Focus: Broadcasting

[8/21/07 – Satellite Today] Time Warner Cable has deployed a video-on-demand (VOD) solution for small markets based on technology from Tandberg Television, Tandberg announced Aug. 21. Tandberg’s OpenStream digital services […]

[8/20/07 – Satellite Today] WildBlue Communications, Inc. named Ed Knudson vice president of sales and marketing, the company announced Aug. 20. Knudson has more than 20 years of experience in […]

Sky Network Television, the leading pay-TV operator in New Zealand, added nearly 45,000 subscribers for the year that closed at the end of June, bringing its total subscriber base to […]

[8/20/07 – Satellite Today] Globecomm Systems Inc. has opened a broadcast operations center for Showtime Networks Inc., Globecomm announced. The 6,000-square-foot custom master and control facility at Globecomm’s Long Island […]

[08/17/07 – Satellite Today] The first satellite radio tuner that can receive Sirius Satellite Radio’s TV offering will be available in the fourth quarter, Sirius announced Aug. 16. The SCV1 […]

[08/17/07 – Satellite Today] EchoStar Communications Corp. unveiled its latest high-definition (HD) digital video recorder (DVR) designed to complement the company’s expanded HD programming offerings on its Dish Network, EchoStar […]

Over the last few weeks, all the major satellite pay-TV operators in Europe and U.S. have announced their results. Here, in a special two-part article, we look at how well […]

Sirius Satellite Radio is launching two new services which offer enhanced video options and portable audio entertainment to customers, the company announced August 15. Sirius is launching the first satellite […]

DirecTV, the U.S. pay-TV operator, has signed a deal with the Current Group, which will boost its position in the broadband space, the company announced August 15. The wholesale distribution […]

MultiChoice South Africa (MCSA), a DTH operator in south Africa, is teaming up with OpenTV as it prepares to roll out advanced digital television services on its DStv platform across […]

Vision TV, a new direct-to-home (DTH) operator in the Ukraine, has signed a deal with NDS for conditional access and middleware services, the companies announced Aug. 13. NDS will provide […]

DirecTV Group revenues improved 17 percent to $4.1 billion in the 2007 second quarter but profits fell slightly to $448 million, the company announced Aug. 9. A year ago, the […]

Measat Satellite Systems is confident the launch of its new high-definition (HD) platform will give it an edge in the competitive market in Asia, Paul Brown-Kenyon, Measat’s COO, told Satellite […]

Over the last few weeks, all the major satellite pay-TV operators in Europe and U.S. have announced their results. Here, in a special two-part article, we look at how well […]

XM Satellite Radio, is bringing a new advanced satellite radio to the market, which features full-color split-screen display, 60-minute replay and song storage, the company announced August 13. XM claims […]

WorldSpace, the satellite radio operator, is launching a new Internet radio service in collaboration with MSN India, the company announced August 13. It announced the launch of a pilot Internet […]

Premiere CEO Georg Kofler, the man behind the German pay-TV operators’ renaissance, will step down at the end of the month, Premiere announced Aug.13. Kofler cited personal reasons behind the […]

Just over a year ago, BSkyB launched key initiatives in the mobile and broadband arenas, giving its customers more access to Sky content than ever before. Its Anytime PC service […]

BSkyB is planning to spend 125 million British pounds ($253.5 million) to acquire British set-top box vendor Amstrad, the operator announced July 31. Two days later, BSkyB reported that Sky […]

IPTV (Internet Protocol TV) has emerged as the driving next-generation core business of the fixed satellite services (FSS) sector. Analysts have predicted there will be between 35 million and 50 […]

BT is rolling out a sports-content package which promises customers a low-cost option for watching Premiership soccer. BT hopes its offering will tap into a market unwilling to pay more […]

The proposed merger of Sirius Satellite Radio and XM Satellite Radio is likely to pass “on merits” unless political pressures hold sway against federal regulators, Bear Stearns said in a […]

A would-be player in the proposed merger of Sirius Satellite Radio and XM Satellite Radio is making a new pitch for an old plan, even though he has little confidence […]

Competition for the direct-to-home (DTH) market in Africa is warming up with MultiChoice Africa’s pre-eminence in the region likely to come under threat from Gateway Broadcast Services as the latter […]

DTH in Africa is a hot topic this year with Multichoice’s pre-eminence in the region likely to come under threat from Gateway Broadcast Services, which is looking to tap into […]

All systems are go for German pay-TV operator Premiere and its new Premiere Star subsidiary as the companies plan the September launch of the latter’s eponymous direct-to-home (DTH) offering. Premiere […]

The rhetoric supporting the proposed merger of Sirius Satellite Radio and XM Satellite Radio has been heating up during the first full week of summer, just as regulators invited public […]

Beware! The telcos are coming to the TV market. What has been the domain of cable and satellite players has a newcomer intent on using its deep pockets to capture […]

While discussions about satellite radio lately have tended to revolve around the proposed merger of Sirius Satellite Radio and XM Radio, other movement is occurring in the industry. Satellite radio […]

DirecTV Latin America (DTVLA) could launch high-definition (HD) services in Latin America as early as this year. The operator, which has more than 4 million subscribers across all the major […]