Focus: Broadcasting
June 17, 2019
MEASAT Satellite Systems revealed its agreement with Celebrities Management Private Limited (CMPL) to distribute the Travelxp 4K High Dynamic Range (HDR) channel across the Asia Pacific. The international travel channel will join MEASAT’s Ultra High Definition (UHD) video neighborhood at 91.5 degrees East, where it will be distributed to television platforms and operators in more…
June 13, 2019
IP Infusion, a provider of network software for telecom and data communications services, revealed that SKY Brasil, a Direct to Home (DTH) digital satellite service operator in Brazil, has selected IP Infusion’s OcNOS network operating system in their 5G-ready fixed LTE services disaggregated mobile backhaul transport solutions, a first for Latin America. According to the…
June 10, 2019
AT&T Inc.’s DirecTV and Dish Network Corp., suffering the steepest subscriber losses in the pay-TV industry, are open to a merger and both companies believe such a deal could pass muster with U.S. regulators, according to people familiar with their thinking. It’s been 17 years since a proposed combination of the two satellite-TV services was…
May 31, 2019
Russia successfully launched the Proton M/Breeze M integrated launch vehicle from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on May 30 at 8:42 p.m. (Moscow time), and injected the Yamal-601 telecommunication satellite into orbit. The Yamal-601 project is part of the Targeted Federal Program for the Development of Television and Radio Broadcasting in the Russian Federation. According to the…