Focus: Broadcasting

Space Norway is teaming up with Media Excel to power a next-generation encoding headend for premium video distribution. The new deployment will extend what is a long-standing relationship and enable...

Space Norway has signed a new broadcast deal in the Nordic region with Allente, a major player in the Nordic pay-TV market, for long-term satellite capacity from the 1 degree...

Intelsat is expanding its work with iKO Media Group (iKOMG) to support the company’s new offering for faith-based broadcasters. iKOMG, a company that provides teleport and cloud services for broadcasters,...

Intelsat has signed a new broadcast deal in sub-Saharan Africa. ViewMedia, a global media service provider providing a Free-to-Air (FTA) TV platform for Sub-Saharan Africa, has inked a new deal...

Satellite operator EchoStar selected the prime contractor for its upcoming EchoStar XXVI high-power geostationary communications satellite, which is scheduled to provide direct-to-home (DTH) coverage to DISH TV customers across the...

Intelsat has received approval from the Indian government to provide satellite coverage directly to India’s broadcast media companies.  Intelsat announced the approval from the Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation...

Satellite operator SES signed a new capacity agreement with Brazilian DTH pay-TV provider Mileto Tecnologia. The broadcaster announced the deal on Monday, stating it would use capacity on the SES-6...

Arabsat is teaming up with Qvest to launch a new OTT (over-the-top) streaming platform, as it looks to generate more revenues through video services. The strategic partnership will enable Arabsat...

Es’hailSat has signed a new broadcasting capacity deal in North Africa. It has signed a multi-year multi-transponder deal with the public broadcaster of Morocco, Société Nationale de Radiodiffusion et de...

DirecTV’s deal to acquire Dish Network from EchoStar is off after Dish debt holders did not agree to a debt offer from EchoStar.  DirecTV announced Nov. 21 that it would...