Focus: Broadcasting

With the Beijing Olympics serving as a landmark event for China and the global broadcasting industry, many hoped the event would be the catalyst for greater things in terms of...

[Satellite Today 06-01-09] SES Americom-New Skies won a multi-year distribution agreement from In Demand for delivery of its NBA League Pass and Major League Soccer’s (MLS) Direct Kick programming packages...

Although worries persist about a potential market downturn in the satellite industry, a panel of executives at SATELLITE 2009 see a handful of opportunities — digital media and IPTV, mobility,...

[Satellite Today 06-01-09] GlobeCast, in collaboration with Orange Labs, will deliver a live 3-D high-definition feed of a performance of Don Giovanni from the Rennes Opera house in Brittany via...

[Satellite News 05-29-09] Nilesat hopes to have a new satellite up in May 2010 as it looks to bring new capacity to the severely constrained Middle Eastern market, CTO Salah...

[Satellite Today 05-29-09] Yahsat CEO Jassem Al-Zaabi is investing $100 million in YahLive, a direct-to-home service it plans to launch in the fourth quarter of 2009 with joint venture partner...

[Satellite News 05-29-09] Microsoft announced a content deal with BSkyB to launch Sky Player Satellite TV on Xbox 360 consoles in the United Kingdom and Ireland this fall, Microsoft announced...

[Satellite Today 05-29-09] Microsoft and Sky Television have signed a deal that will allow users in the United Kingdom and Ireland to watch BskyB satellite TV via an application on...

[Satellite Today 05-28-09] Measat Satellite Systems won a $189.2 million contract with Astro All Asia Networks to supply transponder capacity on the Measat-3a satellite, Measat announced May 27.     Measat...

[Satellite Today 05-28-09] Microsoft and BskyB will announce a partnership to integrate functionality between Microsoft’s Xbox 360 gaming system and BskyB’s satellite TV service, according to a May 27 report...