Business
African operators lead regional pay-TV surge
Pan-African pay TV platforms are set to boom, according to a new report from Digital TV Research
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Satellite on schedule
Es’hail-2, Es’hailSat’s second satellite, has cleared its Critical Design Review (CDR), permitting the spacecraft to move into the assembly phase and remain on schedule...
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Harmonic and Intelsat partner for UHD demo channel
Intelsat's Galaxy 13 satellite to deliver 2160p60 video content enabled by Harmonic's Spectrum server and Electra X3
News
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
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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...
News
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WBU releases statement on spectrum allocation
The World Broadcasting Unions (WBU) has released a statement regarding spectrum allocation, following a meeting of its directors and secretaries general in Prague
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...
News
Business
Sky passes 12 million customer milestone
The company reported a five per cent increase in group revenue to £11,283 million and an 18 per cent increase in operating profit to...
Business
News Releases
Healthy growth prompts MultiDyne to relocate
An on-site engineering and testing lab and expanded manufacturing, office and storage space bring streamlined manufacturing and fulfillment capability
TVBEverywhere
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...
News
Business
European Commission launches anti-trust case against Sky UK
The European Commission has sent a Statement of Objections to Sky UK and US film studios, Disney, NBCUniversal, Paramount Pictures, Sony, Twentieth Century Fox...
News
Opinion
No, the world isn’t ending for the cable and satellite industry
The cable and satellite industry is in flux at the moment. Streaming video platforms such as Netflix, Amazon Prime and Now TV continue to...
News
TVBEverywhere
SES and Armstrong initiate UHD trial first
Satellite operator SES has initiated its first ever live and linear Ultra HD (UHD) trial with cable MSO (Multiple System Operator) Armstrong.
News
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Ateme Kyrion selected for 2015 Pan American Games distribution
Aldea Solutions, provider of video networking services has chosen Ateme’s Kyrion CM5000 encoders to stream the Pan American Games to its customers throughout the...
News
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VIDEO: Quicklink Midi Backpack used to demo H.265/HEVC with Parrot Drone
The Quicklink HEVC Midi Backpack has been used to demonstrate H.265/HEVC aerial footage with the Parrot Bebop drone at the Paris Air Show in...
Analysis
NewBay Connect: Newtec
Newtec’s white paper, ‘Coping with changes in satellite TV broadcasting’, is available now free of charge, via the re-launched NewBay Connect website. NewBay Connect...
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RTÉ signs deal with Europasat for Eutelsat’s newsgathering service
Ireland’s national service broadcaster to use the NewsSpotter satellite newsgathering service from Eutelsat Broadband
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Production & Post
French Open relies on Ross Video and ATEME
For coverage of this year’s French Open at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris, Eurosport has been taking advantage of XPression’s 3D and augmented...
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RR Media delivers RAI channels to global audiences
RR Media yesterday began delivering the Italian government channels RAI Italia, Rai News 24 and Rai World Premium to worldwide audiences.
News
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Intelsat partners with BT for BBC World Services delivery
BT Group has renewed and expanded services on three Intelsat satellites, spanning the Asia-Pacific, Africa and Latin America regions.
News
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BBC, SES and Samsung demo first DVB broadcast of HDR UHD TV
SES and Samsung Electronics demonstrated the first DVB transmission of High Dynamic Range UHD TV at the annual SES Industry Days in Luxembourg on...
News
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SIS LIVE supplies connectivity services for UK election night
The UK’s main news broadcasters relied on SIS LIVE to provide uplink facilities for their general election coverage, on a night when speed, reliability...
News
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Mayweather-Pacquiao match powered by Ericsson compression
Ericsson was selected to provide an additional level of support for PSSI Global Services LLC, and its on-site satellite truck content delivery of the...
News
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Al Jazeera Media Network chooses Teracue for London
Al Jazeera Media Network recently moved to its new UK studio in The Shard in London, and is once again using Teracue IPTV solutions...
News
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BBC and NSSLGlobal deliver live bonded HDR satellite video broadcast on The One Show
The BBC has worked with NSSLGlobal to enable its first live bonded HDR (High Data Rate) satellite television broadcast.
Business
SES reaches 312 million TV homes worldwide
SES has announced that it has increased its reach in 2014 to 312 million TV homes worldwide and touches 1.1 billion people worldwide with...
TVBEverywhere
Nilesat Smart Digital Broadcasting platform to go on air
Nilesat is aiming to launch its new regional digital platform, The Nilesat Smart Digital Broadcasting System, next month.
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Business
US pay-TV operators face “challenging” 2015
The top pay-TV operators in the United States added 101,000 new subscribers during the fourth quarter to end a tumultuous year in 2014 according...
Business
News Releases
Nippon TV carries out world’s first DVB-S2X 256APSK transmission with Newtec
The world’s first DVB-S2X 256APSK satellite transmission has been successfully completed by Japan-based Nippon Television Network Corporation (Nippon TV) with Newtec technology.
News
Production & Post
RTÉ ups industry trend for small SNG vans
UK mobile satellite and broadcast systems integrator Sat-Comm is delivering two new small SNG vehicles using state of the art Ka Band satellite technology...
Production & Post
Globecast triumphs at Africa Cup of Nations
Globecast provided contribution and distribution services for the Orange Africa Cup of Nations Equatorial Guinea 2015, bringing the football tournament to screens around the...
News
Business
Satellite companies and telcos discuss industry challenges at CABSAT 2015
CABSAT 2015, the professional content event for the Middle East, Africa and South Asia (MEASA), will examine the challenges currently facing satellite companies and...
Business
News Releases
Newtec celebrates 30 years of connecting people
Newtec, a specialist in designing, developing and manufacturing equipment and technologies for satellite communications, has kick-started its 30th anniversary celebrations, announcing significant sales growth...
News
News Releases
SES entrusts Arianespace with SES-12 satellite launch
SES has selected Arianespace to launch the powerful new hybrid communications satellite, SES-12, on board an Ariane 5 booster from the European Space Center...
News
Analysis
Harmonic webinar now on NewBay Connect
Harmonic’s free webinar is available on NewBay Connect. ‘IT Infrastructure and Virtualization Applied to Video Applications’, by Ian Trow, senior director of emerging...
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Analysis
Coping with changes in satellite TV broadcasting
This week’s featured white paper from the NewBay Connect repository comes from Newtec, and offers a business insight into coping with changes in satellite...
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ITV calls on SIS LIVE to Text Santa
SIS LIVE has helped ITV’s Phillip Schofield to launch this year’s Text Santa appeal with a 24-hour live TV challenge. The This Morning presenter...
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Interviews
Will network operators count on STBs in the future?
As IPTV is moving from a linear to a complete TV experience incorporating live TV, on-demand services and third party content, the new world...
Business
RSCC and Romantis launch new DTH platform for Africa
Russian Satellite Communications Company (RSCC) and Germany-based satellite capacity reseller Romantis have teamed up to create a new DTH TV-platform for Africa.
Production & Post
Sky News enhances newsgathering with SIS Live
SIS LIVE has delivered six new Satellite Newsgathering (SNG) vehicles to Sky News, as the company aims to further improve its coverage of breaking...
News
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MTS launches satellite TV in Russia
Russia’s Mobile TeleSystems (MTS) has announced the launch of satellite TV services under the MTS brand throughout Russia.
Business
LiveU invests in Community
LiveU has launched its Community platform, a cloud-based network connecting freelancers, production houses and other service providers with hundreds of broadcasters around the world.
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