Focus: Broadcasting

GlobeCast signed a three-year capacity deal with Eutelsat to help boost its position in the professional video services market in Europe, the company announced.     GlobeCast will lease two 36...

Telecom Artel has leased four full Ku-band transponders from SES World Skies, the operator announced.     Artel’s new capacity, provided by the Astra 3B satellite, set to launch early next...

Ateme, a French compression company, has signed a deal with U.S pay-TV company DirecTV, to supply 1080p video compression solutions and improvements to DirecTV’s Video-on-Demand (VoD) service, Ateme announced Sept....

Major broadcast networks rely on attracting as many eyeballs as possible in order to maximize revenues in a traditional advertising climate. But that model, while not completely obsolete, may fall...

Streambox is set to launch Streambox Live, an IP-based contribution service, the company announced.     The solution aims to enable remote and citizen reporters to upload compressed live video streams...

The European Commission (EC) wants to bring the benefits of modern communications and media to people throughout Europe, and with the switch off of analog signals approaching quickly, how the...

[Satellite TODAY 09-11-09] Viasat Broadcasting, a digital satellite pay-TV broadcaster in Scandinavia and the Baltic states, has added technology developer Pace’s TDS855NV hybrid HD PVR to its portfolio, the companies...

The global communications business turns its attention to IBC, and while the same overriding factor hovers over the gathering, attitudes about the effects of the economic slowdown seem to be...

[Satellite TODAY 09-11-09] iDirect’s partner, Auriga Network has leveraged its satellite communications platform to expand its IP broadcasting service to newscasters in the Middle East, iDirect announced Sept. 11.    ...

Telcos are still truggling to make a huge impact across pay-TV markets in Europe, according to some analysts.     “Telco-led IPTV has not made the deep impact on European TV...