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Riding on its growing success, HD+ partners with Discovery Networks Germany to extend its offer and provide exclusive access to live sports games

LUXEMBOURG -Friday, August 4th 2017 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- HD+ subscribers will now be able to enjoy exclusive live football matches as well as Tennis Grand Slams, Cycling highlights and MotoGP, thanks to the extended offer of HD+ following a partnership with the leading media company Discovery Networks Germany, Eurosport’s parent company.

Under the new agreement with Discovery Networks Germany, SES’s German HD media platform HD+ is delivering a ‘Eurosport package’ offer, which includes access to the new sports channel Eurosport 2 HD Xtra and the Eurosport Player on any device. The Eurosport 1HD channel was added to the HD+ portfolio in 2016.

HD+ exceeded the two million subscribers landmark at the end of 2016, with a 15 percent year-on-year increase. The regu ... Read more »

 Ceruzzi Currently Constructing 72-Story Residential and Retail Tower Designed by Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects; MRC Delivers Full Debt Capitalization to Complete Project 

NEW YORK -Friday, August 4th 2017 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Ceruzzi Properties (Ceruzzi) and Madison Realty Capital (MRC) announced the closing of a $300 million construction loan for completion of a major mixed-use development at 138 East 50th Street in the Midtown East neighborhood of Manhattan. MRC, an institutionally-backed real estate investment firm focused on real estate equity and debt investments in the middle markets, provided the loan for the project, which Ceruzzi is developing in partnership with SMI USA (SMI). The development consists of an 803-foot, 72-story tower with a façade designed by Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects, containing 124 luxury residential condominium units, 7,500 square feet of retail space at and below grade, and a 25-space parking garage.

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 This announcement contains inside information within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 of 16 April 2014 on market abuse 

LONDON -Saturday, August 5th 2017 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Vedanta Resources plc (“Vedanta”, the “Company”, LSE: VED) today announced the pricing of an offering of bonds in the aggregate principal amount of US$1.0 billion of 6.125% Bonds due 2024 (the “Bonds”).

Vedanta intends to use the net proceeds from this offering primarily to fund its offers to purchase for cash any and all of its outstanding US$ 774,772,000 6.00% Bonds due 2019 (“2019 Bonds”) and US$ 900,000,000 8.25% Bonds due 2021 (“2021 Bonds”), and to repay other existing indebtedness. Vedanta has received and accepted for purchase US$522,513,000 of the 2019 Bonds and US$229,843,000 of the 2021 Bonds.

This comprehensive refinancing plan announced earlier by the Company is leverage neut ... Read more »

This announcement contains inside information within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 of 16 April 2014 on market abuse.

LONDON -Saturday, August 5th 2017 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Vedanta Resources plc (the “Company” or “Vedanta”) (LSE: VED) today announced the expiration and results of its previously announced tender offers to purchase for cash (the “Tender Offers”) any and all of its outstanding US$ 774,772,000 6.00% Bonds due 2019, CUSIP: G9328D AH3, ISIN: USG9328DAH38 (Regulation S); CUSIP: 92241T AH5, ISIN: US92241TAH59 (Rule 144A) (the “2019 Bonds”) and US$ 900,000,000 8.25% Bonds due 2021, CUSIP: G9328D AG5, ISIN: USG9328DAG54 (Regulation S); CUSIP: 92241T AG7, ISIN: US92241TAG76 (Rule 144A) (the “2021 Bonds” and, together with the 2019 Bonds, the “Bonds”). The Tender Offers expired at 8:00 a.m. New York time, on 3 August 2017 (the “Expiration Time&rdq ... Read more »

SAGINAW, Michigan-Wednesday, August 2nd 2017 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Graminex® LLC, producer of Graminex® Flower Pollen Extracts™, receives Health Canada Approval under the Natural and Non-prescription Health Products Directorate (NNHPD) for its PollenAid® and Prostanex® Flower Pollen Extract™ formulations.

Health Canada’s certification guarantees that Graminex Products meet the highest quality standards according to the guidelines of Health Canada’s Health Products and Food Branch’s Mandate. The mandated guidelines take an integrated approach to managing the risks and benefits in regards to supplements and health food to safe guard the consumer against inferior products.

“Graminex® now has products that are pre-approved by Health Canada’s NNHPD. We are excited to offer Canadian customers new healthcare products backed by the current certification. Our customers are once again assured that ... Read more »

HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, Ky. -Friday, August 4th 2017 [ AETOS Wire ]

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Call for patents is first step in creating a one-stop license

DENVER -Friday, August 4th 2017 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- World licensing leader MPEG LA, LLC announced today a call for patents essential to ATSC 3.0 standards in order to facilitate, for the convenience of the market, creation of a joint license to the intellectual property of leading ATSC 3.0 developers on which those standards are based.*

ATSC 3.0 is a set of next generation TV standards offering mobile television; enhanced personalization and interactivity including location-specific emergency alerts and consumer-directed advertising; advanced signal and data delivery; efficient spectrum usage; and enhanced video including high dynamic range (HDR), high frame rate (HFR), wide color gamut (WCG) and 4K UHD features. ATSC 3.0 broadcasts are beginning in the Republic of Korea this year, and are expected to begin next year in the US.

“ATSC 3.0 represents a significant technolog ... Read more »

 UL and NRTL List 14 Module Suppliers with Tigo as NEC 2014 & 2017 Certified

LOS GATOS, Calif.-Thursday, August 3rd 2017 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Tigo®, pioneer of the smart modular Flex MLPE platform, today announced that its portfolio of Rapid Shutdown System (RSS) partners integrated with Tigo's TS4 platform has grown to 14 international module manufacturers and are now listed with Underwriters Laboratories (UL) and Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL).

Tigo's certified listing covers tier 1 partners - including ET Solar, Hansol Technics, Itek Energy, JA Solar, Lerri Solar, Neo Solar Power, PureSolar, Seraphim Solar, Silfab Solar, Solartec, Sunpreme, Suntech, Talesun, and Trina Solar. Tigo's TS4-L (Long Strings), TS4-O (Optimization), and TS4-S (Safety) with UHD-Core technology bring the integrated solution to PV modules to control the voltage within the solar array and de-energize the solar array in the event of ... Read more »

 This new technology uses contactless sensing technology to measure the driver's states and in-vehicle environment

OSAKA, Japan -Thursday, August 3rd 2017 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Panasonic Corporation announced today that it has developed a drowsiness-control technology for detecting and predicting a person's level of drowsiness and allowing to stay comfortably awake.

Video available at https://youtu.be/CT4qnpMnrxg

This technology, which can help prevent drowsy driving, detects a driver's shallow drowsiness1 at the initial state by accurately measuring the driver's states without physical contact, including blinking features and facial expressions, etc. captured by an in-vehicle camera, and processing these signals using artificial intelligence. Further, using measurement data from the in-vehicle environment, such as heat loss from the driver and illuminance, Panasonic’s new technology also pre ... Read more »

HAMILTON, Bermuda -Thursday, August 3rd 2017 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Rating agency S&P Global has confirmed the financial strength and counterparty credit rating of A-/Stable for International General Insurance Co. Ltd (IGI Bermuda) and International General Insurance Company (UK) Limited (IGI UK), the international specialist commercial insurer and reinsurer, and affirmed its stable outlook.

S&P Global gave IGI a “strong” financial risk profile based on its view that its capital and earnings are “very strong”, its risk position moderate and its financial flexibility adequate.

“We are delighted to have our A-/Stable rating confirmed,” said Wasef Jabsheh, Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of IGI. “We have worked tirelessly to create a truly global company, with strong results, excellent management and disciplined underwriting. We have a programme of prudent, well-managed growth and this rating ... Read more »