Focus: Broadcasting

[Satellite TODAY 05-04-11] New York City regional cable television broadcaster MSG Networks has extended its contract with HTN Communications to continue providing A/V backhaul services for MSG’s coverage of seven […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 05-03-11] Dish Network and its sister company EchoStar have reached a settlement to pay TiVo Inc. $500 million in a patent lawsuit between the companies, which began […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-03-11] SES Astra is delivering its German HD Plus broadcasting service to 769,000 households via its on Astra satellite located at the 19.2 degrees East orbital slot, according […]

[Satellite News 05-03-11] Despite predictions by some financial analysts that Sirius XM Radio’s subscriber growth would dwindle in early 2011, the company far outpaced Wall Street’s net new subscriber growth […]

    TV Azteca operates two of Mexico’s most-watched stations. CEO Mario San Román discusses the Mexican digital and pay-TV market and the opportunities this growing market provides for broadcasters. […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-29-11] Video delivery solutions provider Sencore renewed its global partnership agreement with Netherlands-based DekTec Digital Video to jointly develop products and share technologies for customer offerings, the two […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 04-28-11] U.S. trade representatives are encouraging the Indian government to change its satellite policies to allow foreign countries to sell capacity to India’s growing DTH market, according […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-28-11] U.K. and international media organizations have booked a significant amount of Eutelsat capacity for live coverage of the April 29 royal wedding between Prince William and Kate […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-28-11] Dish Network completed its acquisition of movie retail chain Blockbuster’s assets and will immediately move forward with its plans close at least 1,000 Blockbuster locations and take […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-28-11] Danish national broadcaster DR has selected Snell’s Mosart automation system to drive its DR Update news channel distributed via satellite, terrestrial and Internet streaming, DR announced April […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-25-11] Hispasat and Pittsburgh International Telecommunications (PIT), a privately owned teleport and global distributor, have entered into a strategic partnership to launch New Winds, a DTH platform that […]

[Satellite News 04-22-11] Earlier in April, DirecTV announced it was finally launching its long-awaited Home Premiere video-on-demand service providing subscribers with movies released just weeks after they premier in theaters. […]

[Satellite News 04-21-11] EchoStar and sister company Dish Network won favorable judgments April 20 in two separate U.S. district and federal court cases, the companies announced.     In one case, […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-20-11] Dish Network’s business plans for its recent acquisition of movie rental chain and online streaming video service Blockbuster Inc. will see the company take on leases for […]

The consensus among broadcast vendors at the 2011 NAB show was that this is a buyer’s year, driven by a multi-screen-savvy customer base and a recovering consumer economy. This year’s […]

Video transport solutions provider Nevion is on track to produce double-digit revenue growth in 2011, driven by an expanding interest in its portfolio of video-over-IP products. Nevion CEO Oddbjørn Bergem […]

Arqiva will launch a DVB-S2, MPEG-4 shared multiplex satellite platform from its Los Angeles teleport, enabling broadcasters and cable programmers access to 100 percent of U.S. cable headends, the company […]

RRsat Global Communications Network has implemented its new multi-carrier per-channel platform on Hispasat’s 1E satellite at 30 degrees West, RRsat announced April 7.     The platform will cater specifically to […]

Amos satellite fleet operator Spacecom has leased capacity at 4 degrees West to Bosnian broadcaster Mreza Plus TV, Spacecom announced.     Amos satellites will distribute Mreza Plus’ news and entertainment […]

Ericsson has unveiled its Voyager 2 scalable satellite newsgathering product to meet growing consumer demand for HD news services, the company announced.    Voyager 2, Ericsson’s fifth-generation DSNG product, is […]

Advantech Wireless signed a contract with Hoje Telecom of Brazil to provide a VSAT upgrade hub, RF equipment and more than 1,000 remote terminals, Advantech announced April 13.     By […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 04-18-11] Global pay-TV subscriptions rose 6 percent last year, with satellite pay-TV giants DirecTV and Dish Network contributing 19.6 million and 14.1 million subscribers, respectively in 2010, […]

GlobeCast concluded a five-year contract with Eutelsat Communications for a third transponder on the Eurobird 9A satellite, Globecast announced April 11.      Eurobird 9A was chosen for its potential to […]

BBC Worldwide contracted GlobeCast to provide playout and media workflow services for four of the broadcaster’s Polish-language channels from GlobeCast’s London media management and delivery hub, GlobeCast announced.     GlobeCast […]

Sky Deutschland has reached a deal with HD Plus in Germany to expand the offering of HD channels to its satellite pay-TV subscribers.      The deal, announced April 11, notes […]

Digital media tools and workflow solutions provider Telestream has released an upgraded version of its Pipeline video capture system, the company announced.     Pipeline 2.5 was designed to function as […]

Nagra, an independent provider of value-added content protection solutions, has secured a contract with Italian broadcaster Mediaset to provide its over-the-top (OTT) video-on-demand solutions to Mediaset subscribers, Nagra announced April […]

Australian pay-TV operator Foxtel hopes its slew of new Hollywood studio contracts to bring movies to Foxtel subscribers in a similar timeframe with DVD releases will help the company recover […]

Some people in the broadcasting sector thought the migration to digital would make managing workflows easier. Others, like resource management software developers, knew they had a brand new growth market […]

The World Teleport Association (WTA) appointed Arqiva Strategy & Business Development Director Brett Belinsky as its new chairman, along with Teleport Internacional Buenos Aires CEO Norberto Alvarez Vitale as its […]