Connectivity

While the satellite industry is in many ways ‘a good news’ industry with stories of growth and opportunity in difficult economic times, this growth can also lead to problems. RF […]

Pace is confident that it will have a major DTH customer for its new range of advanced set-top boxes in the near future. It has already signed its first cable […]

Intelsat has signed two contracts with SkyStream, a Dubai-based provider of connectivity and satellite services solutions, for nearly 40 MHz of new C-band capacity on Intelsat 17, the operator announced […]

Scalable transport solutions provider Net Insight has partnered with Skyline Communications to allow Skyline’s DataMiner network management system to integrate with Net Insight’s Nimbra platform.    Scalable from small to […]

The opportunities in Latin America are proving to be a hot talking point among the satellite community at IBC. The economic growth in countries like Brazil is at odds with […]

Telecom operators are becoming bigger believers in satellite technology. The advent of Ka-band satellites is prompting telcos, who previously had looked away from satellite, to re-assess the technology in terms […]

Intelsat has contracted Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) to build and deliver two high-power satellites that will provide DTH television service in Latin America, the FSS operator announced Sept. 9.     Intelsat […]

Satellite operator SES unveiled its new brand identity, which focuses on the consistent use of the SES name and logo throughout its various global market segments, the company announced Sept. […]

MTG Viasat Broadcasting, a free- and pay-TV operator in Scandinavia and the Baltic States, selected Never.no’s Interactivity Suite (IS) and broadcast add-on to enable its partner, Harris RTX, to display […]

SoftAtHome, a software provider of home operating platforms, has collaborated with IPTV and OTT developer Huawei to create an end-to-end turnkey IPTV solution that enables operators to deploy services for […]

Video delivery solutions provider Sencore has introduced a new range of features and functionality for its contribution decoding services, the company announced Sept. 9.    Sencore said it is demonstrating […]

One of the major new satellite developments to happen during the past 12 months was Ka-band’s evolution from a concept to a reality in orbit. The bandwidth has taken off […]

Talia, a satellite voice and Internet service provider, known for its operations in Africa and the Middle East, is now targeting becoming part of the vibrant Latin American communications market […]

Liberty Global has unveiled Horizon, a wireless media entertainment platform that integrates cable- and web-based personal content on multiple screens and devices throughout the home, the company announced Sept. 8. […]

Spacecom has leased capacity to Croatia’s KLasik TV for video distribution on the AMOS satellite fleet located at the 4 degrees West orbital position, the satellite operator announced Sept. 8. […]

Taiwanese operator Chunghwa Telecom has selected Ericsson to deploy and integrate a new IPTV platform that will deliver multi-screen interactive multimedia services to more than 900,000 subscribers, Chunghwa announced Sept. […]

Thomson Broadcast has rolled out its new Futhura Plus high-power television transmitter, designed to offer energy savings to broadcasters and a 50 percent improvement in efficiency over current standard transmitters […]

Teleport services provider SatLink Communications has introduced its new media analysis service, which aims to enable media companies to capture, monitor, collate and analyze their own and their competitions’ content […]

Amino Communications is set to demonstrate its over-the-top (OTT) IPTV set-top boxes at the IBC Trade Show.    The IPTV devices use both HLS live streaming and HTML5 formats to […]

Video delivery solutions provider Sencore has entered into a partnership and reseller agreement with Ecuadorian broadcast equipment distributor BPE Electronic.    BPE Electronic will act as Sencore’s exclusive reseller in […]

International satellite operator SES has signed an agreement with Sea & Space Exploration to distribute SES’ ASTRA2Connect satellite broadband service in 20 countries in Central and West Africa.    ASTRA2Connect […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 09-09-11] After a series of frustrating setbacks and delays beyond its control, ViaSat confirmed Sept. 8 that the launch of its highly anticipated ViaSat-1 high-capacity satellite is […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-09-11] Maritime satellite communications provider Marlink has signed an agreement with Wilson Ship Management to provide 80 of its ships with SCAP Inmarsat FleetBroadband on a 36-month contract, […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-09-11] Satellite transmission services provider SatLink Communications has completed a live trial of NovelSat’s 3G-Sat NS3 modulator (NS1000) and demodulator (NS2000) technology, which resulted in more than 50 […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-09-11] Gilat Satellite Networks has signed an agreement to deliver its SkyEdge 2 platform-based SkyAbis cellular backhaul solution to an unnamed South East Asian mobile network operator, Gilat […]

The pace of change in broadcasting is always stark when you attend an event like IBC, where the talk will undoubtedly center on the latest innovations in broadcasting such as […]

If 2010 was the year that saw 3-D TV start to enter the mainstream consciousness, 2011 is the year where DTH operators started to make good on their strategies in […]

GlobeCast has opened a new teleport and technical operations center in Rome to replace its previous facility, the company announced Sept. 6.    The new teleport was established to offer […]

The Al Jazeera Network has placed several orders with Newtec for its Multimedia Exchange Network over Satellite (MENOS) TV interactive terminals.    The MENOS all-IP solution, jointly operated by the […]

[Satellite News 09-08-11] Iridium Communications has saved up a month’s worth of new mobile satellite products and services announcements and packaged them into Iridium Force — an initiative that involves […]