SES charts future trends

September 8, 2012 13.58 Europe/London By
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IBC 2012 – AMSTERDAM. SES expects the global pay-TV market to increase a further $37 billion (€29.1 billion) in size by 2016.

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Amos outlines strategy

September 8, 2012 11.51 Europe/London By

IBC 2012 – AMSTERDAM. The Israeli satellite operator Amos (Spacecom) is keeping a close eye on developments at Hellas Sat, the future of which has yet to be decided.

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Cyfrowy Polsat commits to Eutelsat

September 8, 2012 09.43 Europe/London By
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IBC 2012 – AMSTERDAM. The Polish DTH platform Cyfrowy Polsat has signed a new contract with Eutelsat for an additional 18 MHz of capacity in the Hot Bird video position.

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Conax unveils ‘revitalised’ brand

September 8, 2012 08.13 Europe/London By
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IBC 2012 – AMSTERDAM. Stand 1D69. Conax, a provider of solutions for protecting multi-device content distribution, has unveiled its new brand, organization and partnering during a meeting with its partners and the press.

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DTG to submit D-Book into HbbTV spec

September 8, 2012 07.52 Europe/London By
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IBC 2012 – AMSTERDAM. The Digital TV Group is to make its connected TV specification available to the industry as a whole.

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T-VIPS to merge with Nevion

September 8, 2012 07.42 Europe/London By

Norwegian video transport suppliers Nevion and T-VIPS are to merge.

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DVB considers standardising second screen process

September 8, 2012 07.22 Europe/London By
Nick Wells

IBC 2012 – AMSTERDAM. The organisation responsible for the technical standards in 68% of the receiver market is planning a study of the companion screen and the streaming process.

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SES and Sony transmit live 4K

September 7, 2012 18.21 Europe/London By

IBC 2012 – AMSTERDAM. SES and Sony have announced that they will be transmitting live 4K content at the IBC 2012 show in Amsterdam.

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Eutelsat and dcinex create DSAT Cinema

September 7, 2012 18.18 Europe/London By

IBC 2012 – AMSTERDAM. Eutelsat Communications and dcinex from Belgium, an European digital cinema company, have announced an agreement to create a joint venture company called DSAT Cinema specialised in servicing the cinema industry in Europe

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SES and Red Bee introduce remote recording

September 7, 2012 18.13 Europe/London By

IBC 2012 – AMSTERDAM. Stand 1.B51. SES and Red Bee Media have unveiled a remote recording service for satellite reception devices. SatRecord is a new satellite-based TV remote recording service

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