Focus: Broadcasting

[Satellite TODAY 11-29-11]  ‘n’, one of Poland’s leading DTH providers, is launching a new OTT service in Poland today. The service, ‘nVOD NET’ will be a supplement to the operator’s […]

[Satellite News 11-29-11] FSS operators have big plans for Africa in 2012, with investments in fleet and service expansion across the continent in a race set to begin with the […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-23-11] Educational news network Channel One News has extended its multi-year contract with satellite video service provider Keystone Enterprise Services to continue supplying turnkey satellite network and support […]

[Satellite News 11-22-11] Deutsche Telekom (DT) launched its satellite TV offering Entertain Sat at the beginning of September and reached 50,000 subscribers by the end of the month. With such […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-21-11] FSS operator Eutelsat categorically denied reports that it is interfering with its own satellite signals in order to prevent reception of international Farsi-language channels in Iran.   […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-21-11] TiVUS has signed an agreement with an unnamed digital media services company to secure broadcast rights agreements for all needed cable channels and premium content providers to […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 11-16-11] FSS operator SES activated full service on its recently launched QuetzSat-1 satellite and signed a capacity agreement with High TV 3D to distribute the channel from […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-16-11] U.S. Pay-TV operator DirecTV exercised an option in its multi-launch contract with Arianespace to include a mission to send a new DirecTV Latin America service-providing satellite into […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-16-11] Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS) has signed a deal valued at more than $125 million to lease multiple transponders on its Condosat ABS-2 satellite to GT Satellite Systems […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-16-11] UAE-based satellite broadcasting company YahLive has signed a partnership agreement with telecom operator Du for collaboration on satellite broadcasting services, the companies announced Nov. 15.    YahLive, […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-15-11] German technology developer 2wcom Systems has delivered its FlexXtract monitoring solution to Media Broadcast to support Deutschland Radio broadcasts of its DAB Plus programs via a network […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-15-11] GlobeCast Americas CEO Lisa Coelho has created a dedicated Latin American sales team and a refocusing strategy for its ad-hoc broadcast services in North America as part […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-10-11]  SkyVision Global Networks is set to launch a range of new services in the next week as it looks to boost its position in the African communications […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 11-10-11] The global consumer online video market was worth close to five billion euros ($6.89 billion) in 2010 and could go over 21 billion euros ($28.93 billion) […]

[Satellite News 11-10-11] Romania’s largest telco Romtelecom is looking to make more of an impact in Romania’s competitive pay-TV market. The operator, which has around 1.2 million DTH subscribers in […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-09-11] Gilat Satcom partnered with Over-the-Top (OTT) video platform provider Tvinci to jointly roll out a full duplex satellite-based OTT TV solution, the companies confirmed Nov. 8. The […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-09-11] The Satellite Broadcasting and Communications Association (SBCA) filed a petition for a declaratory ruling with the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) against a satellite dish ordinance bill […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-08-11] GlobeCast has signed a contract with Trace to broadcast its Trace Sports HD channel on SES’ NSS-806 satellite, GlobeCast announced Nov. 7.             Trace is a multimedia […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 11-07-11] Pay-TV operator DirecTV gained more than 327,000 subscribers in the United States during its third quarter 2011 ­— the company’s highest net addition result in seven […]

[Satellite News 11-08-11] EchoStar Corp. generated a 42 percent, year-over-year increase in its 2011 fiscal third quarter revenues at $863 million, but the company’s profit margin dipped into a net […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 11-04-11] Liberty Global managed to increase overall revenues in the third quarter of its 2011 fiscal year and narrowed losses in its video subscriber base, the company […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-03-11] Satellite teleport service provider SatLink Communications is augmenting its presence in Africa by launching a new Multi-Channel-Per-Carrier (MCPC) platform on Spacecom’s Amos-5 satellite, SatLink announced Nov. 2. […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-02-11] Sirius XM Radio recorded 334,000 subscriber additions in the 2011 third quarter — a result that fell considerably short of both Wall Street and analysts’ forecasts expecting […]

[Satellite News 11-02-11] The cable sector’s position in the global pay-TV market is being threatened by satellite and IPTV gains, according to a forecast study issued Nov. 2 by broadcast […]

The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) is one of Australia’s main public service broadcasters. The onus on ABC will be to lead innovation on the Australian broadcast landscape. ABC managing director […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-01-11] MBC Group signed a multi-year contract to lease Eutelsat capacity on the operator’s recently launched Atlantic Bird 7 satellite, the companies confirmed Oct. 31.    The terms […]

Oil and gas companies are potentially lucrative customers for satellite-based communications. However, while demand for services like HD video on oil rigs is good news, the competition from fiber based […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-31-11] Intelsat signed capacity agreements with Turner Broadcasting for transponder space on two Intelsat satellites, the operator announced Oct. 27.    Turner extended its long-term commitment on Intelsat […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-31-11]Managed mobile TV and video services provider MobiTV has introduced its TV Everywhere solution for cable, satellite and IPTV service providers, the company confirmed Oct. 28.    MobiTV […]