hours of broadcasting in 190 countries

VIDEOFUTUR adds multiscreen, Cloud recording capabilities

Gives subscribers access to 11 new Mediawan group channels

NEP completes construction of Netherlands data centre

Eventually will house more than 300 new 19-inch racks

Data Centre

UK enters global FTTH ranking for the first time

UK reached a penetration rate of 1.3 per cent and a take-up rate of 13.1 per cent since September 2017

NEP Connect dances on ice with ITV

Company provides media fibre connectivity for Dancing on Ice

NEP Connect wins Premier Sports contract

Will provide fibre connectivity for Guinness PRO14 rugby

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

Videos

Sky Italia and Open Fiber to launch fibre-only service

New venture will launch from summer 2019 and sit alongside Sky's existing services

AIMS members participate in first full IP remote live broadcast

Flemish Belgian public broadcaster VRT has completed a trial remote production over IP

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...

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

Exclusive content to boost adoption of multiplay bundles in UK

Number of households taking four services from a single provider to double in 2016

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

Trickbox TV invests in 4K kit

Equipment includes first UK MultiDyne 4K camera fibre systems and 4K multi-camera PPU

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

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...

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...

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.

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.

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...

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.

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

New lifestyle channel Ride TV picks Globecast

Globecast has been selected to provide content management and playout for equestrian lifestyle channel Ride TV.