Focus: Broadcasting

[Satellite TODAY 05-07-10] DirecTV posted revenue gains of 14 percent in the first quarter of 2010 to $5.6 billion, the company announced May 6.      First quarter earnings more than […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-07-10] Telesat Holdings recorded revenues of $199 million in the 2010 first quarter, the company announced May 6.      Revenues were down $5 million compared to the same […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-07-10] SES World Skies closed the acquisition of the ProtoStar 2 satelite, which the company won in a December public option, SES announced May 5.      The satellite, […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-05-10] StarHub has installed a mobile TV head-end solution from Envivo to extend the reach of its mobile service to 3G mobile customers and Apple iPhone users, Envivo […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-05-10] News Corp. subsidiary Sky Italia’s overall subscriber numbers fell to 4.7 million in the first quarter of 2010, a loss of almost 40,000 subscribers compared to the […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-05-10] Sky Deutschland signed technology development deals with Pace and NDS in efforts to add HD digital video recorder (DVR) services to Sky Deutschland’s platform and manage content, […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-04-10] Amos satellite constellation operator Spacecom has launched Deutsche Telekom subsidiary Slovak Telekom’s Maigo TV DTH service on the Amos-3 satellite, Spacecom announced May 3.     Marketed under […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-04-10] Netia has delivered a content management system (CMS) to Orange to enable the telco operator to store, manage and distribute content to any service provider or multimedia […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-04-10] Independent, non-profit public affairs cable network The California Channel (TCC) signed a distribution deal with Home2US Communications to broadcast programming on AMC-1’s C-band payload beginning in September, […]

[Satellite News 05-04-10] The recovering auto industry and expanding signs of increased consumer spending helped Sirius XM boost sales by 11 percent and generate $663.8 million in revenues with a […]

[Satellite News 05-03-10] Euronews, an international news channel covering the world from a European perspective, is one of the main global news broadcasting brands. The channel was launched in 1993 […]

euronews, an international news channel covering the world from a European perspective, is one of the mainglobal news broadcasting brands. The channel was launched in 1993 and now is broadcast […]

[Satellite News 04-29-10] Broadcast industry analysts were encouraged by BSkyB’s 2010 third quarter financial results, which showed the company experiencing strong HD services growth by adding about 430,000 HD subscribers […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-29-10] Arqiva has signed a deal with events rights holder SuperVision Media to broadcast live events using Arqiva’s satellite distribution services on the Intelsat 905 satellite, the company […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-29-10] Samsung will support SES Astra with 3-D television content for its new 3-D demo channel to be launched in May, SES announced April 28.     The demo […]

[Satellite News 04-29-10] Faith-based organizations deploying satellite technology to reach out to new audiences are seeing positive results, which could help some churches survive, David Schatzman, technical director of McLean […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-28-10] Middle East DTH operator Orbit Showtime Network (OSN) is launching six new HD channels in the Middle East, the company announced April 25.     Starting in May, […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-27-10] UPC DTH will begin a comprehensive repositioning process of its customers’ satellite dishes, the company announced April 23.     UPC is transitioning its services to Telenor’s Thor […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-27-10] Thaicom will investigate signal interference on one of its satellites impacting the National Broadcasting Services of Thailand (NBT) network, the operator announced in a statement released April […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-26-10] Satellite operator Telenor has renewed its contract with Arqiva for the uplink of three multiplexes onto its Thor 5 satellite, which carries video services into the Scandinavian […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-26-10] Sirius XM Radio will release in May a free application for the Motorola Andriod and Google Nexus One smartphones, the satellite broadcaster announced April 23.     The […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-23-10] Harris Corp. has been contracted to provide its Nexio advanced media platform to German national public television broadcaster Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF), Harris announced April 22.     […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-22-10] Harris Corp. has signed an agreement with NBC affiliate broadcaster Belo Corp. to provide Harris’ MPH platform to support the launch of Belo’s mobile digital TV transmission, […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-22-10] SES Astra is set to launch a 3-D demo channel in Europe May 4 following initial testing, the company announced April 21.     The new Astra 3-D […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-20-10] SES Astra signed a capacity agreement with South African pay-TV operator On Digital Media (ODM), the DTH satellite system provider announced April 19.     ODM, which is […]

[Satellite News 04-19-10] Nagravision, a Kudelski Group company, will work with Korean DTH pay-TV provider SkyLife to expand SkyLife’s 3-D TV offerings, the companies announced.     SkyLife launched the Sky […]

Nagravision, a Kudelski Group company, will work with Korean DTH pay-TV provider SkyLife to expand SkyLife’s 3-D TV offerings, the companies announced. SkyLife launched the Sky 3D channel in January […]

Ericsson has signed a deal with ESPN to provide its 3-D channel with a complete standards-based video processing solution, featuring encoders and receivers for 3-D broadcasts, Ericsson announced.     The […]

Vizada has launched a new video software program, which aims to enable users operating in remote areas to edit, compress and send video images over a mobile satellite terminal, the […]

Sirius XM Radio expects to add 500,000 new subscribers in 2010 after adding 257,000 subscribers in the fourth quarter of 2009 and ended the year with a customer base of […]