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IBC Catch Up

by Bob Raikes

The organisers of IBC reported that 57,669 visitors attended the event across the six days of the show and conference, a new record in the 50th event. The event will take place next year …

IHS Markit held an event on UltraHD at the IFA Summit+ location. Initially, it looked as though there were only around three display analysts, as the other streams were running late, but the session …

Freesat Plans Upgraded STB

by Yvette Raikes

Freesat wants to make STBs which will include UltraHD support and multiscreen streaming and is looking for manufacturing partners. The boxes will support HbbTV 2.0.1 applications and are based on an open technical specification …

Eutelsat Result 27/07/2017

by Jasmine Kang Sodha

Eutelsat announced its FY17 Q2 results with revenues of €1.48 billion ($1.73 billion) and EBITDA of €1.16 billion ($1.36 billion), resulting in an EBITDA margin of 77%. The net income was €351.8 million ($411.6 …

Tags:Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Satellite| Vol 24 - Issue 27

Another Nine Pay TV Operators Sign Up to SES UHD Trials

by Andrew Fenn

The number of Pay TV content providers that are delivering Ultra HD content via SES in the US has now reached a total of 30, with a combined audience of more than 10 million …

Bobbles Uses Two New Humax Receivers For Expat Viewers

by Bob Raikes

Bobbles Media GmbH announced the availability of two new Humax receivers for bobbles.tv subscribers – the B1 HEVC compliant digital set-top box for satellite reception and H3 OTT media player for OTT online viewing. …

Arabsat Launches New Free-To-Air DVB-S2 Platform

by Alan Spencer

Arabsat has launched a new free-to-air DVB-S2 platform that will carry a number of premium HD channels across the Middle East, North Africa and Europe via the BADR-4 satellite at 26° East. Recent sign-ups …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| MEA (Middle East & Africa)| Satellite| Vol 24 - Issue 26

Arabsat Announce Free-to-Air DVB Service for MENA and Europe

by Andrew Fenn

Arabsat has announced the launch of its free-to-air DVB-S2 broadcasting platform. The new service exclusively provides a multitude of international HD channels such as BBC World News, TV5 Monde, France 24, TRT World and …

Tags:Broadcast| Large Display Monitor| MEA (Middle East & Africa)| Satellite| Vol 24 - Issue 26

SES Carrying 7610 Channels and 22 in UHD

by Alan Spencer

SES announced at its Investor Day in London, last month, that it is now carrying 7610 TV channels on its satellites, which is a rise of 4% compared to the same time last year. …

iNDemand Broadcasts Live Bout in 4K UHD over SES Platform

by Alan Spencer

SES has announced the first UltraHD live pay-per-view sports event broadcast by iN Demand over the SES Ultra HD distribution platform. On 24th June, martial arts bouts were transmitted live from New York’s Madison …

Almatel Kazakhstan Offers DTH with UHD

by Yvette Raikes

The largest cable company in Kazakhstan, Almatel, is using video delivery firm Harmonic’s Electra solution to launch its DTH satellite platform. Alma TV will now be able to provide high quality SD and HD …

Tags:HEVC (H.265)| Large Display Monitor| Satellite| Vol 24 - Issue 23

Satellite Preferred Method of UHD Delivery

by Bob Raikes

Advanced Television has detailed some figures released by Eutelsat Italia following a survey of 122 managers from broadcast companies on UltraHD. Just over three quarters of respondents think that linear TV (as part of …