Focus: Broadcasting

iDrirect Unveils New Military Airborne Router iDirect Government Technologies has released a satellite router that aims to enable constant connectivity between manned and unmanned aircraft for uninterrupted command and control […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-01-12] British broadcaster BSkyB has renewed its broadcast and multimedia sales software contract with Harris Corp. for a period of five years with an additional three-year extension option, […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-01-12] Berenberg Bank has released a new report April 30 in light of the analog signal on SES’ Astra satellite system being closed down in Germany.    Sarah […]

The satellite industry is full of potential growth markets for operators and technology vendors to exploit. Despite the onset of fiber and wireless networks, the satellite industry appears in good […]

The country of Azerbaijan is adopting a very progressive space strategy, and is working with Measat Satellite Systems to develop a space capability. Azercosmos is the national satellite operator and […]

The eyes of the world will be on the United Kingdom and the BBC during the next few months as the summer Olympics begin in London. The BBC, one of […]

[Satellite News 04-30-12] SES has unveiled a new broadcast technology that it hopes will revolutionize how satellite TV signals are received within the home. SES designed SAT-IP as a new […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-26-11] SES will add two new Bavarian TV channels to the Astra satellite system at the end of April, the company announced April 25.        The two channels, […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 04-26-12] Media Partners Asia (MPA), a leading research firm in Aisa, is forecasting that DTH will grow exponentially in the next 10 years. “Our forecast right now […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-24-11]  Arqiva has announced a new digital cinema deal in the United Kingdom. Vue Cinemas has joined Arqiva’s digital cinema satellite distribution network on the IS905 satellite, which […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-23-12] Norwegian pay-TV provider Viasat Broadcasting reported that its premium pay-TV subscriber base in the Nordic region fell by 19,000 in the first quarter of 2012 to a […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-23-12] U.S. pay-TV provider Dish Network has introduced the Pandora personalized radio to its Dish Hopper home HD DVR system, the company announced April 20.    The Pandora […]

[Satellite News 04-20-12] Excitement regarding the 2012 Olympics in London, the ever-increasing mobility of video consumers and the rapid growth of the Latin America commercial market dominated the spotlight at […]

[Satellite News 04-18-12] Sky Deutschland has paid a heavy price to win the latest set of Bundesliga soccer rights in Germany that was way above analyst expectations. Sky agreed to […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-17-12] Thomson Video Networks (TVN) has partnered with Florida-based system integrator Broadcast International Group (BIG) to launch a new DVB-T2 television service for Haiti as the country recovers […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 04-16-12] Intelsat has announced details of a slew of new agreements with broadcasters/media companies in Latin America. The operator announced details of recent agreements with Discovery Communications, […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 04-13-12] Computer and electronics giant Apple may be planning to launch a new HDTV this year featuring an a la carte programming service that could find the […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-13-12] ViaSat has introduced a newsgathering version of its ViaSat-1-powered Exede broadband service that aims to enable broadcast journalists to capture, edit and deliver full HD stories from […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-12-12] International Datacasting Corp. (IDC) will introduce a suite of new products that will allow satellite operators to offer IPTV services, the company announced April 11.    IDC […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-11-12] Fransat, Samsung and Neotion have partnered to develop a satellite receiver and a DTT module for Fransat that will be integrated into Samsung’s ES-series televisions that will […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 04-10-12] The Afghanistan government is seeking a partner to launch the country’s first communications satellite into space within the next six months, Afghanistan’s Minister of Communication and […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-09-12] The Canadian Broadcasting Corp. (CBC) invested $12 million in a project with Canada’s Sirius Satellite Radio (Sirius Canada) with questionable results, according to documents and annual reports […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 04-09-12] A broadcast market analysis firm has predicted an increase in consumer spending on satellite TV industry services during the next five years and a 5.6 percent […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 04-06-12] BSkyB Chairman James Murdoch has confirmed his resignation from his position with the British satellite TV broadcaster to curb the damage done to BSkyB’s stock value, […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-06-12] Satellite broadcaster Sirius XM Radio has inked a multi-year contract agreement with MLB Advanced Media, the interactive media and Internet company of Major League Baseball, to stream […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-06-12] Mexican commercial television broadcaster Grupo Televisa has contracted Gilat Satellite Networks to provide its SkyEdge 2 VSAT network for its private communication network across Mexico, Gilat announced […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 04-05-12] SES has won a satellite broadband service contract and a second deal to broadcast coverage of the 2012 Olympics in London, the FSS operator announced April […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-04-12] Ateme and STI Telecom have successfully delivered and installed an HD-SAT turnkey satellite distribution platform for Brazilian broadcaster TV Record in São Paulo, the companies announced April […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-02-12] Measat Satellite Systems signed an agreement with Encompass Digital Media to distribute the EdgeSport HD channel via the Measat-3 satellite located at the 91.5 degrees East orbital […]

The opportunity of additional video display devices is to deliver content to more screens, but the risk to broadcasters is that some subscribers may go entirely online. Pay-TV satellite operators […]