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Yahoo! India has announced a deeper integration with Facebook with the launch of the Activity feature on Yahoo! News.The new feature offers a deeply personalised, social news experience to over seven million unique users who visit Yahoo! India News every month, the internet giant said. Yahoo! Activity lets users discover news articles their friends have read [...]
Continue reading...Russians scrub SES-4 launch
7. January 2012
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A catastrophic rocket failure just before Christmas – although unrelated – and a technical hitch has forced Russia’s Krunichev State Research & Production Center to postpone severely the planned December 27 launch of SES-4 by ILS. Krunichev and Russia’s Roskosmos have not elaborated on the reasons for the delay, but local sources suggest that defects in the [...]
Continue reading...Italy to conclude ASO by June 2012
7. January 2012
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Italy’s Minister of Economic Development, Corrado Passera, has signed the decrees that set the dates for the transition to Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) in 2012 and the conclusion of the analogue switch-off (ASO) within the first six months of 2012. The national timetable for the remaining regions to switch to DTT is as follows: Abruzzo and [...]
Continue reading...Fashion One TV expands coverage in Sub-Saharan Africa
7. January 2012
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GlobeCast, a leading provider of video content management and delivery, has signed a deal with premium fashion broadcaster Fashion One TV to bringFashion One to millions of new homes across sub-Saharan Africa via its capacity on the Astra 4A satellite at 5ºE. The satellite, which has the most powerful Ku-band coverage in sub- Saharan Africa [...]
Continue reading...Renamed Al Jazeera Sports targets Europe
7. January 2012
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Al Jazeera’s sports division will launch a dedicated sports channel for French viewers to broadcast its newly acquired football pay-TV rights. More channels might follow provoking a direct challenge to establish pay-TV sports broadcasters. Al Jazeera outbid a number of rivals earlier in December in order to win the French rights for four out of [...]
Continue reading...EU Commission to decide on Google-Motorola deal
12. December 2011
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World No. 1 internet search engine Google is seeking EU regulatory clearance of its planned purchase of handset maker Motorola Mobility Holdings, the European Commission said. Google unveiled the $12.5 billion deal to boost its patent portfolio in August, seen as a defensive move against rivals such as Apple Inc. The Commission will decide by [...]
Continue reading...High TV 3D launches via Astra
12. December 2011
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SES has signed a capacity agreement with High TV 3D, a worldwide 3D general entertainment channel, primarily for cable distribution. High TV 3D will be distributed via the Astra 23.5 degrees East orbital position, benefiting from its optimal European footprint coverage and household reach. Astra 23.5 degrees East is the home of various international 3D [...]
Continue reading...Turner restructures APAC operations
12. December 2011
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More than two decades after launching with pan-regional CNN and Cartoon Network services and having grown its business to 23 channels and 29 websites in nine languages, Turner BroadcastingSystem Asia Pacific (TBSAP) has decided to realign its structure to reflect its considerable business outside Hong Kong. Sunny Saha who will assume the post of SVP & [...]
Continue reading...Bangladesh to allow new TV channels
12. December 2011
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Bangladesh’s information minister Abul Kalam Azad says parliament was looking to increase the number of satellite TV channels permitted to operate in the country. A formal policy was now being drafted which would clarify the position for would-be broadcasters. According to a report from BBC Monitoring, 16 channels were now operating, five others had started [...]
Continue reading...50th SES satellite ready for launch
12. December 2011
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SES is about to see its 50th satellite added to its fleet. SES-4 has arrived at the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazhakstan ahead of a launch planned for the end of December. SES-4 will be the largest-ever craft launched for the Luxembourg-based operator. A true giant, it will carry 52 C-band and 72 Ku-band transponders which [...]
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9. January 2012
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