Focus: Broadcasting

[Satellite News 02-10-09] The closure of the GTV satellite pay-TV service is a huge blow to the nascent sub-Saharan Africa pay-TV market. GTV was one of the first low-cost pay-TV...

[Satellite Today 02-09-09] Premiere, the German pay-TV operator, has appointed Hans Seiler to its supervisory board, the company announced Feb. 5. Premiere, is the leading satellite pay-TV operator in Germany....

[Satellite Today 02-09-09] Newtec CEO Serge Van Herck expects the company to perform strongly in the Middle East. The company, a satellite solutions vendor, could generate around 20 percent of...

[Satellite Today 02-09-09] Sky Italia added just over 320,000 subscribers in the year to the end of December. This was one of the highlights of parent company’s News Corp’s latest...

[Satellite Today 02-09-09] Two key organizations in Asia have teamed up to resolve broadcasting frequency spectrum issues in the region. The regional body of the national frequency spectrum regulators in...

Newtec CEO Serge Van Herck hailed the company’s prospects in the Middle East after the company announced that it is playing a key role in a new advanced broadcast network...

[Satellite Today 02-06-09] The Ciel-2 satellite has entered commercial service, Ciel Satellite Group announced Feb. 5.     The satellite, located at 129 degrees West, carries 32 Ku-band transponders and features...

[Satellite Today 04-05-09] Japan’s Broadcasting Satellite System Corp. (B-SAT) selected Integral Systems to deliver a turnkey satellite control system for the BSAT-3b and BSAT-3c satellites, Integral Systems announced Feb. 4....

[Satellite Today 02-04-09] Thaicom signed a deal with Real Metro Co. to distribute seven channels across Thailand, the company announced Feb. 3. The channels are operated and run by Real...

[Satellite Today 02-04-09] AsiaSat signed a capacity deal with France 24 to distribute the international news channel throughout the Asia-Pacific region using AsiaSat 2’s C-band platform at SatLink Communications, AsiaSat...