Focus: Broadcasting

[Satellite Today 12-15-08] Lockheed Martin has been awarded a contract by the Broadcasting Satellite System Corp. (B-SAT) and Sky Perfect JSAT Corp. to build a next-generation broadcasting and telecommunications satellite,...

[Satellite Today 12-15-08] Level 3 Communications has expanded its Vyvx satellite services platform to include broadcast video distribution in Europe due to a reported 15 percent annual increase in Vyvx...

[Satellite Today 12-12-08] Measat Senior Vice President of Space Systems Development, Ali Ebadi has been elected to be the chairman of the International Telecommunications Union’s (ITU) Radio Regulations Board (RRB),...

[Satellite Today 12-11-08] Őzkan Dalbay, director general of Turksat, told Satellite Today that there will be strong growth for the operator in the regional broadcast market.     Turkey has a...

[Satellite News 12-11-08] With Turksat 3A successfully launched in June 2008, Turksat Director General Őzkan Dalbay is already thinking about the company’s next satellite.     In an exclusive interview with...

[Satellite Today 12-10-08] Thaicom signed a long-term capacity deal for a remote education project in Thailand, the company announced Dec. 9.     The 10-year contract with the Distance Learning Education...

[Satellite Today 12-10-08] Nigerian Communication Satellite and Chinese officials have held a series of meetings to discuss how to remedy the losses of customers whose business depended on the NigComSat-1...

[Satellite Today 12-10-08] International Launch Services (ILS) launched the Ceil-2 satellite from the Baikonur Cosmodrome Dec. 10, ILS announced.     The final ILS mission of the year will place the...

[Satellite Today 12-10-08] GlobeCast signed a three-year deal with Rai Way, owners of Italian public broadcaster Rai, to provide fiber connectivity, teleport facilities and satellite capacity to deliver Rai signals...

[Satellite Today 12-09-08] Brazilian broadcasting company RMT has chosen Scopus Video Networks’ digital networking solutions to upgrade video distribution networks for two Brazilian regional RMT television stations, TV Centro America...