Focus: Broadcasting

[Satellite TODAY 11-17-10] Sencore will provide receiver-decoders to Ar-Sat for use in satellite applications throughout Argentina, Sencore announced Nov. 16.     Ar-Sat provides satellite reception for Argentina’s digital TV system […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 11-15-10] For the past year, satellite pay-TV provider DirecTV’s financial growth has defied the logic of the consumer economy and baffled analysts. As its major cable rivals […]

[Satellite Today 11-15-10] Measat Satellite Systems signed a capacity deal with GlobeCast to distribute one of Asia’s major sporting events, the operator announced Nov. 11.   Measat will provide a […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 11-12-10] Despite adding 45,000 new subscribers in its 2010 third quarter, Sky Deutschland is a long way from proving its reliability as an investment, according to UBS […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-10-10] Teranex Systems, a manufacturer of high-performance video processing platforms, and Sensio Technologies have integrated Sensio’s 3-D frame-compatible stereoscopic compression technology to Teranex’s 3-D VC1-3D-ENC and VC1-3D-DEC encoding […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-09-10] EchoStar reported $5 million in profits during the 2010 third quarter, backed by a 26 percent increase in revenues over the same period in 2009 to $607 […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-09-10] France Télévisions has installed and deployed a disaster recovery solution from Thomson Video Networks (TVN), which includes TVN’s Sapphire broadcast servers and ProConsultant Informatique’s Louise broadcast management […]

[Satellite News 11-09-10] ESPN, which is aiming to one of the early movers in the 3-D broadcasting arena, has completed a comprehensive research study looking at the early impact of […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-08-10] Clear Channel will renew its capacity deals with SES World Skies for 144 MHz of capacity on four satellites to deliver connectivity and content to subscribers and […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-08-10] Dish Network reported total revenues of $3.21 billion for its 2010 third quarter, a 10.9 percent increase compared with revenues of $2.89 billion for the corresponding period […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-05-10] DirecTV reported double-digit revenue growth for the fourth consecutive quarter, with 2010 third quarter revenues improving 10 percent to $6.03 billion compared to the same period in […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-04-10] Odeon UCI, the largest cinema chain outside the Americas, will deploy Arqiva’s Digital Cinema Satellite System, Arqiva announced Nov. 2.     Under the agreement, signed through Arqiva’s […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-04-10] Artel has released its DLT710 multi-format 3G-SDI capable signal generator and test module, the company announced Nov. 3.     The DL4000-based DLT710 module is designed for both […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-03-10] Australian pay-TV operator Foxtel signed deals with several Hollywood Studios to bring movies to Foxtel subscribers in a similar timeframe with DVD releases, the operator announced Nov. […]

[Satellite News 11-04-10] Bharti Airtel, one of India’s biggest telcos with more than 100 million wireless subscribers, is making satellite services a larger part of its overall strategy in the […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-03-10] BSkyB has expanded its technology contract with Web-based media monitoring and management solution provider Actus Digital to provide its Actus View multi-channel transmission ingest, content detection and […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 11-02-10] Egyptian Information Minister Annas el-Fiqi has ordered all satellite broadcasters providing uplink services or television networks with uplinks to reapply for permits, revoking all existing licenses […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-02-10] Globecomm has received a $3.8 million contract from an unnamed media and entertainment company to design and install antenna diversity switching systems for the customer, Globecomm announced […]

[Satellite News 11-02-10] Europe Media Port (EMP), a global teleport provider, is having a strong 2010 backed by recently signed deals with O3b Networks and Kahkeshan Digisat.     Dimitrios Papaharalabos, […]

Discovery prides itself on being a pioneer in HD and is approaching 3-D in the same manner, says John Honeycutt, executive vice president and head of international business operations for […]

The National Bureau of Economic Research, a private, non-profit research organization that calls the beginning and end of recessions, declared in September that the recession that gripped the globe throughout […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-29-10] Measat Satellite Systems will distribute the Sky News HD channel across the Asia-Pacific region via C-band transponders on the Measat-3a satellite, the operator announced Oct. 28.     […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider10-28-10] The HD broadcasting market has been healthy for Luxembourg-based operator SES, helping push the satellite operator’s 2010 third quarter EBITDA 12.4 percent over its 2009 third quarter […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-27-10] Philippine DTH operator GSAT leased an additional transponder on SES World Skies’ NSS-11 satellite to boost its available Ku-band capacity at 108.2 degrees East, SES announced Oct. […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-26-10] T-Mobile is going into the satellite TV business in the Czech Republic, the mobile provider announced Oct. 25.     Starting in November, customers will be able to […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-26-10] European broadcaster France 24 signed a contract with Asia Satellite Telecommunications Co. (AsiaSat) to begin the distribution of its French channel and continue distributing its English channel […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-26-10] The Indian Patent Office issued a patent to Sensio Technologies that covers its S2D switch in India, Sensio announced Oct. 25.     The Sensio S2D switch aims […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 10-25-10] BSkyB has launched its Anytime Plus IP Video-on-Demand (VoD) service to customers in the United Kingdom, the company announced Oct. 22.     The service aims to […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 10-25-10] Witbe, a video monitoring solutions provider, is hoping to make an impact in the 3-D TV arena with the launch of a new stereoscopic 3-D TV […]

[Satellite News 10-25-10] MYtv’s plans to launch a new DTH platform in Ukraine by the middle of this year have been held up due to software issues in the platform’s […]