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Irdeto Launches Next-Generation of Cloakware Software Protection

Enhanced solution provides premiere protection against cyberattacks for the world’s largest and most innovative brands

LAS VEGAS, BLACK HAT – 26 July 2017Irdeto, the world leader in digital platform security, has announced the launch of its next-generation Cloakware™ Software Protection solution. Designed for the world’s largest and most innovative brands, the solution provides resilient and durable protection against cyberattacks. Cloakware Software Protection combines cutting-edge cybersecurity technologies, libraries and tools that enable organizations to customize the protection of their valuable digital assets. The solution, which is used by some of the world’s biggest technology brands, now offers Irdeto’s unique combination of program code and data protection, a customizable architecture and new language-independent support (currently JavaScript, Web Assembly, Objective C and Swift). Combined with binary protections, function and control flow transformations, runtime application self-protection (RASP), application shielding as well as whitebox cryptography, the solution protects code and data from hackers attempting to nullify security and alter program functionality. These techniques provide security-savvy organizations with the very best in renewable software security designed to adapt quickly as industries evolve.

“Businesses today are living in a software-defined world,” said Jaco Du Plooy, Vice President of Cloakware, Irdeto. “While the implementation of software and IoT technologies provide organizations with the flexibility to innovate, they also introduce a number of vulnerabilities that are exploited by hackers on a daily basis. It is critical for businesses to have a robust and dynamically renewable cybersecurity strategy that protects software and endpoint devices from tampering or reverse engineering. Cloakware Software Protection provides the very best deep layer software security in the industry and is used by some of the largest organizations on the planet to protect their core assets and data day after day.”

Businesses today rely on software to conduct day-to-day operations. However, software is inherently vulnerable, providing hackers with an easy entry point to execute various attacks, including ransomware, malware injections, Man-in-the-Middle attacks, Man-at-the-End attacks and others. From media & entertainment organizations, to the automotive industry and any business with IoT devices, each rely on optimal security to protect their brand, revenue and intellectual property from these attacks. Cloakware Software Protection secures digital assets by concealing proprietary algorithms and secrets, including cryptographic keys. Once protected, these applications can be safely deployed on untrusted hosts and in hostile environments such as mobile and IoT endpoint devices.

Cloakware’s security techniques provide application protection through sophisticated data, function and control flow transformations, anti-debug, whitebox cryptography and active integrity verification. Cloakware Software Protection integrates these security techniques into the customer’s software build process, thereby embedding application protection directly at the source code level.

Irdeto was recently named a Representative Vendor in Gartner’s June 2017 Market Guide for Application Shielding, “Protecting applications that run within untrusted environments is ever more crucial as mobile and IoT become ubiquitous, and as web applications modernize, bringing more intelligence to the client,” according to Gartner Research Directors, Dionisio Zumerle and Manjunath Bhat. “Security and risk management leaders must apply shielding selectively to close security gaps. Application shielding refers to a set of technologies that modify an application’s source, byte or binary code, to make the application more resistant to intrusion, tampering and reverse engineering.”

Combining patented technologies and services, the Irdeto Cloakware suite of products enables brands and developers to protect their application code against reverse engineering, tampering and automated attacks. Irdeto’s Cloakware solutions provide a highly effective, multi-layered and tunable approach to software protection that is future-proof and relies on 20 years of proven success. Cloakware technology forms the basis for several innovative Irdeto solutions like Cloaked CA and ActiveCloak that are currently being used by multiple Irdeto customers, including Stofa, HorizonSAT, GOBX, ORS, RCS & RDS, MEDIA BROADCAST and many others.

Irdeto will showcase its unique Cloakware Software Protection solution at Black Hat from July 26-27. To learn more, please stop by our Black Hat booth (#1960) for a demo and visit: https://www.irdeto.com/cloakware-cybersecurity-solutions.html.

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About Irdeto
Irdeto is the world leader in digital platform security, protecting platforms and applications for media & entertainment, automotive and IoT connected industries. Our solutions and services enable customers to protect their revenue, create new offerings and fight cybercrime. With nearly 50 years of expertise in security, Irdeto’s software security technology and cyber services protect over 5 billion devices and applications for some of the world’s best known brands. Our unique heritage as a subsidiary of multinational media group Naspers (JSE: NPN) means that we are a well-established and reliable partner to help build a more secure future. Please visit Irdeto at www.irdeto.com.

For further information, please contact:

Stephen Russell
Global Manager, Public Relations, Irdeto
Mobile: +1 774 273 3890
Email: Stephen.Russell@irdeto.com

Crystal Kung
Account Manager, WE Communications
P: +65 6303 8472
Email: ckung@we-worldwide.com

28 July, 2017

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Welcome to News Views, CASBAA’s news round-up culled from sources across the industry for the week ending July 28th. Curated by CASBAA, News Views keeps you in the loop. We always value your feedback, so tell us what you think!

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Christopher Slaughter

Christopher Slaughter

CEO

We talked last week about the Game of Thrones juggernaut; turns out the buzz around Season 7 has resulted in a quadrupling of downloads and tripling of in-app revenues for HBO Now in the US. But no good deed goes unpunished; anti-piracy research company Muso says the GoT premiere was viewed illegally more than 90 million times worldwide. Here in the region, hats off to Hotstar for turning piracy into promotion; their “Torrents Morghulis” (loosely translated from the High Valyrian as “All Torrents Must Die”) campaign might not have stopped the pirates dead, but it highlighted the fact that there are legitimate means of accessing the show online. Oh, and apropos of exactly nothing, it turns out Hot Pie is actually a baker in real life.

 

John Medeiros

John Medeiros

Chief Policy Officer

The consumer risks of piracy were in focus this week. A gaggle of U.S. state attorneys general warned of malware on piracy sites, in a series of public service ads. Torrentfreak speculated on how a malicious actor might use Kodi add-ons to infect millions of ISDs. CASBAA’s warning about the same thing got picked up by the Malaysian press. In London, police seized a bunch of ISDs and warned they could have electrical flaws that might lead to home fires. And on the other side, Torrentfreak warned pirates that – at least in theory – they also face the risk of……getting caught.  

 

 

John Medeiros

John Medeiros

Chief Policy Officer

UK enforcement report: Site blocking against “Kodi” ISD networks will continue through the next soccer year. The Premier League won a High Court order allowing the experimental Kodi box blocks to continue (after the season resumes) through 2018. This involves a highly innovative process of cooperation between ISPs and rights owners which permits roving site blocks – when a new IP address with game transmissions pops up, it gets blocked. The PL has been very happy with the results – and millions of lads who want their pirate footy are depressed. Meanwhile, copyright federation FACT was busy: criticizing a magazine for brazenly promoting illegal Kodi uses which even the Kodi developers have denounced, and then working with Derbyshire police to close down an ISD network known as BulkyTV. (The promoter was arrested, and lamented that he was facing “time inside.”

 

 

Kevin Jennings

Kevin Jennings

Vice President

Embattled al Jazeera faced more censure this week after drawing the wrath of Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Netenyahu has accused the Qatar-based television news network of inciting recent violence in the city of Jerusalem and Temple Mount. The Prime Minister said he had spoken to law-enforcement authorities demanding the closure of al-Jazeera’s offices and if the closure wasn’t forthcoming he would introduce corresponding legislation to expel al-Jazeera from the country: a move that would also align Israel with the group of Arab states cracking down on Qatar.

 

 

Cathryn Chase

Cathryn Chase

Regulatory Assistant

Regulatory uncertainty looms in Thailand. The 6-year term of the 11 incumbent NBTC commissioners will come to an end on October 6th, upon which they will lose most of their authority to regulate broadcasting and telecommunications in Thailand. Under a new NBTC law, the government must select a new set of commissioners to replace the outgoing ones – a process that would likely take months. What has Thai broadcasters worried is that the government has yet to initiate the selection process. Without a new set of commissioners in place, there would be no regulators able to make or enforce decisions about important regulatory issues come October 6th. This has led some broadcasters to come forward and urge Prime Minister Gen. Prayut to use his ruling powers to appoint a new board of commissioners, or at least to allow the current regulators to retain their decision-making authority until their replacements have been identified. In all cases, the clock continues to tick.

John Medeiros

John Medeiros

Chief Policy Officer

Apart from the uncertainty over the regulators, there’s also a lot of uncertainty over the future of Thailand’s two dozen digital terrestrial TV operators. Competition is intense, and pundits are saying only 10 will survive. (Also buried in that article is an interesting gem:  According to Nielsen, Turner’s joint-venture Boomerang channel – carried on satellite, not DTT – is one of the top 10 digital channels in Thailand!)

 

 

Cathryn Chase

Cathryn Chase

Regulatory Assistant

In an effort to ramp up its anti-piracy initiative, Facebook recently purchased Source3, a startup focused on IP protection and management services. The acquisition has been viewed by many as part of Facebook’s effort to promote itself as a video sharing platform. For Facebook, this has typically been a hard sell to content producers — sites that deal with a lot of user-generated content, such as Facebook, are often prone to rampant copyright infringement. Without effective anti-piracy measures in place, content producers have less incentive to share their products on Facebook’s platform. So, how will Source3 help Facebook change this? Essentially, the startup has developed technology that can recognize branded IP in user-created content and online market places, which then allows content owners to either take action against infringers of their copyright, or simply monitor their online presence. This new technology will build on Facebook’s existing Rights Manager software, which it introduced last year. While Facebook’s problem with piracy is far from being resolved, this deal is certainly a step in the right direction.

 

 

Kevin Jennings

Kevin Jennings

Vice President

In a week where South Korea announced the successful deployment of its latest  broadcast & telecommunications satellite, plans have been revealed to launch a self-developed multifunctional satellite in 2021. The Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) will develop the rocket and Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) will develop the satellite, according to the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning. The KAI’s CEO was quoted as saying “Our satellite technology has advanced to the level where we can stand shoulder to shoulder with major satellite-developing countries”.

 

 

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Eutelsat renews long-term video capacity agreement with Digiturk

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  • New agreement builds on longstanding cooperation at 7° East
  • EUTELSAT 7A satellite anchored as Turkey’s key video neighbourhood

Paris, 27 July 2017 – Eutelsat Communications (NYSE Euronext Paris: ETL) and Digiturk beIN MEDIA GROUP have concluded a multi-year multi-transponder agreement on the EUTELSAT 7A satellite, extending a collaboration that began in 2000 with the launch of Turkey’s first pay-TV platform that is today the platform of choice for TV homes in Turkey.

Digiturk, Turkey’s largest pay-TV operator, has confirmed it will use 17 transponders on the EUTELSAT 7A satellite to broadcast a broad array of content that includes the Turkish Football Super League and the Tahincioglu Basketball Super League. Digiturk broadcasts 221 channels to approximately 3.5 million subscriber homes.

Since the acquisition of Digiturk by beIN MEDIA GROUP in August 2016, Digiturk has pursued its customer-oriented and innovative focus under the umbrella of a media giant operating in 40 countries in five continents. As a member of beIN MEDIA GROUP, Digiturk benefits from synergies with the Group’s international network and its global know-how and expertise. As a trailblazer for HD broadcasting in Turkey, Digiturk has displayed a consistent commitment to the highest signal quality and is pursuing this track record with the country’s first full-time Ultra HD channel.

Customised satellite capacity

Digiturk broadcasts exclusively from Eutelsat’s 7° East video neighbourhood, using the EUTELSAT 7A satellite that was designed with a customised high-power beam over Turkey and into Western Europe. Customised back-up capacity is also secured via the colocated EUTELSAT 7B satellite.

Yousef Al-Obaidly, CEO of Digiturk, said: “We are very happy to continue our agreement with Eutelsat, our solution partner since Digiturk launched. The beIN Media Group believes in the future of this country and its market, and plans to continue its investments. The most important focus for us during this transformation process is customer satisfaction. The renewal of our agreement with Eutelsat underpins this belief. In pursuing our relationship with Eutelsat our subscribers can continue to focus their antennas to the 7° East position and we can provide service continuity through a colocated Eutelsat satellite. With Eutelsat, we are continuing our successful journey to make our business much stronger.”

Rodolphe Belmer, CEO of Eutelsat, said: “We are delighted to pursue a relationship that is now in its 17th year with Digiturk.The power and reach of our EUTELSAT 7A satellite ensures that Turkish TV homes have access to compelling content and innovation that continues to enhance their viewing experience. We look forward to taking our collaboration to a new level and to supporting Digiturk’s drive to remain in the vanguard of Turkey’s broadcast market.”

About Eutelsat Communications

Established in 1977, Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris: ETL, ISIN code: FR0010221234) is one of the world’s leading and most experienced operators of communications satellites. The company provides capacity on 39 satellites to clients that include broadcasters and broadcasting associations, pay-TV operators, video, data and Internet service providers, enterprises and government agencies.

Eutelsat’s satellites provide ubiquitous coverage of Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia-Pacific and the Americas, enabling video, data, broadband and government communications to be established irrespective of a user’s location.

Headquartered in Paris, with offices and teleports around the globe, Eutelsat represents a workforce of 1,000 men and women from 37 countries who are experts in their fields and work with clients to deliver the highest quality of service.

For more about Eutelsat please visit www.eutelsat.com

Press
Vanessa O’Connor Tel: + 33 1 53 98 37 91 voconnor@eutelsat.com
Marie-Sophie Ecuer Tel: + 33 1 53 98 37 91 mecuer@eutelsat.com

Investors and analysts
Joanna Darlington Tel. : +33 1 53 98 35 30 jdarlington@eutelsat.com
Cédric Pugni Tel. : +33 1 53 98 35 30 cpugni@eutelsat.com

Tonight At The London Palladium

returns to ITV Choice with star-studded line-up

One of the UK’s best loved entertainment shows, Tonight At The London Palladium​, returns to ITV Choice on Saturday 5th August. Once again hosted by entertainer, actor and presenter Bradley Walsh who with his warm and cheeky style will entertain audiences with plenty of surprises and introduce some of the biggest music and comedy acts on to one of the world’s most famous stages. The 2,200 strong audience inside the Palladium will also be featured and there will be huge surprises, special moments and prizes to be won.

Episodes

1. Bradley Walsh returns to the famous London Palladium stage for a new series of the variety show. Featuring music from multiple BRIT Award-winner Emeli Sande, a beautiful performance from Phantom of the Opera, magic from Pete Firman, and the very first TV performance of the brand new single from Steps.

2. Tonight’s bill sees the cast of hit musical Half A Sixpence, music from James Blunt, Louisa Johnson, and Grammy and Academy Award winner Jennifer Hudson, the hair-raising sword skills of Samurai Hayashi, plus British street dance champions Notorious share their trophy-winning talent on the hallowed London Palladium stage.

3. On the bill tonight are Rick Astley, the cast of West End musical 42nd Street, and US vocal sensation Lea Michele. There is also comedy from Mark Watson, the rousing sounds of the Japanese Yamato Drummers, and world champion brass ensemble the Cory Band from Wales, who share their trophy-winning talent on the famous London Palladium stage.

4. Bradley Walsh hosts the fun-packed variety show. On the bill tonight are music legend Barry Manilow, the mind-blowing skills of the Chinese State Circus, 1980s pop group Bananarama, and comedian Pippa Evans.

5. Featuring music from James Arthur and the exclusive return of America’s best-selling girl group TLC. Plus comedy from Tom Allen and much more.

6. Bradley Walsh hosts the variety show, featuring the very first TV performance from the hotly anticipated musical revival Annie. There is a surprise visit from Brian Conley, and much more.

Saturdays from 5th August

IND: 17:30, MALTA/THAI: 19:00
KSA/TWN: 20:00, UAE: 21:00

For any other assets or for more details please contact: international.channels@itv.com

Arqiva secures long-term capacity with Eutelsat for broadcasting in United Kingdom and Ireland

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London, Paris, 27 July 2017 – Arqiva, the UK’s leading communications infrastructure and media services company, and Eutelsat Communications (NYSE Euronext Paris: ETL) today announced an agreement that strengthens their relationship at the premium 28° East video neighbourhood.

The multi-year, multi-transponder agreement covering high-power transponders at 28° East reinforces Arqiva’s competitive position as a leading service provider for DTH services in the UK and Ireland. With multiple teleports, transponders and connectivity solutions, Arqiva offers its customers an end-to-end suite of services to deliver channels into over 10 million Sky and Freesat homes.

David Crawford, Managing Director, Satellite and Media at Arqiva, said: “This new multi-transponder deal with Eutelsat gives Arqiva and our customers true flexibility for future developments including the growth of HD channels. Our on-going strategic partnership with Eutelsat reinforces our commitment to providing premium UK DTH satellite capacity and service excellence in the market.”

Michel Azibert, Chief Commercial and Development Officer at Eutelsat, added: “The far-reaching agreement announced today is a new milestone in the longstanding relationship between our two companies. It guarantees Arqiva long-term visibility on its capacity requirements to ensure it can meet demand generated by the solid broadcast dynamic in the UK and the accelerating transition to HDTV.”

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About Arqiva

Arqiva is a leading UK communications infrastructure and media services provider dedicated to connecting people wherever they are through the delivery of TV, radio, mobile and the Internet of Things (IoT). We are an independent provider of telecom towers, with circa 8,000 active sites across Great Britain, and are also the only supplier of national terrestrial television and radio broadcasting services in the UK. Our advanced networks support the exponential growth of connected devices and the ever-increasing demand for data from smartphones to tablets, connected TVs, smart meters, cars and medical devices.

For more information, news and insights from Arqiva, please visit the website at: www.arqiva.com

About Eutelsat Communications

Established in 1977, Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris: ETL, ISIN code: FR0010221234) is one of the world’s leading and most experienced operators of communications satellites. The company provides capacity on 39 satellites to clients that include broadcasters and broadcasting associations, pay-TV operators, video, data and Internet service providers, enterprises and government agencies.

Eutelsat’s satellites provide ubiquitous coverage of Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia-Pacific and the Americas, enabling video, data, broadband and government communications to be established irrespective of a user’s location.

Headquartered in Paris, with offices and teleports around the globe, Eutelsat represents a workforce of 1,000 men and women from 37 countries who are experts in their fields and work with clients to deliver the highest quality of service.

For more about Eutelsat please visit www.eutelsat.com

Press
Vanessa O’Connor Tel: + 33 1 53 98 37 91 voconnor@eutelsat.com
Marie-Sophie Ecuer Tel: + 33 1 53 98 37 91 mecuer@eutelsat.com

Investors and analysts
Joanna Darlington Tel. : +33 1 53 98 35 30 jdarlington@eutelsat.com
Cédric Pugni Tel. : +33 1 53 98 35 30 cpugni@eutelsat.com

Tata Sky’s campaign sends Legend Big B and Superstar Nayanthara hunting for one Rupee change

Mumbai, 21st July 2017: With the critical fourth phase of digitization underway, Tata Sky, India’s leading content distribution platform providing Pay TV and OTT services, has rolled out its latest ‘Dhamaka Rupee’ campaign. The 360-degree campaign features Nayanthara for the Southern markets and Amitabh Bachchan across other markets in India. The campaign aims to encourage consumers to make the right switch from analog cable to Tata Sky, with the Dhamaka Pack (for the rest of the country) and South Special Pack (for the five South states). These unique packs loaded with over 220 channels and services, includes the best of entertainment across genres.

In way that is quintessentially Tata Sky, the campaign, directed by national award-winning director Shoojit Sircar, has legend Amitabh Bachchan portraying a grumpy yet loveable shop owner – ‘Uncleji’ whose life has turned upside down because of the success of the Dhamaka 199 pack. The pack, selling like hot cakes, forces him to keep stocking one rupee coins as change to give back to the customer. Meanwhile in a small village in southern India, the affable Meenakshi, essayed by superstar Nayanthara, is grumpy too as she looks for the elusive one rupee coin, thanks to the success of Tata Sky’s South Special Pack.

Malay Dikshit, Tata Sky’s Chief Communications Officer said, “It’s second nature for us Indians to be exact about the value for what we buy. The simple and humorous communication in this campaign makes use of this peculiar behaviour and lands the price, the pack details and value for money messaging – all in a few seconds. Through this campaign we are looking at targeting 70 mn cable TV households across the country.”

Sukesh Nayak, Ogilvy and Mather‘s Chief Creative Officer, Ogilvy West (India) said, “To sell Tata Sky’s most popular and extremely competitive value pack, priced at just 199, we decided to play on the fun side of the struggle that a shopkeeper has to go through, when he has to return the change for such a popular pack.”

Right from the ‘Phone Ghumao’ campaign in 2013 to the Missed Call campaign in 2015, Tata Sky has always looked to generate awareness about the merits of digitization in rural markets and on the simplicity to get a set-top box. The current 360-degree integrated campaign comprises of 2 lead films with 3 smaller duration films each that talk about how Tata Sky offers the best of entertainment at the best price possible as compared to conventional analog connections. The campaign will be rolled out in multiple languages that include Hindi, Marathi, Oriya, Bengali, Kannada, Telugu, Malayalam and Tamil.

TVC Links:

Amitabh Bachchan

1. https://youtu.be/on5kg-JXwu0
2. https://youtu.be/B0O7_KX6Qbc
3. https://youtu.be/EXWO_aRzIkw
4. https://youtu.be/MOhkBLwHN5E

Nayanthara
1. Kannada – https://youtu.be/Qg7u6tGOp74
2. Malayalam – https://youtu.be/i_D3VsFRP3Y
3. Tamil – https://youtu.be/Sm4tCOavRGo
4. Telugu – https://youtu.be/ztvEa1EV_SI

To know more about the new packs, please find the links below –

1. Dhamaka 199
2. South Special 229

CREDIT LIST:

Production House:
Shoojit Sircar – Director, Rising Sun Films

Agency Credit List:
Sukesh Nayak – Chief Creative Officer
VR Rajesh – Executive Vice President, Account Management
Jaikishan Menon – Vice President, Account Management
Prem Narayan – Planning Head, Mumbai

About Tata Sky

Tata Sky Limited (‘Tata Sky’) is a joint venture between the Tata Sons and 21st Century Fox. Incorporated in 2001 and launched services in 2006, Tata Sky is India’s leading content distribution platform providing Pay TV and OTT services. With the objective of connecting to the best content in the world on any budget, any screen, anytime and anywhere, Tata Sky was the first to launch multiple products and services that redefined the subscribers viewing experience in the country.

Tata Sky has been a pioneer in the HD Set top box segment having significant market share in the category. It has been continuously adding new channels and platform services across various genres and languages to beef up its content offering to cater to all segments of the audience. Tata Sky currently has its footprints spread across 1.5 lakh towns with over 17 million connections in India.

For more information on Tata Sky, visit www.tatasky.com

For Further information contact:

Tata Sky:
Nida Paloba – 09821017561
Nida.paloba@tatasky.com
Aditya Ravi – 09821299550
Aditya.ravi@tatasky.com

Adfactors PR:
Arun Thankappan – 09930860706
arun.thankappan@adfactorspr.com
Gaurav Bhat – 09833057592
gaurav.bhat@adfactorspr.com

21 July, 2017

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Welcome to News Views, CASBAA’s news round-up culled from sources across the industry for the week ending July 21th. Curated by CASBAA, News Views keeps you in the loop. We always value your feedback, so tell us what you think!

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Christopher Slaughter

Christopher Slaughter

CEO

Winter is here again; the penultimate season of Game of Thrones has started, in case you’ve been living in a cave. The premiere crashed Foxtel’s IPTV service in Australia, crushed its previous ratings record in the US, all par for the course with the first global television blockbuster. If you’ve forgotten what happened in Season 6, Littlefinger can catch you up; if you’re confused by the whole thing, that’s apparently kind of the point; if you want to know more about the Targaryen family tree, you’re covered; don’t even ask about Ed Sheeran. But if you are tempted to dismiss it all as just a bunch of hype, pause and consider the vast Game of Thrones Media Industrial Complex.
John Medeiros

John Medeiros

Chief Policy Officer

In Bangkok, tongues are still wagging about the policy U-turn that saw the NBTC’s planned framework for OTT regulation suddenly withdrawn. A new policy is now being drafted, but in the interim the NBTC continues to press for action on nearly 3,000 pages on the Facebook and Youtube websites that it says contain “illegal” content. OTT policy is also getting a bit of news in the UK, where the government is requiring porn OTT sites to set up mandatory age verification procedures. You can be sure that not all offshore porn sites will go along, and it will be interesting to see if site blocks are instituted against non-compliant operators.
Kevin Jennings

Kevin Jennings

Vice President

India’s Reliance Industries has bought a stake in Balaji Telefilms to the tune of Rs4 billion (in excess of US$60 million). Balaji is one on India’s premier content producers and has also recently launched its own OTT service, ALT Balaji. Reliance also provides the largest Data & 4G network in India through its subsdiary, Jio. The Reliance injection of capital secures a 25% interest in Balaji and will help drive the growth of OTT and mobile / “on the go” viewing as well as help ALT compete in the OTT space, both domestically and overseas.
Kevin Jennings

Kevin Jennings

Vice President

What a week it’s been for TV in Britain. A new Dr Who was revealed to the TV audience after the (male) finals at Wimbledon, a new CEO was announced at ITV and the Advertising Standards Authority are introducing tougher rules on sexist TVCs . All this in a week where the BBC published their annual data on their top On Air Talent salaries. (Hint: If you’re still not understanding, it’s all about gender imbalance)
John Medeiros

John Medeiros

Chief Policy Officer

The 27-year old operator of a pirate app store in the USA has been sentenced to 16 months in jail, after a long multinational investigation and trial. Meanwhile, in the UK, there’s a bit of saber-rattling going on, with representatives of the content industry warning that individual end-users could face legal action over use of so-called “Kodi” box illicit streaming devices. Adopting its best tones of outrage, TorrentFreak says our industry is fear-mongering, to scare users off using ISDs. Well, duh….why would we want to do that?
Mark Lay

Mark Lay

Vice President, Singapore

Netflix reported their quarterly earnings this week. They really nailed it on their top-line numbers: overall subscribers crossed 100 million (to 104 million) gaining a record 5.2 mil subs for Q2 and revenues hit $2.7 billion. These results brought out the lovers, “the company absolutely killed it this quarter” and the haters, “one cannot just burn cash into eternity” (referring to forecast of negative free cash flow of $2.0 billion to $2.5 billion for the full year 2017). “Spending $6 billion a year on content, Netflix admits each show now needs an actual audience” but one of their worst shows doesn’t even air on the Netflix.
Cathryn Chase

Cathryn Chase

Regulatory Assistant

Here are some numbers for you. Released earlier this summer, the annual Cisco Virtual Networking Index (VNI) has forecast dramatic increases in global IP traffic and online video viewing over the next 5 years. Globally, total IP traffic is expected to increase three-fold by 2021, with the Asia Pacific region boasting the steepest growth rate. Over the same period, online video will continue to claim the largest share of IP traffic, growing from 73% of total traffic in 2016 to 82% of total traffic in 2021. Other significant trends for the TV and Broadcasting industry revolve around emerging entertainment mediums, such as live internet video, which is forecast to compromise 13% of internet video traffic by 2021. New technologies such as Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) will also contribute to the industry’s changing landscape – VR and AR’s share of internet traffic is set to increase 20-fold by 2021. For more facts and figures, you can check out the full report here.
Christopher Slaughter

Christopher Slaughter

CEO

Time again for “one of the biggest cultural gatherings in the world…”, you got it, Comic-Con is underway in San Diego. More than 130,000 fans will descend on the city throughout the weekend, dressed in full cos-play splendour, trying desperately to get into “the most important room in Hollywood”, aka, Hall H in the San Diego Convention Center. In keeping with the trend of recent years, TV will again be front and center, with more space on the schedule than ever. And despite questions about the relevance of the event given the absence of many Hollywood studios, there will still be wall-to-wall coverage throughout the weekend.
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VIACOM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA NETWORKS AND SOLAR ENTERTAINMENT COLLABORATE TO LAUNCH MTVph IN THE PHILIPPINES

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Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) and Solar Entertainment Corporation, a Philippine content provider and television network, today announced their collaboration to launch a brand new local MTV channel, MTVph in the country. Under the agreement, the two companies will collaborate on local production, distribution, marketing and advertising sales for MTVph. Effective 1 August 2017, MTVph will become the network’s new dedicated Filipino feed.

Please view the social release HERE.

Contacts:
Viacom International Media Networks
Adeline Ong
Senior Director, Corporate Communications, Asia
t: (65) 6420 7240 m: (65) 9366 7323
e: adeline.ong@vimn.com

Solar Entertainment Corporation
Veronica Peralta
PR Manager
t: (632) 461 0888 loc. 443 m: (632) 0917 560 0925
e: veronica.peralta@solarentertainmentcorp.com

BBC Earth branded block launches on new documentary channel in South Korea

BBC Worldwide has inked a deal that sees for the first time, a BBC Earth branded block in South Korea.

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The block is now available on leading Korean cable channel KMH’s newly launched documentary channel, DocuOne. It launched together with DocuOne on July 18, and will be available for six hours a day, in two hour prime time slots, as part of a basic cable package to over 12 million households. Programmes on the block are subtitled in Korean.

The seminal Planet Earth kicks off the BBC Earth block. The winner of over 30 natural history and television awards, Planet Earth is narrated by Sir David Attenborough, and celebrates the amazing variety of the natural world. Viewers will also be privy to Frozen Planet, an ambitious and epic natural history documentary that takes you on a spectacular polar expedition into a breathtaking landscape most humans will never experience. Hidden Kingdoms is also in the lineup, slated to give DocuOne viewers an idea of what it feels like to be shrunk down and immersed into a magical world of fantastic creatures living incredible, action-packed lives.

“Having previously worked with KMH to deliver premium BBC dramas, we are very excited to partner with them to bring our award-winning and ground-breaking natural history content to their viewers. We are excited that BBC Earth is in the lineup to kickstart DocuOne, and are confident that the block will be a hit in Korea,” said Soojin Chung, GM of BBC Worldwide in North East Asia

Seong Soo Kim, Director of Broadcasting in KMH Co. Ltd., commented: “We are delighted to work with BBC Worldwide to launch DocuOne. With BBC Earth as a branded block on the channel, we are confident in positioning DocuOne as a premium documentary channel in South Korea. This is a great opportunity to develop the relationship between KMH and BBC Worldwide, and we hope to get a lot of support and encouragement for our new channel.”

In Asia, BBC Earth is available as a linear channel in Cambodia, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mongolia, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam. In India, Sony BBC Earth is a joint venture channel with BBC Worldwide and Sony Entertainment Television. Besides Korea, it is also available as a block in Japan. In Singapore and Malaysia, it can also be accessed via bbcplayer.com and as an app.

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For more information, please contact:
Jeanne Leong
BBC Worldwide
Tel: +65 6849 5292
Email: Jeanne.Leong@bbc.com

Jessie Lim
BBC Worldwide
Tel: +65 6849 5295
Email: Jessie.Lim@bbc.com

NOTES TO EDITORS

About BBC Worldwide
BBC Worldwide is the main commercial arm and a wholly owned subsidiary of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). Its vision is to build the BBC’s brands, audiences, commercial returns and reputation across the world. This is achieved through investing in, commercialising and showcasing content from the BBC around the world, in a way that is consistent with BBC standards and values. The business also champions British creativity globally.

In 2015/16 BBC Worldwide generated headline profits of £133.8m and headline sales of £1,029.4m and returned £222.2m to the BBC.

For more detailed performance information please see our Annual Review webpage: bbcworldwide.com/annual-review/.

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Intelsat Appoints New Leaders to Advance Broadband, Mobility and Media Businesses

Jean-Philippe Gillet named Vice President and General Manager of Broadband; Mark Rasmussen named Vice President and General Manager of Mobility; and Robert Cerbone joins as Vice President and General Manager of Media, focusing resources on delivering innovations for high growth customer applications

Luxembourg, 18 July 2017

Intelsat S.A. (NYSE:I), operator of the world’s first Globalized Network and leader in integrated satellite communications, announced three new leadership appointments expected to drive product development, innovation and growth for the organization and its customers. Under the new structure, Jean-Philippe Gillet will lead the Broadband business, Mark Rasmussen will head the Mobility business and Robert Cerbone joins the company as the head of the Media Services business.

“This change to our leadership structure is a reflection of the dynamic evolution currently taking place in the telecommunications landscape,” said Kurt Riegelman, Intelsat’s Senior Vice President, Sales & Marketing. “Our customers require transformative technology to solve their challenges and ubiquitous, reliable connectivity that is accessible anytime and anywhere. Our new organizational structure, aligned more closely to the major customer sets served by our business, meets those needs while bringing new agility to our market presence, greater innovations and value to our customers, and accelerated growth for our business initiatives.”

Intelsat’s Mobility business provides satellite services across the maritime, oil and gas, and aeronautics sectors. In his new role, Mark Rasmussen will lead a team responsible for strategy and new product and service development for the global mobility sector, including expansion of the new IntelsatOne Flex Maritime and Aeronautic managed services. Mr. Rasmussen’s team will also develop innovative solutions to support emerging technology markets such as the connected car and Internet of Things. Mr. Rasmussen has more than 18 years of experience in enterprise network solutions, including mobility, serving in a variety of sales and marketing leadership positions. His most recent role was Vice President, Americas where he led all sales activity related to Intelsat’s Media and Network Services organizations throughout the Americas.

Intelsat’s Broadband business serves customers in the wireless and enterprise sectors. In his new role, Jean-Philippe Gillet will lead a team responsible for strategy and new product and service deployment, including those built upon Intelsat’s award winning Intelsat EpicNG high throughput satellite platform. Mr. Gillet’s team will also focus on incorporating new ecosystem developments into new applications for customers delivering broadband to connect the unconnected, as well as creating a new range of services for multinational corporations requiring globalized networks. Mr. Gillet has more than 20 years of experience working in the satellite industry, 14 years of which were spent at Intelsat in a variety of sales leadership positions. He most recently served as Intelsat’s Vice President, EMEA, where he was responsible for leading the company’s sales effort in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

Intelsat’s Media Services business serves customers in the content distribution and direct-to-home video sector. In his new role, Robert Cerbone will be responsible for the development of Intelsat’s linear and non-linear media strategy, new product and service development, and leading Intelsat’s media initiatives worldwide. Mr. Cerbone’s team will develop innovative solutions for the complex challenges facing media customers today, including streamlining distribution across various global platforms to drive new opportunities, as well as new services enhancing cost efficiency, distribution quality and reliability. Mr. Cerbone joins Intelsat from Time Warner Cable (TWC), where he held a number of senior leadership positions. He most recently served as TWC’s Vice President and General Manager for Wireless Products, where he led a team that was responsible for the strategy, planning, development, deployment and lifecycle management for TWC’s wireless products and services as well as overseeing the company’s relationship with Verizon Wireless.

About Intelsat
Intelsat S.A. (NYSE: I) operates the world’s first Globalized Network, delivering high-quality, cost-effective video and broadband services anywhere in the world. Intelsat’s Globalized Network combines the world’s largest satellite backbone with terrestrial infrastructure, managed services and an open, interoperable architecture to enable customers to drive revenue and reach through a new generation of network services. Thousands of organizations serving billions of people worldwide rely on Intelsat to provide ubiquitous broadband connectivity, multi-format video broadcasting, secure satellite communications and seamless mobility services. The end result is an entirely new world, one that allows us to envision the impossible, connect without boundaries and transform the ways in which we live. For more information, visit intelsat.com.