Focus: Broadcasting

[Satellite News 12-08-08] Arqiva’s occasional-use satellite and Web distribution services helped The Armenia Fund’s Thanksgiving telethon raise a record-breaking $35 million in 2008 to help rebuild Armenia.     Produced on […]

[Satellite Today 12-08-08] Microspace Communications Corp. (Microspace), a distributor of digital cinema via satellite, delivered the 2009 season opening night performance of "Don Carlo" live in high definition from the […]

[Satellite Today 12-5-08] Tandberg Television received contracts from South Korea’s KT and SK Broadband for equipment to support IPTV expansion, Tandberg announced Dec. 5.     KT, selected a Tandberg Television […]

[Satellite Today 12-5-08] The digital video recorder (DVR) market is seeing significant growth as satellite pay-TV operators face stiffer competition from terrestrial alternatives, according to IMS Research.     The DVR […]

[Satellite Today 12-5-08] BSkyB has launched Sky Player TV in the United Kingdom, the company announced Dec.4.     Sky Player TV is an online only subscription TV service offering live […]

[Satellite Today 12-04-08] MySpace Mobile has entered the mobile video market with the launch of a beta version of a streaming video application for mobile phones, the company announced Dec. […]

[Satellite Today 12-04-08] StarHub, a pay-TV operator in Singapore, is using digital delivery service SmartJog for its file-based workflow to receive content for its newly launched cable video-on-demand platform, StarHub […]

[Satellite News 12-04-08] APT Satellite Satellite Holdings was formed in 1992 and provides satellite communication and TV broadcasting services to broadcasters and telecoms operators in the Asia-Pacific region, Europe and […]

[Satellite Today 12-03-08] Globecomm Systems completed a media processing center in New Delhi, India, providing program origination for Bharti Airtel‘s new DTH service, Globecomm announced Dec. 2.     The program […]

[Satellite Today 12-03-08] Telenor Satellite Broadcasting (TSB) signed a 10-year deal with Vizada Networks to provide antenna, hosting and network management services from TSB’s largest teleport, Nittedal, the companies announced […]

[Satellite Today 12-02-08] Link Research, a manufacturer within the Vislink Group, is expanding its operations in Singapore to accommodate growing sales and distribution for the Asia-Pacific region, the company announced […]

[Satellite Today 12-02-08] SNG Broadcast Services has chosen Genesis Networks to provide global connectivity for customers of SNG’s live transmission services from London, SNG Broadcast announced Dec. 2.     Via […]

[Satellite Today 12-02-08] Grupo Abril launched MTV Brasil, its main TV channel for cable distribution in Brazil, on the NSS-806 satellite, SES New Skies said Dec. 2.     MTV Brasil […]

ProtoStar hopes to make an impact in the promising DTH markets in Asia by providing capacity aboard its ProtoStar 1 satellite. The spacecraft, placed in orbit in July, carries 16 […]

While the satellite sector generally remains in good health, a financial crisis that has cast a huge shadow over the globe also threatens the necessary funding that many companies will […]

Broadcasters in the United States will end analog transmissions Feb. 17 and move entirely to digital. Every facet of broadcasting will be affected, and while the industry has been preparing […]

 [Satellite Today 12-01-08] Premiere, a German satellite pay-TV operator, has secured exclusive rights to a German professional soccer league, Premiere announced Nov. 28.     The deal has secured live pay-TV […]

Wireless technology is evolving rapidly and playing an increasing role in the lives of people throughout the world. In addition, ever-larger numbers of people rely on the technology directly or […]

[Satellite Today 12-01-08] SES Astra has signed a long-term capacity deal with MTV Networks to broadcast its HD channel in France, the company announced Dec. 1.     MTVNHD is one […]

2008 closes with a potential bottom of the financial institutions/credit crisis that began in the summer of 2007 and spread from the subprime mortgage market to the entire financial services […]

There is little doubt that Asia represents one of the most exciting regions for satellite communications and broadcast services in the world. Markets such as China, India and Indonesia, have […]

Mobile TV is one of the hottest topics in the video arena globally, but in 2008 it seems as though the role of satellites and satellite technology in this area […]

[Satellite Today 11-26-08] Pace has delivered a next-generation hybrid satellite/IP set-top box to Canal+ Group in France, Pace announced Nov. 26.     The set-top box, dubbed +Le Cube, is the […]

[Satellite Today 11-26-08] SES won a multi-year satellite capacity deal with EchoStar, as the DTH provider looks to expand into the Mexican pay-TV market, SES announced Nov. 26.      Capacity […]

[Satellite Today 11-25-08] T-Home SatTV, Hungary’s newest DTH service, has commenced operations using the Amos-3 satellite, operator Spacecom announced Nov. 25.     Magyar Telecom, the largest telco in Hungary, is […]

[Satellite Today 11-25-08] AtlanTecRF launched a new series of Ka-band loop test translators in support of the next generation of ground based transmit and receive stations, the company announced Nov. […]

[Satellite Today 11-25-08] MVS Comunicaciones, a Mexican telecommunications conglomerate, and EchoStar Corp. have formed a joint venture, Dish Mexico, that will launch Dish satellite TV service across Mexico, the companies […]

[Satellite News 11-25-08] The failure of the Nigcomsat-1 satellite is a significant blow to the nascent African fixed satellite services (FSS) industry, according to analysts.     Nigcomsat, which already was […]

[Satellite Today 11-24-08] Polish DTH operator Cyfrowy Polsat has deployed an advanced high-definition set-top box, EchoStar Europe announced Oct. 24.     The launch of the DBS-7100HD product is intended to […]

[Satellite Today 11-24-08] UDcast has rolled out with WANcompress for its UDgateway security and performance solution, the company announced Nov. 24.      UDgateway offers bandwidth optimization to reduce the high […]