Year: 2014

[Via Satellite 02-06-13] Cinecolombia has selected International Datacasting Corporation’s digital cinema distribution technology SuperFlex Pro Cinema for its movie theater chains. IDC’s Latin American digital cinema partner, Grupo ChileFilms and...

NSSLGlobal Ltd, the independent service provider of satellite communications, has expanded its global presence with the opening of a new east coast office in New Orleans, USA. This is part...

Ericsson announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire  Massachusetts-based Azuki Systems, Inc., a provider of TV Anywhere delivery platforms for service providers, content owners and broadcasters. Azuki Systems...

[Via Satellite 02-05-2014] The past few weeks have seen an explosion of new mobile satellite devices. These products, ranging from Thuraya’s Android-enabled SatSleeve to the portable satellite hotspot Iridium GO!,...

[Via Satellite 02-05-2014] Ball Aerospace & Technologies has completed the SpaceWire Interoperability Test for the Joint Polar Satellite System 1 (JPSS 1) satellite and has begun spacecraft bus integration. The...

[Via Satellite 02-05-2014] SES’s SES 8 satellite has been co-positioned with the company’s NSS 6 satellite at the orbital location of 95 degrees east, and is now fully operational to...

[Via Satellite 02-05-2014] Optus has signed a five-year agreement with NBN Co to operate its two new satellites that will deliver high-speed broadband services to Australia. The Optus satellites will...

[Via Satellite 02-05-2014] The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has signed a multimillion-euro contract with Newtec to deploy Newtec’s satellite broadcast solutions as part of the EDU’s pan-European news exchange network....

[Via Satellite 02-05-2014] International Telecommunications Union (ITU) has approved recommendations for general access procedures provided by the End Users Initiative (EUI), Satellite Interference Reduction Group’s (IRG) newly formed advisory committee....

Speaking to the Round Table attendees, RSCC General Director Yuri Prokhorov noted that in our country “the task of providing a channel for delivering content to cable operators and on-air...