Focus: Broadcasting

Mobile TV is seen as one of the great new market opportunities for satellite players. With users demonstrating a seemingly insatiable desire for video and wanting content on demand, the […]

What’s eating the European Commission about observing international radio regulations of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU)? And how much authority will the Commission be given in pending legislative changes to […]

[Satellite Today 12-31-08] Arabsat has signed a contract with Al-Jazeera to broadcast The Gulf Cup 2009 in HD, Arabsat announced Dec. 29.     The broadcast of the event, set to […]

[Satellite Today 12-31-08] RRsat Global Communications Network has partnered with CB Networks to launch a free-to-air satellite television broadcast channel over the North American region for Office de la Radio […]

[Satellite News 12-30-08] The satellite industry was largely shielded from the full impact of the global recession in 2008 and some companies posted record-setting yearly profits, a majority of executives […]

[Satellite Today 12-29-08] Arianespace has been chosen by Egyptian operator Nilesat to launch the Nilesat 201 satellite, Arianespace announced Dec. 23.     The launch contract comes as part of a […]

[Satellite Today 12-23-08] SES News Skies has signed a new capacity deal with TV Record, a Brazilian broadcaster, the company announced Dec. 23.     TV Record has selected SES New […]

[Satellite Today 12-23-08] Harmonic has reached an agreement to acquire Scopus Video Networks, a global provider of digital video networking solutions, Harmonic announced Dec. 23.     Under the terms of […]

[Satellite News 12-22-08] SES Americom will stop offering its IPTV service in North America by mid-2009. IP-Prime had been a key part of the operator’s strategy to tap into the […]

[Satellite Today 12-22-08] Pixelmetrix, a preventive monitoring service for digital television and IPTV networks, received its first order for the Electronic Couch Potato (EC) and ECP Consolidator from an unnamed […]

[Satellite Today 12-19-08] Austar United Communications, the Australian satellite pay-TV operator, has initiated a share repurchase program, the company announced Dec. 19.     Earlier this year Austar repurchased 46.3 million […]

[Satellite News 12-18-08] Some satellite TV providers are approaching the Feb. 17 transition to digital television in the United States as an opportunity to expand their customer base, while others […]

[Satellite Today 12-18-08] Ofcom, the U.K. communications regulator, appointed Colette Bowe to be its new chairman, the organization announced Dec. 17.  Bowe will replace chairman David Currie.     Separately, Ofcom […]

[Satellite Today 12-18-08] Sky Perfect JSAT won Japanese broadcasting rights for the 2010 soccer World Cup, the company announced Dec. 18.     The operator will provide high-definition live coverage of […]

[Satellite Today 12-17-08] In a new tax plan made public Dec. 16 at the New York State government Web site, New York Gov. David Paterson outlined provisions that would impose […]

[Satellite Today 12-17-08] Tata Sky has more than 3 million DTH subscribers in India, the company announced Dec. 16.     Tata Sky reached the milestone in 27 months, adding the […]

[Satellite Today 12-17-08] Envivio Inc. has begun shipping its mobile TV configuration of its 4Caster C4 three screens — TV, PC and mobile device — encoder as the product officially […]

[Satellite Today 12-16-08] JUS Punjabi has selected SES Americom to distribute the first U.S. Punjabi-language network serving the Indo-Punjabi, Sikh and South Asian communities throughout the United  States, SES announced […]

[Satellite Today 12-15-08] Level 3 Communications has expanded its Vyvx satellite services platform to include broadcast video distribution in Europe due to a reported 15 percent annual increase in Vyvx […]

[Satellite Today 12-15-08] Lockheed Martin has been awarded a contract by the Broadcasting Satellite System Corp. (B-SAT) and Sky Perfect JSAT Corp. to build a next-generation broadcasting and telecommunications satellite, […]

[Satellite Today 12-12-08] Measat Senior Vice President of Space Systems Development, Ali Ebadi has been elected to be the chairman of the International Telecommunications Union’s (ITU) Radio Regulations Board (RRB), […]

[Satellite Today 12-11-08] Őzkan Dalbay, director general of Turksat, told Satellite Today that there will be strong growth for the operator in the regional broadcast market.     Turkey has a […]

[Satellite News 12-11-08] With Turksat 3A successfully launched in June 2008, Turksat Director General Őzkan Dalbay is already thinking about the company’s next satellite.     In an exclusive interview with […]

[Satellite Today 12-10-08] Thaicom signed a long-term capacity deal for a remote education project in Thailand, the company announced Dec. 9.     The 10-year contract with the Distance Learning Education […]

[Satellite Today 12-10-08] Nigerian Communication Satellite and Chinese officials have held a series of meetings to discuss how to remedy the losses of customers whose business depended on the NigComSat-1 […]

[Satellite Today 12-10-08] International Launch Services (ILS) launched the Ceil-2 satellite from the Baikonur Cosmodrome Dec. 10, ILS announced.     The final ILS mission of the year will place the […]

[Satellite Today 12-10-08] GlobeCast signed a three-year deal with Rai Way, owners of Italian public broadcaster Rai, to provide fiber connectivity, teleport facilities and satellite capacity to deliver Rai signals […]

[Satellite Today 12-09-08] Brazilian broadcasting company RMT has chosen Scopus Video Networks’ digital networking solutions to upgrade video distribution networks for two Brazilian regional RMT television stations, TV Centro America […]

[Satellite Today 12-09-08] International Datacasting Corp. (IDC) won a contract with the Canadian Department of National Defense to continue broadcasting Canadian Forces Radio and Television (CFRT) to Canadian soldiers serving […]

Satellite video equipment manufacturers’ current and next-generation products are ready-play in an IP-networked world, and IP is becoming mainstream in real-time satellite video according to hardware players. So what strategies […]