Broadcasting
October 20, 2021
Leading Polish broadcaster TVN has contracted additional capacity from Eutelsat Communications in its HOTBIRD video neighborhood. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, but the companies said Wednesday that it is a multi-year agreement. TVN is a long-standing customer of Eutelsat, and the broadcaster is an anchor HOTBIRD customer. HOTBIRD is one of Europe's…
October 5, 2021
SES has signed a new capacity deal with a Direct-t0-Home (DTH) broadcaster in Asia, the company announced Oct. 5. Sirius TV, a brand of Smart Digital International, has signed a multi-year contract with SES to deliver a new bouquet of satellite TV channels across Malaysia. The Sirius Basic subscription package launched Oct. 1 with 13…
October 4, 2021
USSI Global has selected ST Engineering iDirect as a technology partner in its C-band transition, the companies announced Sept. 28. ST Engineering iDirect will be providing broadcast equipment including M6100 modulators, USS0212 redundancy switches, and FR0730 up and down converters. USSI Global helps broadcasters and cable and satellite networks deliver television programming. The company must…
September 16, 2021
SES is seeing encouraging take-up of its cloud-based services. The operator announced Sept. 15 that since the first quarter of this year, more than 60 channels have adopted SES’s cloud infrastructure. This trend is showing an increasing number of broadcasters and channel operators worldwide adopting SES’s Cloud Playout service to better manage their linear TV…