Focus: Broadcasting

[Satellite Today 09-17-08] Arabsat CEO, Khalid Balkheyour does not believe IPTV will make an impact in the Middle East any time soon.      “I don’t think IPTV will have an […]

Streambox Inc. released a new product for providing file-based video management and acquisition.      The solution enables control room operators to manage hundreds of video files as they are uploaded […]

Verimatrix has introduced ViewRight CI, an integrated DVB-CI card jointly developed with Neotion.      The card combines secure common interface (CI) card and MPEG-4 transcoding silicon with content security features […]

Harmonic provides next-generation video delivery solutions to pay-TV operators, and the company is seeing its business jump as customers make the move to high-definition (HD) content and on-demand services. Harmonic […]

A deal with SkyPerfect, one of the largest satellite pay-TV operators in Japan, could prove to be key breakthrough for OpenTV, CEO Ben Bennett told IBC e-Daily.      “Japan is […]

After four days at IBC, I’ve reached my limit on flat panel TVs, content monitoring systems, mobile TV standards and walking, and I’m sure the thousands of others attendees can […]

IPcopter has rolled out CampNet, a satellite broadband access service, following completion of a trial project performed in conjunction with the European Space Agency.     IPcopter incorporated Sat3Play technology from […]

As part of a five-year contract supplying Sky Italia with a fleet of seven automated satellite newsgathering (SNG) trucks, Arqiva will provide Sky Italia with 13.5 megahertz of dedicated space […]

Providing a European focus to news, the popular euronews can be found on pay-TV platforms around the world. However, the rules of the broadcast landscape have changed, raising a number […]

Mergers and acquisitions constantly reshape various sectors of the industry as well as the show floor at IBC. Ericsson’s acquisition of Tandberg Television and SES’s takeover of ND SatCom are […]

Mergers and acquisitions constantly reshape various sectors of the industry as well as the show floor at IBC. Ericsson’s acquisition of Tandberg Television and SES’s takeover of ND SatCom are […]

HBO Central Europe signed a deal with Spacecom to expand HBO’s channel bouquet on the Amos satellites, Spacecom announced.       Under the 10-year agreement, HBO initially will launch three new […]

Nagravision will supply a conditional access system for Iraqi satellite network Alsumaria TV, Nagravision announced.      Alsumaria transmits on both Nilesat and Arabsat, and Alsumaria’s Mobision mobile TV service is […]

Irdeto has expanded a set-top box license agreement with Cisco Systems, enabling Cisco to integrate Irdeto’s conditional access solution with its set-top boxes.      As result of this agreement, Cisco […]

Microsoft Corp. has unveiled its Mediaroom Advertising Platform, which will allow broadband service providers deploying the Microsoft Mediaroom IPTV software platform to offer targeted, measurable and interactive advertising spots from […]

Eric Cooney, head of TV solutions at Ericsson, wants to expand the Ericsson brand name into the satellite community. Cooney, the CEO of Tandberg Television when it was acquired by […]

[Satellite Today 09-15-08] Talia has acquired a large amount of capacity on Telesat‘s Telstar 12 satellite, Telesat announced Sept. 15.     According to Telesat, Talia will use the capacity to […]

[Satellite Today 09-15-08] Tam Tam TV, an entertainment channel in the Ivory Coast, has chosen GlobeCast to provide a broadcast solution that combines remote broadcast delivery via internet with satellite […]

TeamCast unveiled two new modulators in its ModulCast range — the MMB-1000/2000 and MIS-1000/2000.      The products meet the CMMB standard for mobile YV in China and the ISDB-T standard […]

Satellite operators have seen the prices for launch services rise, and continued growth could begin have an impact on future satellite purchases. There has been “huge increases in launch service […]

DataPath Inc. has formed a strategic partnership with Metracom to provide sales and integration support for the MaxView network management system in Europe, DataPath announced.       Metracom, a French company […]

I’m generally cynical when it comes to hearing about the promise of new satellite services and how a market is set to become hot at any second. It probably comes […]

Cybernet has implemented a next-generation IP network built on iDirect’s Evolution DVB-S2 product line with adaptive coding and modulation, iDirect announced.      Cybernet will use the network to provide broadband […]

Thomson is one of the key technology vendors to satellite pay-TV operators world-wide, and its technology will be key in helping satellite pay-TV operators stay ahead of cable and IPTV […]

ND SatCom introduced an advanced version of its RCU 5000 (redundancy control unit) that supports VSAT as well as mobile and fixed uplink station configurations for broadcast applications.       The […]

Tecom Industries, a Smiths Interconnect company, along with German antenna developer Quantenelektronische Systeme GmbH (Qest), jointly will produce and market airborne broadband antennas for in-flight satellite and IP connectivity. QEST […]

OmniGlobe Networks EMEA has become an authorized reseller of Comtech EF Data’s Vipersat network products, OmniGlobe announced Sept. 10.     Omniglobe promote and distribute the Vipersat product line to its […]

TigrisNet has installed an iDirect Series 15000 universal hub and 50 Evolution X3 satellite routers to power an enhanced DVB-S2 network with adaptive coding and modulation (ACM) for corporate and […]

Newtec has selected Altera Corp.’s Cyclone 2 field programmable gate arrays (FPGA) to deliver broadband services to its Sat3Play broadband terminal. The Sat3Play broadband terminal is part of a two-way […]

Network Electronics integrated Skyline Communications’ DataMiner multi-vendor network management system with Network Electronics’ Flashlink, VikinX and Ventura product ranges, the company announced.       The integration enables customers to monitor and […]