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Netflix and YouTube reducing video-streaming quality in Europe

Mar 20 2020

Netflix and YouTube reducing video-streaming quality in Europe

Netflix and YouTube are both reducing video-streaming quality in Europe to reduce the stress on residential broadband networks caused by the coronavirus pandemic forcing people to stay home. Netflix is reducing the bit rate on video streams, but not the resolution, for the next 30 days in the EU and UK, the BBC reported. The […]

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By Expat • Europe • Tags: Netflix, YouTube

BBC unveils children’s iPlayer experience for family viewing

Mar 20 2020

BBC unveils children’s iPlayer experience for family viewing

Families and children can now easily discover a wide range of entertaining and educational shows and films, with the launch of a new children’s experience on BBC iPlayer. Rolling out on internet-connected TVs from today, it brings together the best from CBBC and CBeebies, and other suitable BBC programming, all in one place. When selecting […]

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By Expat • BBC iPlayer • Tags: BBC iPlayer

COVID-19: Guiana Space Center suspends launch campaigns

Mar 17 2020

COVID-19: Guiana Space Center suspends launch campaigns

Because of the Covid-19 pandemic, and the need to fully implement the measures decided by the French government, launch campaigns underway at the Guiana Space Center (CSG) in French Guiana have been suspended. These launch preparations will resume as soon as allowed by health conditions. This exceptional measure is designed to protect the health of […]

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By Expat • Satellite Launches

CABSAT 2020 postponed

Mar 9 2020

CABSAT 2020 postponed

CABSAT 2020, the MEASA event for the broadcast, satellite, digital media and entertainment industries, has been postponed. The 26th edition of the event will now be held from October 26 to 28. A release issued by CABSAT said: “Whilst the UAE remains completely safe for travel and has deployed the strictest medical and hygiene protocols, […]

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By Expat • International News, Middle East & North Africa • Tags: CABSAT 2020

NHK to broadcast Tokyo 2020 in 8K

Mar 6 2020

NHK to broadcast Tokyo 2020 in 8K

Japanese public broadcaster NHK has announced it will provide 8K coverage of select events at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympics Games, including the opening and closing ceremonies. The ultra-high-definition (UHD) technology will be used during coverage of seven Olympic disciplines, including athletics, swimming, judo, soccer, table tennis, badminton, and volleyball. For the Paralympics, NHK […]

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By Expat • 8K Super Hi-Vision, Japan

Freeview Play coming to Android TV devices

Feb 27 2020

Freeview Play coming to Android TV devices

Google has signed a new deal with Freeview that is bringing Freeview Play to Android TV devices. The agreement means Android TV users will gain access to more than 85 live Freeview channels and over 20,000 hours of on-demand content from ITV Hub, BBC iPlayer, All 4 and UKTV Play. Shalini Govil-pai from Google said: […]

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By Expat • Freeview • Tags: All4, Android TV, BBC iPlayer, Freeview Play, ITV Hub, My5, UKTV play

ITV Studios steps up European drama

Feb 25 2020

ITV Studios steps up European drama

ITV Studios has cemented its ambition to deliver European drama to international audiences today with the announcement of a number pre-sales for the ambitious, archaic latin drama Romulus, as well as a raft of deals for its burgeoning selection of non-English language productions. Cattleya, Groenlandia and Sky’s Romulus (10 x 60’), which reconstructs the epic […]

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By Expat • ITV • Tags: ITV Studios, Romulus

50% of UK homes have SVoD services

Feb 20 2020

50% of UK homes have SVoD services

The proportion of UK homes with a subscription to at least one of Netflix, Amazon Prime Video or Now TV passed 50% for the first time in Q4 2019, standing at 50.5%. 14.27 million homes access at least one of these services, a quarter-on-quarter increase of +4.4% or almost 600,000 homes since Q3 2019. All […]

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By Expat • Online, United Kingdom • Tags: Streaming, SVoD

Save our BBC petition launched

Feb 17 2020

Save our BBC petition launched

A petition to “save our BBC” has attracted more than 100,000 signatures in less than 24 hours after unnamed government sources threatened to “whack” the British broadcaster by scrapping the license fee and forcing it to radically scale back its services. The 38 Degrees petition is a response to a report on the front page […]

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By Expat • BBC, United Kingdom • Tags: BBC licence fee, Save our BBC petition

TRT expands to Malta

Feb 17 2020

TRT expands to Malta

TRT World has entered into a partnership with the Maltese telco company Melita. As a result, the channel is now available to Melita TV subscribers on extended and extended basic TV products. Commenting on the development, Furkan Han, TRT World’s head of global digital & satellite distribution & partnership, said: “We are pleased to announce […]

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By Expat • Malta • Tags: Melita, TRT World

ProSiebenSat.1 unveils The SevenOne Entertainment Group brand

Feb 13 2020

ProSiebenSat.1 unveils The SevenOne Entertainment Group brand

All signs point to the future. “We have long since ceased to be a mere TV company, but are consistently developing into a platform-agnostic entertainment house,” says Wolfgang Link, Co-CEO Entertainment of ProSiebenSat.1 Media SE. “And we are succeeding in this by producing more of our own content, which we can offer and exploit on […]

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By Expat • Germany • Tags: ProSiebenSat.1, SevenOne Entertainment Group

Residents in over 2,400 Spanish towns given until 11 Feb to retune antennas

Feb 10 2020

Residents in over 2,400 Spanish towns given until 11 Feb to retune antennas

Spain’s industry ministry has given residents in 2,413 Spanish towns until 11 February to complete the latest DTT migration before switching off transmissions in the 694-790 MHz band. The period of simulcasting is due to end in 29 geographical areas on 03 March, starting with Ibiza, Guipuzcoa, Lugo, Mallorca, Segovia, Soria, Valladolid and parts of […]

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By Expat • Spain • Tags: 5G, 700 MHz, DTT

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