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Eutelsat now carrying more than 1000 HD channels

by Milos Pavlovic

High Definition TV continues to gain ground across the broadcast satellites operated by Eutelsat Communications with the 240 HD channels launched in 2016 equalling the total number launched during the previous two years. The …

Tags:Broadcast| HDTV

Liberty Global Has Good 2016

by Milos Pavlovic

Liberty Global added 313,000 subscribers across its next generation TV platforms in Q4, bringing the total to 1.2 million over the year. After deconsolidating the Ziggo business in the Netherlands, the company has 6.7 …

Fell to Head WBU Technical Committee

by Bob Raikes

Simon Fell has been elected as Chair of the Technical Committee of the World Broadcasting Unions (WBU) for two years (2017/18). The WBU coordinates the regional broadcasting organisations around the world. Fell is Director …

Tags:Broadcast| Large Display Monitor| People| Recruitment & Appointments| Vol 24 - Issue 06

Analyst: 5G TV Could be Important

by Bob Raikes

TV and video delivery is likely to become a core capability of next generation 5G wireless services, concludes a new report from Strategy Analytics. Recent demonstrations have suggested that 5G will support 1Gbps data …

Tags:5G| Broadcast| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 05

FCC Proposes Rule Change for ATSC 3.0 Introduction

by Alan Spencer

The FCC in the US is circulating a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) proposing to authorise TV broadcasters to use the ATSC 3.0 broadcast television transmission standard on a voluntary, market-driven basis. The NPRM …

Tags:Broadcast| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| USA| Vol 24 - Issue 05

Pearl TV Business Alliance Applauds FCC Proposed Rulemaking to Authorize Next Generation TV Broadcasts

by Isaac Oburu

Pearl TV today applauded the Federal Communications Commission’s publication of a draft proposed rulemaking that would authorize television broadcasters to deploy on a voluntary basis the next generation, IP-based TV broadcasting technology. Pearl is …

Tags:Broadcast| FCC| TV (Television)

FCC Proposed Authorisation of Next Generation TV Broadcasts is Applauded by Pearl TV

by Alan Spencer

Pearl TV has applauded the FCC’s publication of a draft that would authorise TV broadcasters to deploy, on a voluntary basis, the next generation, IP-based TV broadcasting technology. Pearl is a business organization of …

Inview Launches ‘Free TV’ Digital TV Service in Abuja, Nigeria

by Isaac Oburu

INVIEW, the UK-based digital TV software company, is delighted to announce the launch in Abuja of Nigeria’s new digital TV service, known as ‘Free TV’, at an event today in the capital, attended by …

Tags:Broadcast| MEA (Middle East & Africa)| TV Viewing

EU Cable Will Grow Despite OTT – IHS

by Bob Raikes

IHS released data about the development of the cable industry in the EU and prepared in collaboration with Cable Europe, the European cable trade association. Key findings from the 2015 yearbook include: Gross cable …

Tags:Broadcast| Cable| Europe| Large Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 50

EU Agrees 700MHz Switch in 2020

by Bob Raikes

The main european institutions, the European Parliament, the Council and the European Commission, have agreed that the 700MHz UHF frequency band (694MHz-700MHz) will be made available for broadband wireless use by June 30th 2020, …

Sky Agrees Sale to 21st Century Fox

by Bob Raikes

Sky plc in the UK has agreed to an offer from 21st Century Fox, Inc to acquire the company for a value of £18 billion ($22.9 billion). The company had previously tried to buy …

Italy Stops Harmful Transmissions

by Yvette Raikes

Since 2005, Italian TV transmissions on 61 frequencies have been causing harmful interference in neighbouring countries – Slovenia and Croatia in particular have complained. The Italian government has made all broadcasters on these frequencies …

Tags:Broadcast| Italy| Large Display Monitor| Terrestrial (DTT)| Vol 23 - Issue 48