Focus: Broadcasting

[11-16-07 – Satellite Today] NDS is expanding its sales, support and research and development operation in Seoul, Korea, the company announced Nov. 16. The facilities have been operational since 2001. […]

[11-15-07 – Satellite Today] Stratos Global Corp. has introduced a new dedicated GSM service for crewmembers and officers of merchant ships, the company announced Nov. 15.     GSM Oceanwide enables […]

[11-14-07 – Satellite Today] UDcast will supply DVB-H headends for Harris Corp.’s Atlas DVB-H Mobile TV transmitters, UDcast announced Nov. 14.     UDcast will provide its DVB-H IP encapsulators, network […]

    [11-13-07 – Satellite Today] Eutelsat Communications signed a five-year contract with Entertainment Highway Ltd. to provide capacity on the W4 satellite, Eutelsat announced Nov. 13.     Entertainment Highway will […]

[11-09-07 – Satellite Today] The Kudelski Group, a supplier of middleware and conditional access services to direct-to-home players, said Nov. 8 that profits for 2007 were likely to be lower […]

[11-09-07 – Satellite Today] International Datacasting Corp. has received $460,000 in research funding for a next-generation Internet Protocol TV (IPTV) product line, the company announced Nov. 8.     The funding, […]

[11-08-07 – Satellite Today] C-Com Satellite Systems Inc. and Mexican reseller Jaba Networks are deploying a number of its iNetVu Mobile satellite antennas to assist medical authorities with the flood […]

[11-08-07 – Satellite Today] SkyPort Global Communications will provide satellite connectivity for Cisco Systems Inc.’s Emergency Response Networks (ERN) service, SkyPort announced Nov. 7.     Cisco’s ERN service provides emergency […]

[11-07-07 – Satellite Today] Premiere, the German pay-TV operator, saw strong subscriber growth in the three months to the end of September. This was one of the highlights of its […]

[11-02-07 – Satellite Today] Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS) has signed a deal to expand Filipino channel NET 25’s coverage across the Middle East and Europe, ABS announced Nov. 2. Under […]

[11-01-07 – Satellite Today] PlanetSky Ltd. signed an agreement with ProtoStar Ltd. for C-band capacity on ProtoStar’s first satellite, ProtoStar announced Nov. 1.     The agreement provides PlanetSky with five […]

In the second half of 2007, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has issued a batch of consultations and regulations that affect the burgeoning satellite broadcasting industry in India. […]

[11-01-07 – Satellite News] NDS, the conditional access and middleware vendor which generates around 80 percent of its revenues from satellite players, has signed another deal with a start-up direct-to-home […]

This is the last installment in our review of key “demand triggers” for IPTV (Internet Protocol TV) takeup. Since IPTV is widely touted as the principal driver of fixed satellite […]

[10-31-07 – Satellite Today] SES Astra signed a contract to broadcast Czech music channel Ocko from Astra’s orbital position 23.5° East, Astra announced Oct. 31.     The channel, based in […]

[10-30-07 – Satellite Today] Tandberg Television is providing a combination of compression products and managed services to NBC Universal for the launch of new high definition (HD) channels, Tandberg announced […]

[10-29-07 – Satellite Today]  BTV+ has commissioned new satellite uplink equipment to provide high-definition (HD) and standard-definition broadcasting to the United States, Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean and South America, the […]

[10-26-07 – Satellite Today] Sogecable, which owns the Digital+ Direct-To-Home (DTH) platform in Spain, has secured new capacity with SES Astra as it looks to boost its High Definition (HD) […]

[10-26-07 – Satellite Today] Measat Satellite Systems, the Asian satellite operator, said Oct. 24 that it had signed a deal with StarHub Cable Vision (StarHub) for the delivery of the […]

[10-25-07 – Satellite News] Over the last couple of weeks, two major research organizations, IMS Research and ABI Research have released detailed market reports on the set-top box arena. ABI […]

[10-25-07 – Satellite Today] XM Satellite Radio broke the 8.5 million subscriber mark, but posted a 72 percent higher net loss figure in the third quarter of 2007, the company […]

[10-24-07 – Satellite Today] GlobeCast has partnered with BBC Worldwide, Globecast announced Oct. 23. BBC will use GlobeCast services to expand its Global Channels business to Asia and Poland, distributing […]

[10-24-07 – Satellite Today] The Modern Times Group (MTG) announced its results Oct. 23, giving an update on its DTH operations in both the Nordic and Baltic regions. The company’s […]

[10-24-07 – Satellite Today] NDS has introduced a new high-definition digital video recorder, an Amino AmiNET530 set-top box (STB) powered by Metro middleware, for the IPTV market, the company announced […]

[10-23-07 – Satellite News] Dogan TV, a major media group in Turkey, is using satellite technology to extend its reach into the digital TV market. Earlier this year, Dogan announced […]

[10-23-07 – Satellite Today] SES Astra has moved its satellite Astra 1E from the orbital position 19.2° East to 23.5° East to replace the satellite Astra 1D which is approaching […]

[10-22-07 – Satellite Today] Nortel has integrated Widevine Technologies’content security solution into their IPTV solution. The partnership will help protect telecommunications operators’revenue streams and enable premium content licensing, Nortel announced […]

[10-22-07 – Satellite Today] SES Sirius is getting ready for the launch of its Sirius 4 satellite. The operator said Oct. 22 that the satellite was delivered to the Baikonour […]

[10-19-07 – Satellite Today] GlobeCast signed a new deal with FG Sport to renew a long-term partnership for the worldwide distribution of the Superbike World Championship through 2009, GlobeCast announced […]

[10-19-07 – Satellite Today] Iridium Satellite formed a strategic partnership with Brazilian telecommunications company Tesacom do Brasil, Iridium announced Oct. 19. Tesacom provides the maritime, oil and gas, utilities, agriculture, […]