Jeffrey Hill

BBC Worldwide contracted GlobeCast to provide playout and media workflow services for four of the broadcaster’s Polish-language channels from GlobeCast’s London media management and delivery hub, GlobeCast announced.     GlobeCast […]

Sky Deutschland has reached a deal with HD Plus in Germany to expand the offering of HD channels to its satellite pay-TV subscribers.      The deal, announced April 11, notes […]

Digital media tools and workflow solutions provider Telestream has released an upgraded version of its Pipeline video capture system, the company announced.     Pipeline 2.5 was designed to function as […]

Nagra, an independent provider of value-added content protection solutions, has secured a contract with Italian broadcaster Mediaset to provide its over-the-top (OTT) video-on-demand solutions to Mediaset subscribers, Nagra announced April […]

Australian pay-TV operator Foxtel hopes its slew of new Hollywood studio contracts to bring movies to Foxtel subscribers in a similar timeframe with DVD releases will help the company recover […]

Some people in the broadcasting sector thought the migration to digital would make managing workflows easier. Others, like resource management software developers, knew they had a brand new growth market […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-14-11] NewSat expanded its executive management team with the appointment of David Ball as CTO, the company announced April 13.     The company decided to increase its team […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-14-11] Raytheon Technical Services Co., a subsidiary of Raytheon, has formed a team to bid on the U.S. Air Force’s Launch and Test Range System Integrated Support Contract, […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-14-11] Advantech Wireless signed a contract with Hoje Telecom of Brazil to provide a VSAT upgrade hub, RF equipment and more than 1,000 remote terminals, Advantech announced April […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-14-11] MeshTV introduced its MeshTV HD series Intelligent Bonding compact backpack video system for live stream TV and Web reporting, the company announced April 13.     The unit, […]

Streambox has introduced an all-in-one, software-based enterprise server designed to allow broadcasters and other video-centric organizations to manage the acquisition of video content when substantial amounts of video are being […]

Chinese cable operator Fujian Southeast selected technology solutions from Thomson Video Networks (TVN) to help the broadcaster upgrade its headend infrastructure, TVN announced April 6.     The TVN system was […]

The World Teleport Association (WTA) appointed Arqiva Strategy & Business Development Director Brett Belinsky as its new chairman, along with Teleport Internacional Buenos Aires CEO Norberto Alvarez Vitale as its […]

Satellite security specialist Digital Alert Systems (DAS) has introduced its MultiPlayer four-channel EAS audio player and program switcher to eliminate one-channel-at-a-time restrictions for encoder/decoder units, DAS announced.    The MultiPlayer […]

Video network developer Haivision has unveiled its new Kraken Enterprise and Kraken ISR low-latency IP transcoding solutions, the company announced.     The new Kraken products were designed to optimize video […]

Satellite industry-focused coverage on issues concerning the ever-more ubiquitous mobile broadband spectrum resource and its allocation by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) tends to be focused on the operator’s […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-13-11] Broadband access will be the leading revenue generator for satellite broadband providers during the next 10 years, growing at nearly 15 percent annually, according to NSR. The […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-13-11] The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) approved the merger of Canadian Satellite Radio Holdings (CSR), parent company of XM Canada, and Sirius Canada, the companies announced […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-13-11] Arianespace plans to launch the Yahsat 1A and Intelsat New Dawn satellites April 22.     The initial launch attempt on April 11 was halted in the final […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-13-11] The U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center awarded Integral Systems a $1.7 million contract modification to the company’s Command and Control System-Consolidated (CCS-C) contract, Integral […]

Sensio Technologies has unveiled a range of broadcast solutions, including automatic 3-D input signal detection and decoding, top-and-bottom, Sensio Hi-Fi 3-D and image-enhancement technologies, which will be combined into a […]

Harmonic introduced an upgraded version of its Omneon MediaGrid active storage system that aims to lower the cost-of-storage capacity while delivering required performance for next-generation media workflows, the company announced. […]

GlobeCast has increased the interconnection of its global technical facilities to platform operators and broadcast facilities via fiber as part of its strategy to add value to its content transport […]

Newtec unveiled new features for its DualFlow technology as part of its Azimuth satellite broadcast offering, which aims to allow broadcasters to migrate to satellite-based IP operations through interfacing with […]

Nevion will split the company’s sales department into two separate divisions to accelerate its development schedule and enhance its global presence, the company announced.     The company will establish a […]

North American consumer research shows that more than 2 million households in the United States will cut their cable and satellite TV subscriptions in favor of online TV platforms by […]

[Satellite News 04-12-11] Satellite-based managed network service provider Globecomm Systems acquired independent testing and long-term application developer ComSource for $20 million on April 8, continuing Globecomm’s shift from hardware provider […]

Sencore signed a master distribution agreement with Consult Service (CS) to represent Sencore’s broadcast solutions in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA), the company announced.     CS will provide […]

Artel Video Systems has integrated the company’s flagship DL4000 video transport platform with Skyline Communications’ DataMiner network management system (NMS), Artel announced April 6.     The DL4000 digital video transport […]

Snell has rolled out new turnkey channel-in-a-box playout solutions based on its Morpheus automation technology and Integrated Content Engine (ICE), Snell announced.     ICE supports audio track-tagging strategies from various […]