Eurosport on Samsung
Smart TV
Eurosport is now available on
Samsung Smart TV, the first
regional sports broadcasting
service available on the platform.
Leading pan-European sports
channels Eurosport and
Eurosport 2 broadcast live
streams of major international
sporting events, equating to
over 5,000 hours of live sport
every year.
The Eurosport Player goes
beyond linear live broadcasting
giving viewers a selection of
content and programming
options during leading events.
For example, at three tennis
Grand Slams, the US Open,
Australian Open and French
Open fans can choose to watch
one of seven different courts
ensuring they never miss the
chance to see their favourite
players.
Likewise, Eurosport’s
coverage of World Snooker
tournaments will also allow for
multiple tables to be viewed.
Other events include cycling’s
Tour of Spain and Tour of Italy,
World Championship Athletics,
2013 UEFA Women’s European
Championships and the full
2013/14 winter sports season.
Eurosport Player is available
to download from Samsung TV
Apps Store in 40 European
countries and 13 languages.
Arabsat partners with My-HD
A strategic partnership between
pay-TV platform My-HD and
satellite operator Arabsat is
bringing a bouquet of 39 channels
to viewers in the MENA region -
31 of which are in HD. Khalid
Balkheyour, Arabsat President and
CEO said this marks a new era.
Key players in the region such
as MBC Group (eight HD
channels), Al Nahar Network
(four HD channels) and MTV
Lebanon are included on the
platform. Physique TV and Luxe
TV, which were previously free-
to-air have joined and are
available in English and Arabic.
My-HD is launching the first
English and Arabic Electronic
Programme Guide on Arabsat
(“My EPG”) which will be
followed by catch-up TV services.
Through their partnership,
My-HD and Arabsat have brought
international brand channels to
the consumers - their signing of
an exclusive distribution
agreement with GMA Network,
the Philippines’ leading terrestrial
TV network was the first of its
kind. This agreement is crucial
for the development of the local
IN BRIEF
STB HIT RECORD
HIGHS
According to IHS, set-top box
shipments will reach record
highs in 2013 and the next
two years. Shipments of set-
tops for cable, satellite,
terrestrial and IPTV digital TV
services are expected to
reach 269m units in 2013, an
increase of 8%. In mature
markets where pay-TV
digitisation is complete or
nearly finished, the transition
to HD and MHG STBs will
help to sustain volumes and
increase revenue until 2015.
After this, shipments are
expected to start to decline,
decreasing by 5% in 2016 and
by 2% in 2017.
TEAR GAS
HAZARD
This summer's global unrest
has been marked by the use
of tear gas. From protests in
Istanbul to demonstrations in
Sao Paulo and Cairo, the
chemical agent also known
as CS gas has been used to
control riots, disperse crowds
and debilitate protesters. INSI
has issued a safety advisory
for journalists covering
demonstrations where they
might come into contact with
Riot Control Agents – how to
protect yourself and how to
minimise the effects of the
gas.
SCIENCE FOR
THE YOUNG
CERN and EUROVISION are
awarding grants to two
production companies to
develop multiplatform media
proposals to spark the
scientific curiosity of
children aged 8-12. The
projects that were selected
from 23 entries from 12
countries are:
Cubic
,
Quark
& Big-G
by Baby Cow
Animation & Bigfatstudio -
an animation series where
robot heroes explore
fundamental physics; and
Just for Quarks
from
production company Screen
Glue - short films featuring
three teenage pranksters
who have the ability to alter
fundamental laws of physics.
economy – there are over 2.4m
Filipinos in the Middle East.
The partnership with Arabsat
has allowed My-HD to extend its
channel reach to over 170m
viewers in more than 80
countries across the Middle East
and Africa, making the Arabsat
“hotspot” at 26° East the “HDTV
Portal” of the MENA region.
Expanding
broadcast
Babcock Media Services delivers
content for the BBC and a
further 24 international
broadcast clients including
Deutsche Welle, NHK, RNW and
VOA. With a contract value of
£200m over a ten year period,
the BBC is currently BMS's
biggest client - services include
operating and maintaining the
BBC’s global transmitter sites
and satellite distribution network,
and distribution for BBC
Arabic/Persian/World News TV.
Babcock's recently appointed
Business Development Director
Richard Jacobs says that while
the shortwave business is still
very important, BMS is evolving
to meet the needs of content
owners for delivery of content in
multiple formats from audio to
video, across satellite, cable,
terrestrial, mobile and IP. In
particular, BMS is building on its
reputation of quality control, co-
ordination and high service level
commitments in new markets,
offering extended capabilities
and forming strategic
partnerships with best-of-breed
suppliers in the media broadcast
industry. Babcock’s total
managed solution incorporates
high SLAs, monitoring and end-
to-end management.
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Antena 3 wins Gold
Antena 3, the no.1 news TV
station in Romania, affiliate of
CNN International, won the
Gold World Medal at the New
York Festivals for best camera-
work for footage from the
documentary
A Hell of a Living
.
According to Kantar Media,
Antena 3's news consistently
held the top 12 places in
Romania's news audience
ratings during the first half of
2013. In June, the station
broadcast a live exclusive of the
Romanian event for the
international 'Join the Pact'
campaign against drinking and
driving. (L: Antena 3 CEO Mihai
Gadea)
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