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www.inbroadcast.com | Vol: 6 - Issue 10 | October 2016

InNews
Intelsat 36 Provides
Sub-Saharan HD

USA: The Intelsat 36 satellite
has entered service, providing
broadcasting and DTH services for
Africa's MultiChoice, the leading
DTH platform in South Africa.
Built for Intelsat by Space
Systems/Loral (SSL), Intelsat 36
was launched aboard an Ariane 5
launch vehicle in August.
The satellite, co-located with
Intelsat 20 at 68.5 degrees East,
includes a Ku-band payload used
by MultiChoice and a C-band
payload that provides in-orbit
resilience for Intelsat's media
neighbourhoods serving Africa and
the Indian Ocean regions.

NewTek & Vizrt
IP Newsrooms

USA / GER: NewTek and Vizrt
are collaborating on IP-based
newsroom solutions with Vizrt's
Viz Mosart studio automation
system operating with the full
line of NewTek live production
professional products, including
the NewTek IP Series.
Broadcasters will have the first
opportunity to learn more about
the Vizrt Mosart and NewTek IP
product integration, at the Viz
Mosart Summit on November 17
to18. The summit in Frankfurt will
be hosted by Vizrt and German
broadcaster Hessischer Rundfunk
(HR).

Axon Flexes
4K Muscles

NLD / IND: With research showing
that India is poised to lead
the APAC charge towards UHD
broadcasting, Axon Digital Design
is anticipating a positive response
to its new SynView modular
multiviewer, which will be on show
for the first time in Asia at this
year's Broadcast India exhibition.
Capable of handling both 4K and
any IP video formats, SynView
is ready for the future and can
support whatever video transport
mechanism the industry chooses to
adopt.

Bloomberg Relaunches
Technology Sub-Brand
B

loomberg
Media
recently relaunched
an
expanded
and
redesigned
Bloomberg
Technology sub-brand.
With
50
dedicated
reporters and editors in
12 international bureaus
(San Francisco, New
York,
Seattle,
Hong
Kong, Tokyo, Singapore,
Bangalore,
Beijing,
London, Toronto, Paris, Tel Aviv, and
Frankfurt), Bloomberg Technology has
the resources and expertise to provide
in-depth coverage of not only what's
next, but where's next.
Over the last year, Brad Stone,
Senior Executive Editor of Global
Technology, and best-selling author of
The Everything Store, has built up the

Bloomberg Technology's home page

Bloomberg Technology team, adding
12 new journalists, including three in
China.
Bloomberg Editor-in-Chief John
Micklethwait, said: "Over the past
year, we have assembled a top-notch
team of technology journalists led by
Brad Stone. With our global resources

and reporting depth,
Bloomberg
Technology
is positioned to cover the
world of tech like no one
else."
The sub-brand will serve
an audience of global
business decision makers
across all of Bloomberg
Media's platforms.
Bloomberg Television's
flagship technology show,
Bloomberg West, will be renamed
Bloomberg Technology and be fully
integrated into the digital site.
Dedicated Bloomberg Technology
segments will appear on Bloomberg TV
and digital platforms throughout the
day.
Microsoft Corporation is the global
sponsor of the launch.

GMG Secures Investment For Growth
G

ravity Media Group (GMG), the
owner of Gearhouse Broadcast and
Hyperactive Broadcast, has secured a
substantial investment to fund future
global growth by selling a minority
stake in its business to investment
management firm TowerBrook Capital
Partners.
"The investment by TowerBrook
Capital Partners will enable Gravity
Media Group to grow and innovate to
realise our ambition of becoming the
global leader in supplying equipment,
services and consultancy for the live
broadcast sector," said John Newton,
founder and CEO of GMG. "It brings
industry and operational experience,
as well as capital, and has a strong

track record for being a patient and
added-value investor."
Under the terms of the deal GMG
founder and CEO John Newton and his
existing management team will remain
in position and retain majority control
of the Group.
They will be supported
by two additional nonexecutive
directors,
Gordon
Holmes
of
TowerBrook and Dave
Checketts, the former
President and CEO of
Madison Square Garden.
Checketts has extensive
experience operating US
sports franchises along

with award winning TV networks MSG
Network, FOX Sports Network and
CSTV.
Through its six subsidiary businesses
GMG employs around 220 people
across its UK headquarters and offices
in Australia, USA, France and UAE.
GMG CEO John Newton
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