Focus: Broadcasting

[Satellite Today 03-20-09] Mobision has selected Newtec’s Horizon HZ420 equipment for use in what Newtec claims is the Middle East’s first ever paid mobile television service for mobile phones and...

[Satellite Today 03-19-09] Türk Telekom has selected Envivio Inc.’s Convergence series video headend for its IPTV project in Turkey, Envivio announced March 17.     Türk Telekom will use Envivio 4Caster...

[Satellite Today 03-19-09] EchoStar Europe is targeting the European cable market with a new range of advanced set-top boxes, the company announced March 18.     EchoStar Europe said it aims...

[Satellite Today 03-19-09] GlobeCast has launched its second MCPC platform on the AsiaSat 3S satellite, GlobeCast announced March 18.     The C-band platform is located at 105.5 degrees East with...

[Satellite Today 03-17-09] Fujitsu Computer Products of America’s IP-9500 MPEG-4 AVC encoder now features DVB-S and DVB-S2, the company announced March 16.     Fujitsu said that the integration of DVB-S/S2...

[Satellite Today 03-17-09] NDS has secured a contract win with Comstar-United TeleSystems (Comstar), a subsidiary of Russian company Sistema, to supply a number of services, including content protection and a...

[Satellite Today 03-16-09] SES Astra has increased the number of digital television-equipped homes reached by the Astra satellite system in Germany by 13.9 percent, SES Astra announced March 12. The...

[Satellite Today 03-16-09] Ion Media Networks has signed a multiyear distribution agreement with SES Americom to launch a suite of television networks in HD, Ion announced March 12. Ion HDTV...

[Satellite Today 03-16-09] Unique Broadband Systems (UBS) and Abertis Telecom have deployed a pilot network using digital video broadcasting equipment based on the DVB-SH standard, UBS announced March 12. During...

[Satellite Today 03-16-09] Thales Alenia Space won a contract to build Eutelsat’s W3C satellite, Eutelsat said March 12. W3C satellite will be based on the Spacebus 4000 platform and be...