News : Wesley Dodd

Celebro Media Networks, international IPTV and broadcast specialists, presented the session 'TV Without Borders: How Can Innovative Delivery Methods Enrich Audience Understanding of World Events' at the sixth annual TV Connect Forum EurAsiaEastEurope 2012 in Istanbul on 10 October 2012. It took place in the stream ‘Achieving Quality of Experience through Innovative Architecture’.

Celebro Media Networks, international IPTV and broadcast specialists, are happy to announce its Director of Business & Consulting Wesley Dodd will lead the session 'TV Without Borders: How Can Innovative Delivery Methods Enrich Audience Understanding of World Events' at the sixth annual TV Connect Forum EurAsiaEastEurope 2012 to be held in Istanbul on 9-10 October 2012.

TV is still a very regulated and controlled marketplace. But how does IPTV fit into this? How can a French broadcasting regulator control an Iranian TV channel if the channel is not licensed in France? IPTV will pose a serious challenge to policy makers and it almost certainly will lead to some abuses.
One of the best things about TV these days is the choice. Gone are the days when you had the choice of just 4...

International experience shows that attempts by a state to control online media, and particularly access to international news sources, are unlikely to be successful. You may be able to jam a traditional broadcast signal but new media technology such as IPTV is difficult to block and can support freedom of speech and democracy.
In 2011 the BBC Persian Service woke up to find that it was off air. This was no...

We all know people who say “I don’t watch TV anymore” – that number is growing and a generation of young people seems to be turning away from TV to watching video online. This is a problem everywhere in the world but in Russia it brings a very specific problem. If the broadcasters start to struggle, some may not survive.  If that happens, who will provide the content for IPTV?

It is an exciting time to be working in TV. Whether you work in production, distribution, PR or engineering - the technology and medium of TV is undergoing a revolution. None of us have a crystal ball but even if we did - it will be hard to predict exactly where TV will end up in 10 years time. One thing is clear - TV seems to be moving in two apparently different directions.

Celebro Media Networks joined the BBC last night in celebrating the first broadcast of live television output from its new Broadcasting House. BBC Russian’s 10-minute news programme was broadcast live from the new state-of-the-art studio space in the BBC’s new Central London home to Russia’s 24-hour IPTV channel Dozhd TV in Moscow – in the first live news transmission produced and broadcast as an IPTV operation.

Celebro Media Networks join BBC World Service in celebrating a month of successful operation of its first Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) international news service. The BBC Russian news bulletins offer a round-up of the day’s main stories - streamed live Monday to Friday at 16:00 and 20:00 Moscow time on Russia’s popular 24-hour live IPTV channel Dozhd TV - tvrain.ru. They are also available on bbcrussian.com.