Focus: Broadcasting

[Satellite Today 11-10-08] BMW said it will continue to offer Sirius XM Radio as a factory option with a one-year bundled subscription, according to an agreement announced Nov. 10 by...

[Satellite Today 11-11-08] Canadian Satellite Radio Holdings Inc., which offers the XM Satellite Radio service in Canada, XM Canada, narrowed its annual net loss for fiscal 2008 to Cdn. $74.3...

[Satellite Today 11-10-08] CNN has selected SatLink Communications Ltd. to provide its broadcast contribution needs in Israel and the Palestinian Authority, SatLink announced Nov. 11.     CNN is using SatLink’s...

A Proton Breeze M rocket lifted a new ASTRA satellite into orbit from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, SES Astra announced. The satellite headed toward a prime orbital position 19.2 degrees...

[Satellite Today 11-10-08] Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSV) has filed comments recommending the expansion of satellite requirements to ensure reliable and interoperable communications to the public safety community in response to...

[Satellite Today 11-07-08] Communications infrastructure in the Asia-Pacific region requires flexibility, dependability and reach for the dissemination of bandwidth-rich content, according to David Ball, Intelsat’s vice president for the Asia-Pacific...

[Satellite Today 11-06-08] CCTV, China’s largest broadcaster, has chosen GlobeCast for its distribution to the European market of its French language channel, CCTV-F, GlobeCast announced Nov. 6.     GlobeCast receives...

[Satellite Today 11-06-08] DirecTV saw its total revenues increase 15 percent to nearly $5 billion in its third quarter 2008 financial report released Nov. 6. The company’s Latin America revenues...

[Satellite Today 11-06-08] Crawford Communications has expanded its broadcast recording and monitoring capabilities with the addition of a 12-channel Volicon Observer video monitoring and logging solution, the company announced Nov....

[Satellite News 11-06-08] Lucrative contract offers from Sirius XM Satellite Radio to its on-air content are key drivers of the company’s reported massive debt and may have to be renegotiated...