Focus: Broadcasting

Fashion TV (FTV), has selected SatLink Communications, a global teleport, content management and HD playout services provider, to playout, uplink and stream its HD channel onto AsiaSat 5.

Miranda Technologies announced it has partnered with ViewSat for the installation of a pair of NVISION 8144 routers at ViewSat’s U.K. base.

Universal Satellite Communications (UniSat) has selected ATEME’s CM5000 encoders to upgrade its satellite news gathering (SNG) vehicles with the latest in encoding technology.

WORK Microwave has partnered with Adtec Digital to launch Video ACM, an integrated data/video (DaVid) modem and encoding solution for enhanced video contribution.

Google recently held meetings with major media companies that own television networks, signaling the race to sell services via the Internet.

The RFI–EUI training & certification working group has announced that the first certification exam is now available through the GVF.

Cobham will feature a new wireless HD COFDM camera transmitter at IBC 2013.

MACOM, a supplier of high performance RF, microwave, and millimeter wave products, announced a new integrated SPDT switch and Low Noise Amplifier (LNA), with bypass mode, for WLAN 802.11a,n,ac network applications.

Satellite technology has allowed British adventurer Adrian Hayes and his team to document their travel to K2, the second-highest mountain on Earth, on the border of Pakistan and China.

SES and MNC Sky Vision have reached an agreement to provide capacity on the SES 7 satellite to support Indonesian satellite pay-TV provider Indovision’s future Chinese-language Direct-to-Home (DTH) package.

Dish TV India has selected Broadcom Corporation’s highly integrated systems-on-a-chip (SoCs) to power its upcoming generation of satellite set-top boxes.

As DirecTV attempts to acquire Hulu, an online video service provider, the satellite TV provider is also making a push to secure Over-the-Top (OTT) rights from cable channels and other programmers.

Universal Studios's “Despicable Me 2” recently became the first film to get wide satellite distribution in Latin America.

The International Telecommunication Union-Radiocommunication Sector (ITU-R) has recently reached a new worldwide agreement BT.2020 on the technical parameters of Ultra High Definition (UHDTV) television

Quicklink Video Distribution Services has announced a Ka Network enhancement to its BT Tower in London.

Astro Malaysia Holdings plans to use transponder capacity on the Measat 3c (M3c) satellite for a fee of $500 million Malaysian Ringgit ($156.9 million) over a period of 15 years from its commencement date.

DISH announced “TV Flies Free,” marking the first time TV entertainment is free for passengers aboard Southwest Airlines

Eutelsat Communications announced the extension of agreements with the Russian Satellite Communications Company (RSCC) for capacity on future RSCC satellites designed to serve Russia's market for digital broadcasting and broadband services

Owned by Central European Media Enterprises (CME), a major media company in Eastern Europe, TV Nova is one of the largest commercial broadcasters in the Czech Republic, a vibrant digital […]

A seminal moment in disaster recovery occurred in 1988 when a fire destroyed a central office operated by Illinois Bell in the suburbs of Chicago. The Hinsdale Central Office handled […]

Tata Sky, a direct-to-home satellite television provider in India, has selected Broadcom Corporation’s integrated system-on-a-chip (SoC) devices for set-top boxes (STB) to enable Tata Sky's first MPEG-4 standard definition (SD) STB

While satellite signal interference incidents continue to surface, industry officials are taking proactive steps to tackle this issue.

Intelsat and Ericsson announced the successful demonstration of a true 4K Ultra High Definition (Ultra-HD), end-to-end video transmission over satellite to Turner Broadcasting's facilities in Atlanta, Ga.

While the majority of satellite signal interference is unintentional, politically motivated jamming incidents continue to surface, according to David Hartshorn, secretary general, GVF.

The HbbTV Consortium will launch a strategic marketing campaign intended to increase global acceptance of the HbbTV standard.

Singapore – June 19, 2013 – SES (Euronext Paris and Luxembourg Stock Exchange: SESG) announced today at CommunicAsia2013 a new multi-year, multi-transponder deal with one of its largest customers in […]

RRsat Global Communications Network announced the opening of a local office in Moscow, Russia.

ENGLEWOOD, Colo., June 20, 2013 – DISH updates its Hopper sports app, Game Finder, to give soccer fans the ability to keep up with stats and scores of nine premier […]

Intelsat announced agreements with media customers in the Asia-Pacific region including Hong Kong-based TVBI

Singapore – Mediascape, the largest DTH platform operator in the Philippines, expects to become the number one player in the market this year, reaching approximately 600,000 subscribers.