Singapore – SES announced at CommunicAsia2013 that global Taiwanese communications provider Teleport Access Services (TAS) has renewed capacity with SES to deliver a variety of TV programmes and live coverage of breaking news throughout Taiwan. TAS, a longstanding SES customer and the largest distributor of cable channels to cable headends in Taiwan, will use the capacity to broadcast TV content and provide satellite news gathering (SNG) services across the island. Michael … [Read more...] about CommunicAsia: SES and TAS renew deal to deliver TV content across Taiwan
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SES’ Romain Bausch to step down
Luxembourg - SES announced that the company’s President and CEO Romain Bausch informed the Board of Directors that he plans to step down from his position at the next annual general meeting of shareholders in April 2014. In its meeting last week, the Board has appointed Karim Michel Sabbagh as the successor to Romain Bausch. Sabbagh will join the company on September 1 as CEO Designate and, following a transition period, will officially take up the position of President and CEO on April 3, … [Read more...] about SES’ Romain Bausch to step down
SES: 4K–Ready
Q: SES made an appearance at MIPTV in Cannes this April, which is not a usual gathering place for the satellite communications industry. Why MIPTV? A: We believe that, as a global leader in Direct-to-Home satellite TV, we have a significant role to play in helping to drive the entire broadcast ecosystem forward. While some building blocks to deliver Ultra HD content to the audience are present today, others still need to be developed before Ultra HD will become viable commercially. First the … [Read more...] about SES: 4K–Ready
CASBAA’s Satellite Industry Forum 2013 to highlight key issues with regional stakeholders
Singapore - CASBAA’s annual Satellite Industry Forum will take place on June 17, 2013 at the Shangri-La, Singapore. The Association’s comprehensive forum on the thriving satellite market in the Asia-Pacific will examine An Industry in Transition this year, highlighting key issues top-of-mind with stakeholders in the region. This year’s forum will look into the worries about spectrum access, market access and regulatory regimes and identifying growth markets and future trends in … [Read more...] about CASBAA’s Satellite Industry Forum 2013 to highlight key issues with regional stakeholders
SES to pioneer first Ultra HD transmission in new standard at SES Industry Days
Luxembourg - SES, together with partners Harmonic and Broadcom Corporation, has pioneered the first Ultra HD transmission in the new HEVC standard live from an ASTRA satellite at 19.2 degrees East. The HEVC standard features an up to 50% encoding efficiency improvement, compared to previous test broadcasts in MPEG-4 AVC (H.264). The end-to-end demonstration, which was presented at the SES Industry Days in Luxembourg, used Harmonic’s ProMedia Xpress and a HEVC decoder reference-design … [Read more...] about SES to pioneer first Ultra HD transmission in new standard at SES Industry Days
MIPTV: SES launches its “Ultra HD Experience” initiative
Cannes – SES has announced the launch of its “SES Ultra HD Experience” initiative at MIPTV, which invites content providers and broadcasters to work with SES to support the development of the Ultra HD value chain. With the “SES Ultra HD Experience” initiative, content producers and broadcasters from all over the world are invited to submit footage shot in Ultra HD via a dedicated SES web page, www.ses.com/ultrahd-experience, and are given the opportunity to … [Read more...] about MIPTV: SES launches its “Ultra HD Experience” initiative
