Eutelsat to launch revolutionary SNG service NewsSpotter

7 March 2012

Eutelsat Communications is launching its revolutionary satellite newsgathering service called NewsSpotter on March 21, 2012 at Wembley Stadium, the venue for the final of the 2012 Olympic football tournament.

NewsSpotter, from Eutelsat affiliate Skylogic, promises to revolutionize the European satellite newsgathering industry by offering a smaller, lighter, faster and far cheaper service than traditional solutions.

Light enough to be carried in a back-pack for Fly-Away use and small enough to be fixed to a smart car for Vehicular Rooftop Mounting, NewsSpotter can instantly connect mobile news crews to transmit live or High Definition recordings, images and data back to the studio via Eutelsat

2012 AIBs-partnership opportunities

7 March 2012

The 2012 AIBs – partnership opportunities

The eighth annual international media excellence awards run by the AIB will be held on Wednesday 7 November 2012. They provide a unique opportunity to promote your brand to senior executives throughout the global media world.

Coverage of the awards starts now leading up to the formal opening of entries at MIP in early April. Publicity continues in AIB publications and PR throughout the period of entries, the judging, on the night itself and through to the publication and distribution of the award winners booklet at the end of the year.

This ensures over nine months of exposure for partners to the more than 25,000 senior media executives on the AIB email distribution list and the more than 20,000 people who read The Channel magazine.

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Vodafone Germany SIM fitted in BMW ConnectedDrive cars

7 March 2012

New BMW cars in Germany will soon be able to automatically dial emergency services in the event of a crash and advise the driver how to avoid traffic jams thanks to new technology from Vodafone.

Starting this summer, all new BMW series vehicles will be fitted with a specially adapted mobile SIM chip supplied by Vodafone Germany. The Vodafone SIM, which will link BMW up to its vehicles, will provide customers with access to innovative in-car services such as the BMW Online Services, a 24/7 personal concierge service for BMW drivers and an emergency call function.

The five-year agreement between Vodafone Germany and the BMW Group involves fitting SIM cards within the vehicles at the assembly plant. The service being provided by Vodafone is based on machine-to-machine technology, which allows different devices to communicate with each other. The Vodafone SIM has a lifespan of more than ten years, can withstand temperatures from minus 40 to heat of 85 degrees centigrade and is coated with anti-corrosive protection.

In the future, this technology will become even more crucial for the automotive sector with the introduction of ‘eCall’ – the automatic vehicle emergency call system in that is being planned by the European Union. From 2015 onwards, all new cars will be fitted with latest mobile data connection and SIM card that automatically calls the emergency services in the event of an accident.

Analysts see the in-vehicle connectivity as a growing market that will be worth billions by 2020.