Focus: Broadcasting

[Satellite TODAY 05-27-11] SES Astra has signed its first contract with an Italian broadcaster for DTH services in Italy. The company announced May 25 that Italian TV operator Promosat will use...

[Satellite TODAY 05-27-11] At the end of 2010, AT&T and Verizon had between them around 6.5 million direct TV subscribers, giving ample evidence of the threat of telcos to both...

[Satellite TODAY 05-24-11]  SES Astra has signed a new capacity deal for a 3-D TV channel, the company announced May 23.      The agreement is with Penthouse Digital Media Productions...

[Satellite TODAY Insider 05-24-11] Broadcasters see 3-D TV as a low priority. This is one of the key findings of new research released by U.K. research company, Ovum. In its...

[Satellite TODAY Insider 05-23-11] SES Astra signed a capacity agreement with Telekom Srbija for the DTH transmission of the public TV channels RTS Sat and Radio Beograd in Serbia, the...

[Satellite TODAY 05-20-11]  DirecTV has started field trial testing for its DirecTV Home Media Center, the company announced May 18. It will ultimately provide customers with a ‘receiver-less’ solution for...

[Satellite TODAY 05-19-11] Asia Broadcast Satellite has secured $215 million in new funding, the company announced May 18. It has closed a $215 million five-year senior bank loan from a...

[Satellite TODAY 05-18-11]  RRSat Global Communications has appointed Shlomo Shamir as its new chairman, the company  announced May 16.       Shamir will replace Gilad Ramot, who will remain as a...

[Satellite TODAY Insider 05-18-11] Sky Deutschland, Germany’s largest satellite pay-TV operator, could reach the breakeven point by 2012. Morgan Stanley equity analyst Patrick Wellington issued a new report on the...

[Satellite TODAY 05-17-11]  Cyfrowy Polsat has now close to 3.5 million DTH subscribers in Poland. This was one of the highlights of its first quarter results issued May 17.     ...