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Comcast out to cut delivery costs for pay-TV operators
Pay-TV operators looking for a cost-efficient way to transition from satellite distribution to IP video can check out Managed Terrestrial
Broadcasting live UEFA matches in HD across 17,000 islands in Indonesia
The two European football channels will be bundled together with exclusive content from Surya Citra Media (SCM) that has secured
Japanese TV networks embracing synchronised streaming
Waking up to the need of an OTT offering, five Japanese networks — Nippon Television Network Corp, TV Asahi Corp, Tokyo Broadcasting System Television Inc, TV Tokyo Corp and Fuji Television Network Inc — are teaming up with TVer, a Japanese OTT provider, to simultaneously stream their evening news programmes for five weekdays in January 2020.
Ha Tinh TV scales up with Sony’s HDCU-3100 CCU
After years of providing only radio coverage, the network aired its first TV programme in 1991. In 2018, HTTV aired
Playbox enhances Life TV Asia’s channel branding & social media capabilities
Life TV Asia, a lifestyle channel from The Philippines, has included Playbox Neo Channel-in-a-Box as the core of its broadcast playout system. The new installation is incorporated by its technical partner, 8BTSI Corporation, a local broadcast and telecom solutions provider, to maximise the station’s operating efficiency.
Astro taps ABR technology to enhance OTT service
Astro will harness ABR technology — a satellite solution — to distribute 20 MPEG-DASH live channels across Android TVs, iOS,
India and Bangladesh strengthen working relationships in broadcast and radio
Indian broadcasting agency Prasar Bharati has confirmed to carry Bangladesh TV on its DD Free Dish direct-to-home (DTH) platform, and also waive carriage charges for the same. As a reciprocal gesture, a Doordarshan channel will be adopted from India on a DTH platform which Bangladesh TV will soon launch.
TechStorm to storm Asia?
In today’s connected world of TV everywhere, compelling content is king and seamless distribution network is queen … and so TechTV, after careful research, decided to engage Globecast for its Asian launch of TechStorm — a new digital HD channel about innovative inventions and stories of the entrepreneurs who made them happen.
Australia conducting another DVB-T2 trial
The new DVB-T2 trial is to test and verify interoperability between third-party systems and demonstrate its robustness in seamless transmission performance among multi-vendor DVB-T2 installations.
Singapore first in SE Asia to go fully digital
A new chapter in Singapore’s broadcast TV history started on January 1 as the republic successfully shut down all its
Digicel adds new DTV services with MediaKind
The installation of MediaKind’s technology will empower Digicel to deliver 48 more channels, bringing the company’s total broadcast channels to 92.
Spectrum – who needs it more?
UK regulatory authority Ofcom has begun an auction for spectrum that will pave the way for 5G services to be
Time to switch off analogue TV
APB chats with Dr Peter Siebert, executive director of the DVB Project, on the merits of DTT, and how a
DSO slows down in ASEAN
Malaysia is the latest ASEAN country to announce a delay in switching off analogue TV transmissions Originally scheduled to be
Channel NewsAsia goes full HD with AsiaSat
The news channel has been delivered via the AsiaSat 7 satellite since 2003
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