Focus: Broadcasting

[Via Satellite 10-23-13] SES has signed a renewal of its contract with Sony Entertainment Television (SET) Asia. The new agreement will enable SET Asia to serve its subscribers in the...

[Via Satellite 10-22-13] Spacecom’s Amos 5 at 17 degrees east has won another broadcast deal in East Africa. Under the new $3.6-million contract, Spacecom will provide analog to digital migration...

[Via Satellite 10-21-13] Thaicom has enhanced satellite TV broadcasting quality by allocating new frequencies of TV channels on its satellite. The company transferred the frequencies of 20 TV channels and...

[Via Satellite 10-17-13] Nippon Television Network Corporation (NTV), one of the leading commercial broadcasters in Japan, has chosen SES as its satellite operator of choice to provide live transmissions of...

[Via Satellite 10-16-13] Russia Today (RT) is one of the key news broadcasters globally serving the needs of Russian people, both within the country and beyond. Given that it is...

[Via Satellite 10-14-13] Spacecom has won another capacity deal in Africa worth just under $6 million. The operator announced, Oct 14, that it had won a five-year deal worth $5.9...

[Via Satellite 10-14-13] SatStream Media is launching SatstreamNet, a multicast-IP content delivery network developed specifically for the maritime industry. The network aims to provide over the air content to vessels...

[Via Satellite 10-14-13] BT’s television efforts in the United Kingdom have been boosted thanks to an important new contract with BSkyB. BT announced Oct. 14 that the two companies had...

[Via Satellite 10-11-13] Media Networks Latin America, Unotel Telecom and NAGRA have signed an agreement for the launch of a new pay-TV offering in Brazil by the first quarter of...

[Via Satellite 10-11-13] A new Dataxis report forecasts that global shipments of 4K TV sets will surpass 5 percent of the total annual TV shipments in 2017, while the installed...