LUXEMBOURG - Friday, December 18th 2015 [ME NewsWire]
(BUSINESS WIRE)-- SES (NYSE Paris:SESG) (LuxX:SESG) announced today that SES and YahLive – a company jointly established by SES and Yahsat – have agreed access for YahLive to additional capacity at the 52.0 / 52.5 degrees East orbital positions. This results in additional growth potential, increased reliability and overall attractiveness of the YahLive Direct-To-Home (DTH) neighbourhood, covering the Middle East and North Africa – and extending into Europe.
Through this agreement, SES and YahLive will jointly commercialise twelve MonacoSat Ku-band transponders.
Ferdinand Kayser, Chief Commercial Officer at SES, commented: “This deal is an example of our ability to make long-lasting positive changes to the satellite broadcasting landscape, bringing significant new capacity to a region in which we see dynamic growth and permitting broadcasters of the vibrant MENA video market to split
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INGELHEIM, Germany - Friday, December 18th 2015 [ME NewsWire]
12 abstracts for four compounds accepted including: new results from head-to-head trials comparing 2nd-generation EGFR TKI, afatinib, with 1st-generation EGFR TKIs, gefitinib and erlotinib
Updated data for 3rd-generation EGFR TKI, BI 1482694, showing strong anti-tumour activity and favourable safety profile in patients whose tumours have progressed on initial EGFR TKI treatment
Further data for triple angiokinase inhibitor nintedanib and IGF-1/IGF-2 co-neutralising mAb, BI 836845
(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Boehringer Ingelheim today announced that the latest data from its oncology portfolio will be presented at the ESMO Asia 2015 Congress in Singapore, 18-21 December 2015. New data for BI 1482694* (HM61713**) demonstrate a strong anti-tumour activity (confirmed objective response and disease control rates) with a favourable safety profile in patie
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LUXEMBOURG - Friday, December 18th 2015 [ME NewsWire]
(BUSINESS WIRE)-- SES S.A.(NYSE Paris:SESG) (LuxX:SESG), announced today that Televisa, the leading Mexican multimedia company, has contracted capacity on SES’s AMC-9 satellite at the orbital position of 83 degrees West.
As part of the multi-year agreement, Televisa will utilise three C-band transponders to broadcast its premium channels Canal 2, Canal 5 and Canal 9 to millions of homes across Mexico. In addition, Televisa will renew a separate transponder to support a video contribution and bidirectional data networks in Mexico.
The premium content on AMC-9, combined with the on-going investment in seeding the cable headends, strengthens SES's existing cable neighborhood on AMC-9 in Mexico.
The agreement is the latest success in the continuing globalisation of SES’s video business. Over the last three years SES’s technical reach in Latin America has grown to 24 million househ
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TOKYO - Friday, December 18th 2015 [ME NewsWire]
Videos Introducing Various Metropolitan and Countryside Settings
Short Films Created by Renowned Movie Production Company “Robot Communications”
(BUSINESS WIRE)-- ASATSU-DK (TOKYO:9747)(ADK), one of Japan’s leading advertising agencies and headquartered in Tokyo, has launched a series of videos on YouTube introducing the various highly diverse cultures of “furusato” or hometowns throughout Japan. These videos include introductions of not only various aspects of metropolitan regions such as Tokyo and Osaka, but also the great natural beauty of regions like Hokkaido, and the traditional cultures of Kyoto, Nara, Toyama, Gifu, Fukushima, Miyagi, and other regions.
“Meet the FURUSATO” on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4nH-RuBMUQkcs13IeDhYiQ
Journalists from around the world visited various “furusato” throughout Japan to record their tho
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New Chip Cements BitFury as Industry Leader in Energy Efficiency Leading Bitcoin Blockchain Transaction Processing Company Will Bring Chip To Market In First Quarter of 2016 Through Integration And Reseller Partners
SAN FRANCISCO & TBILISI, Georgia - Thursday, December 17th 2015 [ME NewsWire]
(BUSINESS WIRE)-- BitFury Group, the leading Bitcoin Blockchain infrastructure provider and transaction processing company in the world today announced mass-production of its full-custom design 16nm Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) Chip, which will bring unmatched energy efficiency to the Bitcoin network.
After rigorous testing, the new BitFury Chip has demonstrated outstanding computing capabilities. The design target was 40 gigahash per second with power efficiency of 0.06 joules per gigahash. On average, the measured power efficiency of tested engineering samples of the new BitFury Chip ranges from 0.055 joules per gigahash to 0.07 joules per gigahas
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As a part of the new vision for ‘Tommy Hilfiger’ women’s, supermodel and social media star Gigi Hadid will launch her first ever capsule collection – including apparel, footwear, accessories – and fragrance in collaboration with the designer.
AMSTERDAM - Thursday, December 17th 2015 [ME NewsWire]
(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Tommy Hilfiger, which is owned by PVH Corp. [NYSE: PVH], announces that internationally renowned supermodel Gigi Hadid will appear as the brand ambassador for Tommy Hilfiger women’s beginning Fall 2016, building on the new vision and strategic expansion of the brand’s global women’s business. As part of her exclusive ambassadorship, Hadid has partnered with Tommy Hilfiger to launch her first capsule collection, created in collaboration with the iconic American designer. Launching in Fall 2016, the capsule will feature women’s sportswear, footwear and accessories, including watches and sunglasses, as well
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LUXEMBOURG - Thursday, December 17th 2015 [ME NewsWire]
(BUSINESS WIRE)-- SES S.A. (NYSE Paris:SESG) (LuxX:SESG) announced today that Viasat, a direct broadcast satellite television broadcaster and pay TV operator, owned by the Swedish media and entertainment group Modern Times Group (MTG), has committed to extend its partnership with SES for the transmission of its approximately 230 channels in the Nordic and Baltic countries. This agreement represents a major step to secure business in the region on a long-term basis.
MTG’s Viasat Broadcasting operates free-TV and pay-TV channels in SD and in HD. SES will continue to transmit all existing Viasat channels via ASTRA 4A and SES-5 on 5 degrees East to the Nordic and Baltic countries.
“Viasat has been a long-standing partner since the mid of 1990s. We are very pleased that Viasat relies on SES for its continuing growth in the future,” said Håkan Sjödin, Vice President, Sales Nordic, Baltic and
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