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T-VIPS launches TNS547 DTT Monitor
T-VIPS, a specialist in professional video contribution and distribution solutions, has announced the launch of the TNS547 DTT Monitor for DVB-T and DVB-T2 Networks, which it claims provides true end-to-end monitoring for DVB-T and DVB-T2 operators. The TNS547 is the newest member of the T-VIPS nSure product line and is designed to ensure the delivery of [...]
Continue reading...Hamish McLennan is new EVP of News Corp.
15. March 2012
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US media conglomerate News Corp has announced the appointment of Hamish McLennan to the position of executive VP, office of the chairman. McLennan, who will divide his time between New York and Sydney, will report to News Corp chairman, CEO Rupert Murdoch and president, COO Chase Carey. McLennan will be responsible for developing and enhancing News [...]
Continue reading...Syria jamming news channels
15. March 2012
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Syria is continuing to jam the satellite signals of broadcasters such as Al Jazeera. Osama Saeed, a spokesman for the Al Jazeera news channel in Doha, Qatar, said the disruption is coming from the Syrian capital, Damascus. Al Jazeera is advising viewers to switch to a different frequency to access coverage, he said. The signal [...]
Continue reading...Antena 3 acquires F1 rights
15. March 2012
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Antena 3 TV has acquired the FTA TV rights to the Formula One WorldChampionship for two years, 2012 and 2013, with the first race to take place next March with the Grand Prix of Australia. The channel will pay €40 million per year, the same amount Mediapro, shareholder in the commercial TV channel La Sexta, [...]
Continue reading...Yahoo! Chairman & 3 Directors step down
15. March 2012
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Yahoo! Chairman Mr Roy Bostock announced he was stepping down from the board of the struggling Internet company along with three other directors. Mr Bostock, in a letter to shareholders, also said Yahoo! was in “active discussions” with its partners in Asia on restructuring its holdings in the Alibaba Group and Yahoo! Japan. Mr Bostock said [...]
Continue reading...Twitter and Facebook coming to TV screens
15. March 2012
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Having already found its way to mobile phones and tablets, Facebook and Twitter will soon be a prominent part of television viewing as well thanks to new technology capable of integrating social media sites with any show on any channel. The technology, developed by the Australian Centre for Broadband Innovation, displays tweets about a show overlaid [...]
Continue reading...StarHub To Launch Sky News HD
10. February 2012
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Sky News and StarHub TV launched Singapore’s first High Definition (HD)news channel, Sky News HD. Viewers will find Sky News HD on StarHub TV’s Channel 757. On They will be able to access all the benefits of HD; live video feeds from developing stories, rich graphics that enhance Sky News coverage, and real-time text analysis [...]
Continue reading...CCTV China begins Stereo3D broad-casting
10. February 2012
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China’s national television station CCTV has invested in a Quantel Enterprise sQ system to power its newStereo3D broadcast channel. The system handles ingest, editing and output of S3D media within a totally integrated S3D workflow. The system has “a great editing and effects toolset allowing the completion of all editing tasks without the need to switch between [...]
Continue reading...SES-4 delayed again
10. February 2012
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The planned launch on January 29 has again been delayed because of problems on the Proton/Breeze-M rocket. The satellite was originally scheduled for a launch back on December 26, when it was delayed for technical reasons. Russian federal space agency Roscosmos admits the delay is “indefinite” and that the satellite and its launch assembly are [...]
Continue reading...4,000 channels for Eutelsat
10. February 2012
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Eutelsat Communications has revealed that the number of channels broadcasting through its satellites hit the milestone of 4,000 at the end of 2011. This new landmark reflects almost 30 years of uninterrupted channel growth since the first TV signals broadcast in Europe from Eutelsat’s pioneering communications satellites. The threshold was crossed with the launch at [...]
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15. March 2012
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