Mumbai, August 8, 2017: On its 11th anniversary, Tata Sky the fastest growing brand in the DTH industry and a pioneer of innovative services, introduced Tata Sky Blogbuster – Tata Sky’s first ever official blog. The blog will bring to you interesting and engaging content and story-telling in the field of entertainment.

Tata Sky Blogbuster will cover original and exclusive pieces of content on trending topics in the field of movies & television entertainment. The topics on the blog range from Lifestyle, Sports, Entertainment, Regional content, Self-help and DIY too. The blog will also keep its viewers entertained and engaged through videos, interactive games, listicles and much more.

Over the last 11 years, Tata Sky has revolutionised Indian home entertainment by ensuring to bring pioneering experiences to customers that not only delight but also ease their ways of life. Features such as PVR (Personal Video Recorder) set-top box, to first ever Daily Recharge vouchers or DIY (Do-It-Yourself) videos and an array of successful interactive services have established Tata Sky as a brand to eagerly look forward to. Therefore, living up to its promise of offering Indian subscribers a world-class television viewing experience, through its satellite television service.

Be sure to check us at http://blogbuster.tatasky.com/

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.
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The HBO Documentary Will Also Stream On HBO GO.

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SINGAPORE, AUGUST 4, 2017 – With a net worth of more than US$60 billion, Warren Buffett is truly a one-of-a-kind billionaire. Now 86, the legendary investor still lives in a modest home in Omaha, and continues to drive himself to the office every morning to manage Berkshire Hathaway, the fourth-largest public company in the world. But more surprising than his humble lifestyle and self-effacing personality are Buffett’s moral integrity and unique mind, which drove him not only to become the most successful businessman in the world, but also an unparalleled philanthropist.

With unprecedented access to his day-to-day personal life, BECOMING WARREN BUFFETT tells the improbable story of how an ambitious, numbers-obsessed boy from Nebraska became one of the richest, most-respected men in the world. The definitive documentary on Buffett, this candid portrait sheds new light on a man who has helped shape the way Americans view capitalism and, more recently, philanthropy. Told primarily in Buffett’s own words, the film features never-before-released home videos, family photographs, archival footage and interviews with family and friends. This HBO Original Documentary Film premieres Sunday, August 13 at 10pm (SIN) on HBO SIGNATURE and will also stream on HBO GO.

Tracing Warren Buffett’s ascent from first-time investor to business maven, the documentary delves into the highs and lows of his career and personal life, from becoming a father of three and the world’s richest businessman, to weathering the Salomon Brothers treasury bond trading scandal, which threatened his sterling reputation, and the loss of his wife and first love, Susie Thompson Buffett.

“I like numbers,” Buffet tells a group of Omaha Central High School students. “It started before I can remember.” A voracious reader, the seven-year-old read the library book “One Thousand Ways to Make $1000,” and made extra cash selling Coca-Cola, gum and newspapers as a youth. His father, a salesman who survived the Depression, was elected to Congress when Warren was 12, moving the family to Washington. Displaced and unhappy, Warren lost interest in academics and faltered, despite his love of learning and competitive spirit.

After attending the University of Nebraska at his father’s insistence, he interviewed for Harvard Business School and was turned down. The rejection was propitious: Buffett discovered that two of his financial idols, Ben Graham and David Dodd, taught at Columbia, and after writing them a letter, was accepted there. From Graham he learned the “two rules of investing”: “Rule #1: Never lose money. Rule #2: Never forget Rule #1.”

Buffett, along with partner Charlie Munger, would build his fortune at Berkshire Hathaway, a struggling textile company that he turned into a behemoth holding corporation with stakes in Coke, Heinz, Geico and other blue-chip companies.

Buffett’s exemplary moral principles and passion are at the heart of his success. “He truly loves to do what he does,” says former Fortune editor Carol Loomis. After the death of Susie, whom Buffett credits with raising their children, as well as making him appreciate civil rights and philanthropy, he emerged from a period of mourning in 2006 to announce that most of his fortune would be given to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, an unprecedented act of philanthropy.

Though his accomplishments attest to his excellence, Buffett contends that he “won the ovarian lottery” by being born who he was, when he was and where he was. “For over 60 years, I’ve been able to tap dance to work, doing what I love doing,” he tells the Omaha Central High School students. “I just feel very, very lucky.”

Kunhardt Films’ HBO credits include the Emmy®-nominated “Nixon by Nixon: In His Own Words,” the Emmy®-nominated “Gloria: In Her Own Words,” the Emmy®-winning “Teddy: In His Own Words” and this year’s Emmy®-winning “Jim: The James Foley Story.”

A co-production of HBO and Kunhardt Films, BECOMING WARREN BUFFETT is directed by Peter Kunhardt and produced by Teddy Kunhardt and George Kunhardt. For HBO: senior producer Jacqueline Glover; executive producer Sheila Nevins.

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ABOUT HBO ASIA
Singapore-based HBO Asia brings the best of Hollywood to Asia first through its exclusive licensing deals with major Hollywood and independent studios, including Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures, Universal Studios, Warner Bros. and Lionsgate. HBO Asia has proprietary and award-winning HBO and HBO Asia Original programmes that are produced exclusively for HBO viewers. Wholly owned by HBO (a Time Warner company), HBO Asia reaches 23 territories across Asia and offers a bouquet of channels and services including five 24-hour commercial-free subscription movie channels in standard-definition and high-definition – HBO, HBO SIGNATURE, HBO FAMILY, HBO HITS and CINEMAX – as well as a 24-hour Asian movie channel, RED by HBO, and other services such as HBO GO, HBO ON DEMAND and 鼎级剧场 (ding ji ju chang) in China. HBO Asia is also the exclusive distributor of BabyFirst and the DreamWorks channel in Asia. Log on to www.hboasia.com for more information.

For more information, please contact HBO Asia:

Karen Lai
Senior Director, Communications
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To mark the 70th anniversary of the Partition of India, India’s independence from the British Raj and the creation of an independent Pakistan, the BBC’s international news services – BBC World Service, BBC World News television and the website bbc.com/news – present a season of special features and programmes.

Using timelines, memoirs and testimonies, BBC World Service reports in English, Bangla, Hindi, Urdu and other languages on the reasons and events that led to Partition, and how, once the borders were drawn, millions were forced to migrate, hundreds of thousands lost their lives, and human relations and identities were altered forever. In live broadcasts, the BBC also connects people in India and Pakistan to celebrate the things that unite the two nations.

A timeline featuring rare archive photos, video and audio documents, explains the events that led to Partition. An innovative animation about Sir Cyril Radcliffe – the man responsible for drawing the borders on behalf of the British Raj – aims to explain why he drew the line as he did, causing one of the biggest upheavals in the history of mankind.

There are also personal stories of loss – of loved ones, of identities, of homes and belongings. A dramatic animation from BBC Hindi tells a heartbreaking love story – one of so many at a time when, because of conflict and uncertainty or because of their religion, people were forced to part.

Among millions across the subcontinent, whose families were uprooted in the wake of Partition, are the Indian politician, L K Advani; Pakistan’s former prime minister, Nawaz Sharif; Indian actors, Dilip Kumar and Raj Kapoor. In a video series filmed earlier this summer, the BBC takes a look at what happened to their homes and how their old neighbours remember their families.

In the story of a man in India and a woman in Pakistan – both of whom, due to stringent visa rules, haven’t been able to visit their ancestral homes on the other side of the border – the BBC locates their old houses. As they finally see their old homes via Skype, the ensuing moments of recognition prove emotional.

BBC Bangla brings another perspective, such as a personal account of a Bengali-speaking Muslim who migrated to what became East Pakistan as a result of Partition, an of an Urdu-speaking Muslim who migrated in 1947, hoping to make a life in what was then East Pakistan and ending up in an independent Bangladesh in 1971. Unable to return to India or go to Pakistan, he still feels stranded in a place he did not choose for himself. BBC Bangla will look in depth at why Urdu-speaking Indian Muslims who migrated to what was then East Pakistan are marginalised in today’s Bangladesh and why even the Bangladesh-born generation of Urdu-speakers are struggling to assimilate themselves into mainstream Bangladeshi society.

The season also celebrates the things that unite India and Pakistan, explores the countries’ common history and culture, and their shared aspirations. The BBC’s Divya Arya in Lucknow and Shumaila Jaffery in Rawalpindi will connect, via a satellite link, two schools in India and Pakistan, to look at the way the shared history is taught in the two countries. The aim of another live event, co-hosted by the BBC’s Rajesh Joshi in Delhi and Wusat Ullah Khan in Karachi, is to bring together the two countries’ young poets and musicians so they can share their idea of peaceful and prosperous India and Pakistan. Both events will be broadcast as Facebook Lives and will be packaged for TV and radio audiences.

A series of high-profile interviews on BBC Urdu will focus on Pakistan’s state of affairs and prospects as the country celebrates 70 years of independence. Among the interviewees will be former President of Pakistan, General Pervez Musharraf; Head of Pakistan’s Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM), Dr Farooq Sattar; and Head of Jamat-e-Islami party, Siraj ul Haq.

BBC Persian will look at how the creation of Pakistan affected Afghanistan geopolitically. BBC Pashto will look at how the lives of Pakistan’s Pashtuns evolved over the past 70 years.

BBC World Service English marks the anniversary of Partition with a selection of documentaries. In The Children of Partition, Mark Tully travels through India from north to south in search of the echoes of Partition among successive generations of Indians. He examines the legacy of Partition, comparing contemporary memories of the events of August 1947 with the personal and political tensions today on both national and international stages.

In two-part series, Pakistan, Partition and the Present, Shahzeb Jillani explores Pakistan’s uneasy relationship with its violent history and asks if the Pakistan of today is a country its founder, Mohammed Ali Jinnah, envisioned. In Partition Voices – also a two-part series – Kavita Puri hears remarkable testimonies from British Asians and colonial British who witnessed this tumultuous event firsthand and even took part in it. Museum of Lost Objects – two programmes which explored some of the artefacts and landmarks caught up in the events around 1947 – aired on the BBC World Service English in July and are now available as podcasts and online bbc.com/worldserviceradio.

The BBC’s international TV news channel, BBC World News, will bring live coverage of the anniversary-related events in India and Pakistan, as well as special reports, interviews and explainers, and will air the Newsnight edition dedicated to the anniversary. A special index, Partition – 70 years on, on the BBC’s international news website, BBC.com, explains the bigger picture and focuses on personal stories to show how the events of 70 years ago still have an impact today.

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BBC World Service Group Communications – Lala Najafova lala.najafova@bbc.co.uk

Earth: One Amazing Day, the much anticipated follow-up to BBC Earth Films’ $112m box office smash Earth: The Movie makes its world premiere in Beijing today.

Earth: One Amazing Day showcases the remarkable stories that happen on earth, our home, each and every day, driven by the power of the Sun. It takes audiences on a breath-taking and immersive voyage across the continents, through the oceans and skies as it track the sun’s journey…all in a single amazing day.

A BBC Earth Films and Shanghai Media Group (SMG) Pictures co-production, the Mandarin language release is narrated by international superstar Jackie Chan (Kung Fu Panda, Rush Hour, Police Story), co-directed by Lixin Fan (Last Train) and co-written by celebrated screenwriter Geling Yan (Flowers of War, Coming Home). The music production on the film is a collaboration between composer Alex Heffes and Roc Chen (Forbidden Kiss, Chinese Zodiac), putting together world class musicians from across the best orchestras in China

The Mandarin version of the film will open to thousands of cinemas in China on 11 August, and Chinese audiences will be the first in the world to see Earth: One Amazing Day. Some of the first include:

• Earth: One Amazing Day is the first feature film to be produced under the UK-China co-production treaty
• Earth: One Amazing Day is the first Western feature film to record its entire musical score in Mainland China
• Earth: One Amazing Day is the first documentary feature to be released in Dolby Cinema format, which offers the highest quality in picture and sound available in the theatrical market and bringing technology usually associated with Hollywood blockbusters.
• Earth: One Amazing Day represents the first time an international film crew has captured some of the natural world’s most fascinating behaviour including footage of the rarely glimpsed white-headed langur monkeys in the Guangxi Mountains in South West China.

Said Stephen McDonogh, Earth: One Amazing Day’s Producer, BBC Earth Films: ‘We set out to create a unique and compelling story of life, to showcase Earth’s immense value, and to inspire audiences of every age to cherish our beautiful planet. That is what we want Earth: One Amazing Day to do – to connect audiences to the natural world and for them to treasure every single amazing day on it.”

Taking more than four years to plan and three years to make, Earth: One Amazing Day comes a decade after Earth. “I think you can only do such special films when it is appropriate to do them,” says Neil Nightingale, Creative Director of BBC Earth. “We have no mandate to do a film a year. So we look for those special opportunities that allow us to think we can create something really extraordinary. Our collaboration with SMG Pictures, among other factors, meant that we were able to make a big screen sequel that showcases the billions of remarkable stories that happen on Earth each and every day in a dramatic, humorous heart-warming way, and delivers a vision that is both intimate and epic. We are certain that Earth: One Amazing Day will be a hit with families in China and the rest of the world.”

The English version of Earth: One Amazing Day is narrated by Academy Award and Golden Globe winning actor, director, producer, and environmentalist Robert Redford. It is directed by Peter Webber (Oscar nominee The Girl with the Pearl Earring) and Richard Dale (BAFTA and Peabody winner The Human Body) leading a world class production team including in demand screenwriter Frank Cottrell-Boyce. It will premiere in the US in Autumn 2017.

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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

About BBC Earth Films
BBC Earth Films is the theatrical arm of BBC Earth, the global factual brand for BBC Worldwide. Combining Hollywood expertise with world-leading BBC filmmakers, BBC Earth Films seek to take audiences on a journey of discovery, uncovering earth’s wonders and revealing some of the most incredible characters that share our planet. Building on the BBC’s success with landmark film credits such as Deep Blue and Earth the movie, BBC Earth Films took this ambition to the next level with One Life, an awe-inspiring story that shows how life connects us all, and two 3D features in partnership with Evergreen Films and Reliance Entertainment: Walking with Dinosaurs 3D takes audiences back 70 million years to the last great dinosaur era and is distributed by 20th Century Fox in the US and the majority of international territories, and Enchanted Kingdom 3D a journey through Earth’s wildest continent, Africa, discovering unimaginable sights and stories.

About BBC Worldwide
BBC Worldwide is a principal 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 2016/17 BBC Worldwide generated headline profits of £157.3m and headline sales of £1,059.9m and returned £210.5m to the BBC.

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

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returns to ITV Choice

Alan Titchmarsh returns with a second series of Masterpiece. The brainchild of the renowned gardener, Masterpiece is a unique antiques game show taking place in glamorous stately homes across Britain.

Along with his antiques expert Rachel Houston-Holland, Alan will challenge teams of antique and history fans to seek out the rarest – and most valuable – objects on display.

In each episode four teams will battle across three challenges that test their antiques knowledge. Whoever wins each round gets first choice in “The Masterpiece Challenge” a room filled with antiques, one of which is worth more than £10,000. At the end of the show each team reveals what they think is the masterpiece. Whoever chooses the most masterpieces wins the £1000 prize money.

Seven magnificent country homes will be used throughout the series: Beaulieu in Brockenhurst (home to one of the world’s biggest motor museums), Chiddingstone Castle in the Weald of Kent, Lydiard Park in Wiltshire, Burghley House in Lincolnshire (once visited by Elizabeth I), the famously haunted Owlpen Manor in the Cotswolds, Avington Park in Hampshire and Hever Castle in Kent (the childhood home of Anne Boleyn).

Alan Titchmarsh says: “I’m thrilled to be back helming my antiques quiz show that tests the skills of the nation’s enthusiasts. This year we have some amazing items in the show including a leather jacket worn by Steve McQueen, a whip used by Harrison Ford in Indiana Jones and antiques going back hundreds and even thousands of years – including items by Andy Warhol and Faberge. Trying to decide which one is worth more than £10,000 is not easy. What I can tell you is that some of our items are worth ten times that much. It’s also a huge privilege to be presenting the series from some of our most treasured stately homes, all of which have incredible stories to tell.”

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Hong Kong, 31 July 2017 – AsiaSat 9, AsiaSat’s most powerful satellite, is set for launch on 28 September Moscow time 09:50pm (29 September Baikonur time 00:50am, Hong Kong time 02:50am) on a Proton M/Breeze M rocket from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan after being in storage at Space Systems Loral’s facility with its Pre-ship Review passed in April.

AsiaSat 9, Asia’s next generation satellite, will replace AsiaSat 4 at 122 degrees East longitude. Designed with innovative and cutting edge features, this new satellite will deliver significantly improved performance and higher efficiency for customers’ services.

New services on AsiaSat 9 include the world’s first dedicated Ku-band Myanmar beam and the new Ku-band Indonesia and Mongolia beams, in addition to two enhanced Ku-band beams serving Australasia and East Asia, and a C-band footprint that offers wider high-power coverage over Asia, Australasia and the Pacific region. AsiaSat 9’s five Ku-band beams are equipped with cross-strap beam switching capability to provide flexible coverage.

“We are excited to announce the launch date of the AsiaSat 9 mission following the long-awaited return of Proton’s service and its recent successful launch in June. With our newest satellite AsiaSat 9, we are primed to serve existing customers and new users as we reach a new milestone, presenting more cost-efficient opportunities, enhanced quality and faster services for applications through mobility, broadband data networks, and DTH services. As we have broadened our scope and innovated to provide advanced satellite solutions, we are confident in the opportunities satellite services create for future broadcasting and communications throughout the Asia-Pacific region,” said Andrew Jordan, President and Chief Executive Officer of AsiaSat.

Manufactured by Space Systems Loral, AsiaSat 9 is an SSL 1300E satellite equipped with 28 C-band and 32 Ku-band transponders, and a Ka-band payload. Unique features onboard the AsiaSat 9 spacecraft include the most powerful C-band TWTA at 110 watts, combined with special filter design to achieve higher bandwidth for higher throughput, an increase of 23% across wider coverage; fitted hall effect thrusters and star tracker to achieve higher stability and reliability in satellite operation, and better performance at the edge of beam coverage.

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About AsiaSat

Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company Limited (AsiaSat), the leading satellite operator in Asia, serves over two-thirds of the world’s population with its six satellites, AsiaSat 3S, AsiaSat 4, AsiaSat 5, AsiaSat 6, AsiaSat 7 and AsiaSat 8. The AsiaSat satellite fleet serves both the broadcast and telecommunications industries. Over 700 television and radio channels are now delivered by the company’s satellites offering access to more than 830 million TV households across the Asia-Pacific region. AsiaSat’s next satellite, AsiaSat 9 is planned to be launched in September 2017. AsiaSat is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Asia Satellite Telecommunications Holdings Limited, a company listed on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (Stock Code: 1135). For more information, please visit www.asiasat.com | LinkedIn | Facebook | Mobile App

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

LAS VEGAS, BLACK HAT – 26 July 2017 – Irdeto, 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.

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Global Manager, Public Relations, Irdeto
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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

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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

Photo credit : Arqiva

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.”

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

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