Satellite – Page 16 – Display Daily

Eutelsat Reveals New Consumer Research on Ultra HD and Data on Skyrocketing Screen Sales in Key TV Markets

by Tom Allen

Consumers in key European TV markets are ready to embrace Ultra HD as a thrilling TV experience and to invest in equipment and content. The pulse of Ultra HD was presented today by Eutelsat …

Tags:Satellite| UltraHD

SES Still Sees Growth for Satellite

by Bob Raikes

Ferdinand Kayser gave the SES press talkFor the last several years, this reporter’s IBC experience has started with the annual SES press event (and dinner) which is a great chance to network and talk …

Japanese Satellite Ready for ‘Widescale’ UltraHD

by Tom Allen

B-Sat, the Japanese satellite operator, says that its latest satellite will be able to handle wide-scale UltraHD and 8k broadcasts. Backed by NHK, the B-Sat 4a satellite will be used for DTH services, starting …

Freesat in 19,000 New Homes

by Tom Allen

19,000 new UK homes joined Freesat in the first half of 2015, the company has said. Connected TV service Freetime enjoyed 200% YoY growth in new customers, and sales rose 48%.

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Satellite| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 22 - Issue 32

Canal+ Group Chose Envivio

by Tom Allen

Envivio has said that it supplied encoding support to the Canal+ Group, for its trial satellite and OTT distribution of the UEFA Champions League final in UltraHD last month. Envivio’s Muse UltraHD solution was …

Canal+ Group Utilizes Envivio Muse Ultra HD for UEFA Championship

by Tom Allen

Envivio (NASDAQ: ENVI), a leading provider of software-based video processing and delivery solutions, provided fans with an Ultra HD vision of the future of soccer telecasts when it supplied encoding support to Canal+ Group …

Tags:OTT Video| Satellite| UltraHD (4KTV)

Free Antennas Promote DTT

by Tom Allen

TV Freedom and Antennas Direct have given away more than 300 indoor antennas in San Francisco. The companies are seeking to promote DTT, as an alternative to cable and satellite services.

SES Launches Demo Channel

by Tom Allen

SES has launched an UltraHD demonstration channel in North America. The channel is delivered via the SES-3 satellite, and enables cable operators to prepare and test their networks for UltraHD trials.

UltraHD Appears to Hit Setback in France

by Tom Allen

The future of UltraHD TV, on DVB-T2, does not look bright in France. According to Barry Flynn of Inside Satellite TV, the CSA, the French regulator, has been cagey about the platform. Few of …

Tags:France| Large Display Monitor| Satellite| UltraHD (4KTV)| Vol 22 - Issue 25

Cisco Encodes UltraHD Football

by Tom Allen

Cisco has said that it took part in the experimental UltraHD broadcast of the UEFA Champions’ League match on 6th June. Canal+ used Cisco’s Videoscale Anyres Live UltraHD encoders, to broadcast the content over …

Digital TV Hits 1 Billion

by Tom Allen

The digital TV market grew by about 455 million homes between 2010 and 2014, according to Digital TV Research. The increase means that there are now more than 1 billion digital TV households across …

IPTV Rises Quickly in Spain

by Tom Allen

The Spanish pay-TV regulator, CNMC, says that the market in Spain reached 5.1 million subscribers at the end of last year – with 345,000 new customers in Q4. 325,000 of these were IPTV subscribers. …