Focus: Broadcasting

[Via Satellite 04-19-2016] Inmarsat is performing its first transcontinental live demonstration of Global Xpress (GX) broadcast capabilities during the NAB Show in Las Vegas, Nev. The demonstration features a live...

[Via Satellite 04-19-2016] Intelsat announced that Encompass Digital Media, a technology services company delivering end-to-end video solutions to broadcast and media companies, has renewed and expanded its contract using Intelsat’s...

[Via Satellite 04-19-2016] The satcom division of Communications & Power Industries (CPI) has received a contract valued at more than $1 million from a major European integrator and systems provider...

[Via Satellite 04-18-2016] Spacecom, operator of the Amos satellite fleet, and Encompass Digital Media, announced a new joint European TV distribution platform. The joint service will be distributed throughout the...

[Via Satellite 04-18-2016] Ateme announced that FranSat, Eutelsat’s satellite TV bouquet in France, broadcast the Vienna Opera ballet “Le Corsaire” live in Ultra High Definition (Ultra-HD) on April 2, in partnership with Arte...

[Via Satellite 04-15-2016] BBC World News, a leading global news TV channel, has renewed and expanded its contract with Intelsat to use multiple video neighborhoods and the IntelsatOne terrestrial network...

[Via Satellite 04-15-2016] Spanish telecommunications satellite operator Hispasat, in collaboration with Cellnex Telecom, has expanded the number of Atresmedia television channels it currently distributes across the Americas through its Hispasat...

[Via Satellite 04-13-2016] Rai, Italy’s national public broadcaster, and Eutelsat have reached an agreement to broadcast seven matches of the Euro 2016 championship in Ultra-HD. Eutelsat will distribute the live...

[Via Satellite 04-13-2016] Israel-based RR Media is opening a new regional Latin America-focused media center based in Miami, Fla. The center will serve content to millions of Hispanic and Portuguese viewers...

[Via Satellite 04-13-2016] Encompass Digital Media has released a new cloud-edge playout platform called ChannelReady, designed to enable secure, cost-effective channel playout that accelerates time to market, streamlines operating costs...