Focus: Broadcasting

[Satellite TODAY 07-22-10]  Italian satellite broadcaster Sky Italia has received permission from the European Commission (EC) to bid on digital free-to-air (FTA) frequencies in Italy, Sky Italia announced July 21. […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-21-10]  Microelectronics Technology Inc. (MTI), a supplier of microwave and RF equipment, signed a deal to supply components to Italian DTH operator Sky Italia, MTI announced July 19. […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-20-10]  GlobeCast has expanded and rebranded its fiber network, the company announced July 19.     GlobeCast renamed the network the GlobeCast Backbone Network and aims to offer broadcasters […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-19-10] Moscow-based IPTV solutions provider NetUp has released version 1.6 of its NetUp IPTV complex with a renovated set of scalable IPTV software and hardware for both medium […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-16-10] Sky Perfect JSat has installed Volicon’s Observer digital logging and monitoring solution to provide a continuous log of broadcast content across more than 100 Sky Perfect channels, […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-15-10] Lionsgate Films has signed a distribution agreement with satellite Web video delivery service XStreamHD which will allow customers to purchase or rent HD Lionsgate releases and access […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-14-10] Harmonic has shipped more than one million of its edgeQAM video-on-demand units to cable service providers worldwide, the company announced July 13.     Harmonic’s edgeQAM technology supports […]

[Satellite News 07-14-10] The global video encoders market will exceed $1.0 billion by the year 2015, according to a global market report released July 13 by Global Industry Analysts (GIA). […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-13-10] The EchoStar 15 satellite has performed post-launch maneuvers following its successful launch by International Launch Services (ILS) from the Baikonur Space Center on July 11, operator EchoStar […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-07-10] Indian mobile network operator Reliance Communications (RCom) has agreed to acquire cable television distribution firm Digicable in an all-stock deal, the companies announced July 6.     RCom […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-07-10] Kudelski Group subsidiary Nagravision was selected by Spanish broadband communication and entertainment provider ONO to provide security technology supporting its next generation, hybrid television platform, Nagravision announced […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-06-10] A class-action lawsuit was filed July 1 against DirecTV field service provider Multiband Corp. on behalf of satellite installers and technicians who claim they were treated as […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-06-10] Thailand’s Pheu Thai Party will launch Asia Update, a new C-band satellite TV service, next week from a transponder on an unnamed foreign-owned satellite, party deputy spokesman […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-05-10] DirecTV and its 3-D technology partner, Panasonic, have launched three new 3-D channels on DirecTV’s pay-TV platform, the companies announced July 2.     One of the channels, […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-02-10] International Datacasting Corp. (IDC) signed a deal worth $16 million with The Wananchi Group to develop a DTH broadcasting service in the sub-Saharan region of Africa, IDC […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-02-10]  The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has made recommendations to the Indian government that international companies play more of a role in the country’s DTH sector, […]

Saudi-based Rotana is one of the Middle East’s major media groups, and earlier this year, News Corp. reached an agreement to buy a 9 percent stake in the Rotana Group. […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-30-10] Telenor has signed a set-top box testing deal with Mirifice, which will see the broadcast company use Mirifice’s MiriATE system to automate testing of digital television set-top […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-29-10] ViaSat is providing its DVB-S2 multi-stream modulator IP core, SkyPHY-MSM, to Sencore as part of a new satellite modulator offering scheduled for rollout in 2011, Sencore announced […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-28-10] Satellite pay-TV operator Sky Deutschland is expanding its cooperation with German cable operator Kabel BW to combine the CleverKabel Internet and telephone offers with Sky subscription packages […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-28-10] Eutelsat and client Noorsat have shut down European broadcasts of the Al-Aqsa TV Gaza-based television station after the French CSA Broadcasting Authority and the European Commission ordered […]

[Satellite News 06-25-10] SES World Skies is in talks with equipment manufacturers Samsung and Panasonic to create a 3-D ecosystem in Asia similar to what the operator has done in […]

[Satellite News 06-24-10] DishTV was the first operator in India to launch DTH services and has since been by competitors Tata Sky, Videocon, Bharti Airtel and Reliance Communications, among others. […]

[Satellite News 06-22-10] The BBC is one of the most recognized names around the globe, however, the U.K.-based broadcaster only launched its channel business in Asia in the last three […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-22-10] Integral Systems Europe (ISE) has been awarded a satellite ground station contract from British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB) for Harlequin 1, Sky’s state-of-the-art broadcast facility, the U.K.-based Integral […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-22-10] EchoStar has launched DishHD, a premier satellite pay-TV service, in Taiwan, the company announced June 21.     DishHD aims to provide more than 30 Hd video channels […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-22-10] The Satellite Broadcasting and Communications Association (SBCA), a national trade organization representing all segments of the consumer satellite industry, filed a petition for declaratory ruling with the […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-21-10] The French Broadcast Authority has ordered Eutelsat to stop carrying Hamas’ Palestinian Al-Aksa TV network within 15 days, the authority announced June 18.     The French government […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-21-10] On-demand TV solutions and service provider Espial and development partner Conax, a global content security specialist, have introduced a hybrid-IP TV solution for cable, satellite, terrestrial and […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-18-10] Telenor Satellite Broadcasting (TSB) has successfully transitioned its Thor 3 satellite from its previous orbital location of 1 degree West to a new location at 4 degrees […]