Connectivity

[Via Satellite 05-28-2014] The Brazilian Space Agency’s (AEB) first CubeSat, C Br1, was transported to the Yasny launch base in Orenburg Oblast, Russia from the Dutch facility in Delft, Netherlands...

[Via Satellite 05-28-2014] French broadcaster TDF will use Envivio’s ultra-HD (4K) compression technology for its live streaming of the French Open 2014 tennis championship to compatible TV sets in France....

[Via Satellite 05-28-2014] ] PT Digital Media Asia is set to deploy the new Viva+ Indonesian Direct-to-Home (DTH) service, which will broadcast all 64 main World Cup games using Newtec’s...

[Via Satellite 05-28-2014] Eutelsat launched a demonstration channel for Europe’s first High Efficiency Video Encoding (HEVC) ultra-HD broadcasting channel with a frame rate of 50 frames per second and a...

[Via Satellite 05-27-2014] Syntelix, a Spanish telecommunication operator, signed a contract with Avanti Communications for capacity to run a series of public and private connectivity programs in Spain. The first...

[Via Satellite 05-27-2014] SES launched a new video distribution neighborhood for the Latin American market and a new antenna seeding program for the NSS 806 satellite. The new neighborhood will...

[Via Satellite 05-27-2014] Teledyne Brown Engineering (TBE), a subsidiary of Teledyne Technologies in Huntsville, Ala., officially formalized its commercial space imaging partnership with the German Aerospace Center (DLR) for use...

[Via Satellite 05-27-2014] Sharp, a Japanese consumer electronics company, has chosen the ViXS XCode 6400 System on Chip (SoC) to power the company’s Ultra High Definition (Ultra-HD) 4K Recorder TU-UD1000...

[Via Satellite 5-23-2014] United States telco giant AT&T has been making waves in recent months. Its deal to acquire DirecTV is a huge statement of intent, and a gateway into the...

[Via Satellite 05-23-2014] Millicom has signed a multi-year contract with Eutelsat Americas, formerly Satmex, to expand the reach of its pay-TV services across Latin America. The deal provides capacity for...