Focus: Broadcasting

[Via Satellite 11-12-13] Germany, with its buoyant economy, is a potential hotspot for satellite, particularly in terms of broadcast. Despite the inroads Sky Deutschland has made in recent years, the […]

[Via Satellite 11-11-13] Building on the momentum from Amos 5, Spacecom has signed agreements with a consortium of banks and the Amos 6 satellite manufacturer for loans totaling just over […]

[Via Satellite 11-11-13] The Global VSAT Forum (GVF), Satellite Interference Reduction Group (IRG), and the Radio Frequency Interference – End Users Initiative (RFI-EUI) have launched a joint initiative to implement […]

  [Via Satellite 11-08-13] Changes are afoot in the satellite industry, and analysts at Euroconsult have detailed them in a new report titled “Satellites to be Built & Launched by […]

[Via Satellite 11-08-13] Infonetics Research released excerpts from its second edition “Pay TV Subscriber Database,” which tracks the cable video, satellite video and telco IPTV subscribers of more than 140 […]

[Via Satellite 11-07-13] Eutelsat has been boosted by a new capacity deal in Africa. The company announced Nov. 7 that it had signed a deal with Télédiffusion d’Algérie (TDA) for […]

[Via Satellite 11-05-13] A Southeast Asian data services provider has contracted all Ku-band capacity on the recently launched Amos 4 satellite, operated by Spacecom. Pursuant to this new contract, the […]

[Via Satellite 11-05-13] SuperSport has installed more than 70 of Miranda Technologies’ Imagestore 750 HD/SD master control and branding processors. They have also installed Densité LGK-3901 logo insertion and downstream […]

[Via Satellite 11-05-13] Eutelsat began a long-term contract with Azam Media for capacity on its Eutelsat 7A satellite. Azam Media will use 108 MHz of capacity as the platform to […]

[Via Satellite 11-04-13] TrustComm and Thuraya introduced Starlight, a new end-to-end, U.S.-managed implementation of mobile satellite services (MSS) delivered via Thuraya satellites. With Starlight, the full lifecycle of Thuraya’s suite […]

[Via Satellite 11-04-13] Euronics is teaming up with Eutelsat and getinternet to take satellite broadband to German high streets. The agreement with Eutelsat will enable the companies to offer the […]

[Via Satellite 10-31-13] SimbaNET Nigeria has upgraded its satellite network to iDirect’s Evolution platform. SimbaNET’s Evolution upgrade includes a Universal hub, iDX 3.1 software and X1 and X3 remotes. The […]

[Via Satellite 10-30-13] Dish is teaming up with Southwest Airlines to provide travelers with the opportunity to borrow an iPad 2 from its “Watch TV on the Fly” libraries. Building […]

[Via Satellite 10-29-13] Space Systems/Loral (SSL) announced that the Sirius FM 6 satellite, designed and built for Sirius XM Radio, is performing post-launch maneuvers according to plan. The satellite deployed […]

[Via Satellite 10-29-13] Panasonic Avionics Corporation has selected NewCom International’s new teleport in Peru to be the facility of excellence and manage its aeronautical broadband coverage in South America. This […]

[Via Satellite 10-28-13] International Launch Services (ILS), successfully carried the Sirius FM 6 satellite, built by SSL, into orbit on an ILS Proton for Sirius XM Radio. The ILS Proton […]

[Via Satellite 10-25-13] Video consumption across non-traditional devices such as tablets, smartphones, PCs and connected PCs evolved exponentially into a global phenomenon that is not restricted to a geographic area […]

[Via Satellite 10-25-13] Fashion One, the international television network for fashion, entertainment and lifestyle, has selected Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS) to provide broadcast services. The SD channel launched its demo […]

[Via Satellite 10-23-13] After a recent Morgan Stanley report that predicted difficult times ahead for the FSS sector, another European investment firm, Natixis Securities, has released a report giving its […]

[Via Satellite 10-23-13] SES has signed a renewal of its contract with Sony Entertainment Television (SET) Asia. The new agreement will enable SET Asia to serve its subscribers in the […]

[Via Satellite 10-22-13] Spacecom’s Amos 5 at 17 degrees east has won another broadcast deal in East Africa. Under the new $3.6-million contract, Spacecom will provide analog to digital migration […]

[Via Satellite 10-21-13] Thaicom has enhanced satellite TV broadcasting quality by allocating new frequencies of TV channels on its satellite. The company transferred the frequencies of 20 TV channels and […]

[Via Satellite 10-17-13] Nippon Television Network Corporation (NTV), one of the leading commercial broadcasters in Japan, has chosen SES as its satellite operator of choice to provide live transmissions of […]

[Via Satellite 10-16-13] Russia Today (RT) is one of the key news broadcasters globally serving the needs of Russian people, both within the country and beyond. Given that it is […]

[Via Satellite 10-14-13] Spacecom has won another capacity deal in Africa worth just under $6 million. The operator announced, Oct 14, that it had won a five-year deal worth $5.9 […]

[Via Satellite 10-14-13] SatStream Media is launching SatstreamNet, a multicast-IP content delivery network developed specifically for the maritime industry. The network aims to provide over the air content to vessels […]

[Via Satellite 10-14-13] BT’s television efforts in the United Kingdom have been boosted thanks to an important new contract with BSkyB. BT announced Oct. 14 that the two companies had […]

[Via Satellite 10-11-13] Media Networks Latin America, Unotel Telecom and NAGRA have signed an agreement for the launch of a new pay-TV offering in Brazil by the first quarter of […]

[Via Satellite 10-11-13] A new Dataxis report forecasts that global shipments of 4K TV sets will surpass 5 percent of the total annual TV shipments in 2017, while the installed […]

[Via Satellite 10-10-13] Hispasat CEO Carlos Espinós says he expects Latin America to remain the key engine for growth for the company. The operator is hopeful that its Hispasat 4A […]