The Switch and Eutelsat partnered to deliver a satellite and fiber video contribution network. The partnership will provide The Switch’s user community (consisting of 800 content producers and distributors) the ability to transmit feeds on a minute-by-minute basis to and from large parts of the globe. Simultaneously, broadcasters and content producers within Eutelsat’s satellite footprint will…

  Intelsat S.A. provided global communications services for The Climate Reality Project’s live broadcast, “24 Hours of Reality: Protect Our Planet, Protect Ourselves." Intelsat’s contribution services were used to uplink video featuring musical performances and interviews with musicians, celebrities, and thought leaders. Intelsat’s distribution services were used to reach hundreds of millions of people globally…

NHK, Japan’s national broadcaster, partnered with Eutelsat Communications to launch the world’s first 8K network; BS8K. The live broadcast took place on Dec. 2 from the Vatican where images were transmitted to Tokyo via Eutelsat 12 West B satellite with a mobile uplink provided by M-three Satcom. NHK relied on DVB-S2X modulation, in 16APSK, and…

Dish appointed Suma Nallapati to Senior Vice President (SVP) and Chief Digital Officer (CDO), reporting to Dish Chief Information Officer (CIO) Atilla Tinic. Nallapati currently serves on Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper's cabinet as Secretary of Technology and State CIO. She will join Dish in mid-January when Colorado Governor-Elect Jared Polis assumes the office. Nallapati will lead Dish's application delivery and digital strategy implementation. Her technology…