Focus: Broadcasting

[Satellite TODAY 08-06-09] News Corp. increased its stake in the German satellite broadcaster Sky Deutschland from 30.5 percent to 39.96 percent, the company announced Aug. 5.     Sky Deutschland, formerly...

[Satellite News 08-05-09] Canal+ hopes its recent deal with Microsoft to make its content available through the Xbox 360 video games console will help it gain stronger audiences, particularly among...

[Satellite TODAY 08-05-09] Mohamed Youssif has been appointed CEO of YahLive, a partnership between SES Astra and Yahsat offering satellite capacity for DTH services to the Middle East, North Africa...

[Satellite News 08-05-09] The satellite set-top-box (STB) market saw a 6 percent increase in 2008, with growth predicted to be steady for the next two years, according to a report...

[Satellite TODAY 08-04-09] GlobeCast has signed a deal with China Central Television (CCTV) to distribute CCTV’s newly-launched Arabic channel to the Middle East and North Africa via Arabsat’s BADR-6 satellite,...

[Satellite TODAY 08-04-09] Sky Deutschland has appointed Wolfram Winter senior vice president of distribution and development, the company announced July 31.     Winter will be responsible for further developing co-operative...

[Satellite Today 07-31-09] BSkyB has hit a five-year annual subscriber net growth high in 2009, according to its full-year results, released July 30.     The U.K. operator expanded its customer...

[Satellite Today 07-30-09] Vislink News and Entertainment is adding electronic news gathering (ENG) antennas to its range of SNG, ENG and wireless products for the broadcast industry, Vislink announced July...

[Satellite Today 07-30-09] Eutelsat has signed a capacity deal with GlobeCast for a transponder to broadcast channels by Romanian public broadcaster TVR, the operator announced July 29.     Eutelsat said...

[Satellite Today 07-29-09] Triveni Digital has signed a reseller contract with broadcast systems supplier Promexar to extend Triveni’s worldwide reseller network in Mexico, the company announced July 28.     Promexar...