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Videocon D2H to Merge With Dish TV

by Bob Raikes

Videocon d2h in India will merge with Dish TV in India to create Dish TV Videocon which is expected to create a platform with 27.6 million subscribers (out of 175 million TV households). Analyst …

Tags:India| Large Display Monitor| Satellite| Vol 23 - Issue 45

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More US Cable Operators Testing 4K via SES Satellites

by Bob Raikes

SES is working with four additional US cable operators to test UltraHD content delivery. (SES Boosts UHD TV in the US) SES has struck new Ultra HD trial agreements with Marquette-Adams in Wisconsin, Buckeye …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Satellite| SES| USA| Vol 23 - Issue 45

Eutelsat Result 27/10/2016

by Jasmine Kang Sodha

Eutelsat Communications posted Q1 FY16 consolidated sales of €384.8 mn ($428 mn), remaining in line with last year’s Q1 consolidated sales of €387.7 mn ($428 mn). The small decrease of 0.7% was attributed to …

Tags:Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Satellite| Vol 23 - Issue 43

Eutelsat has High Penetration in Italy

by Bob Raikes

Eutelsat said that Italy has the highest average viewing time of linear TV in Europe at four hours and 40 minutes per day. The company claims that 8.4 million homes receive signals from Eutelsat’s …

Tags:Italy| Large Display Monitor| Satellite| Vol 23 - Issue 42

Eutelsat and Telespazio Promote HD & UltraHD

by Bob Raikes

Eutelsat and Telespazio, a Leonardo-Finmeccanica (67%) and Thales (33%) joint venture, have a new agreement to develop HD and UltraHD transmission on Eutelsat’s Hotbird ‘video neighbourhood’ which is centred on Italy and provides coverage …

Tags:4k| Europe| Large Display Monitor| MEA (Middle East & Africa)| Satellite| UltraHD| Vol 23 - Issue 41

Ultra HD Series to Broadcast in Italy

by Yvette Raikes

Italian broadcaster RAI is sending out the series “Medici: Masters of Florence” in Ultra HD to satellite TV homes. The series will be shown on the RAI 4K channel using the Tivusat platform through …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Satellite| Vol 23 - Issue 40

SES Updates on UltraHD and Company Development

by Bob Raikes

Ferdinand Kaiser is the CEO of SES and his talk was called ‘Meeting the exponential demand for content’. There is a forecast of 3% CAGR in the use of bandwidth for video. 70% of …

Tags:Broadcast| HD+ (Germany)| IBC 2016| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Satellite| SES| UltraHD| Vol 23 - Issue 38

Romania’s RCS & RDS picks Irdeto for digital TV CAMs

by Isaac Oburu

Irdeto, a world leader in digital platform security, today announced it will provide security solutions and services to RCS & RDS, the largest cable and satellite television operator in Romania. Software-based Irdeto Cloaked CA, …

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VR 4K Satellite to Launch Next June

by Isaac Oburu

Satellite Today has reported that SpaceVR has raised cash to build Overview-1; a satellite that will be launched in June 2016 on a scheduled mission ‘CRS-12 mission’. Overview-1 will have 360-degree cameras and 4K …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Satellite| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 33

DTH Households to Enjoy Bundesliga and UEFA in UltraHD/4K

by Isaac Oburu

Sky Deutschland’s Sky Sport Bundesliga UHD and Sky Deutschland will launch on Astra (19.2 degrees East) in autumn 2016 making the two UltraHD/4K channels available for DTH households. Sky Sport Bundesliga UHD will be …

Tags:Germany| Large Display Monitor| Satellite| UltraHD (4KTV)| Vol 23 - Issue 33