Focus: Broadcasting

[Satellite TODAY 02-25-10] Newtec, Arabsat and the Arab States Broadcasting Union (ASBU) are expanding the Multimedia Exchange Network over Satellite (MENOS), Newtec announced Feb. 24.     Additional bandwidth will be […]

[Satellite TODAY 02-24-10] NDS has signed a contract with On Digital Media to provide a comprehensive set of services for its TopTV DTH platform in South Africa, the company announced […]

[Satellite TODAY 02-23-10] UPC Broadband consolidated its European DTH businesses to create a new company, UPC DTH, the company announced Feb. 22.     The consolidation will combine UPC Direct’s activities […]

[Satellite TODAY 02-23-10] ATIS has entered into a partnership with the Video Services Forum (VSF) to define additional IP video performance metrics, the organizations announced Feb. 22.     The partnership […]

[Satellite TODAY 02-19-10] Latens, a developer of middleware and software-based security solutions for IPTV and cable services, launched CAS 5, a software-only conditional access system (CAS) compatible with cable, DTH, […]

[Satellite TODAY 02-19-10] Network partners of the CASBAA-led Asia TV Advertising Coalition (ATAC) are promoting a TV marketing campaign targeted at regional advertisers and media agencies, CASBAA announced Feb. 18. […]

[Satellite TODAY 02-18-10] A DirecTV injunction to temporarily halt Dish Network’s “Why Pay More” TV advertising campaign has been rejected by the U.S. District Court of Manhattan, N.Y., Dish Network […]

[Satellite TODAY 02-18-10] Italian state-owned broadcaster RAI is launching the Yes Italia channel on AsiaSat 5, AsiaSat announced Feb. 17.     The 24-hour channel will be available to Asia Pacific […]

[Satellite TODAY 02-17-10] Enensys unveiled a DVB-T2 end-to-end solution, demonstrating single frequency network (SFN) and multiple input single output (MISO) abilities, the company announced Feb. 16.     The Enensys solution […]

[Satellite TODAY 02-17-10] Korean DTH pay-TV service provider SkyLife has contracted Nagravision to supply its Nagra Media Access conditional access system (CAS) to secure SkyLife’s HD platform, Nagravision announced Feb. […]

[Satellite TODAY 02-16-10] IPTV specialist Amino Communications won a contract with the Costa Rican government to provide set-top boxes to the Costa Rican Electricity Institute (ICE), a state-owned network operator, […]

[Satellite News 02-16-10] The Middle East broadcasting industry would like to believe that its HD market is at the start of a regional growth curve. However, industry leaders at Arabsat’s […]

[Satellite TODAY 02-10-10] Satellite TV upstart FreeHD Canada won limited approval from the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to operate in Canada, the company announced Feb. 9.     In […]

[Satellite TODAY 02-10-10] Harris Corp. named P. Harris Morris president of its broadcast communications business, the company announced Feb. 9.     Morris previously served as vice president and general manager […]

[Satellite News 02-19-10] Tensions ran high on day one of the Arabsat Broadcasters Forum held in Beirut, Lebanon, as a number of keynote speakers lashed out at perceived U.S. interference […]

[Satellite TODAY 02-09-10] Swedish broadcasting entertainment company Modern Times Group (MTG) has acquired 50 percent of Raduga Holdings from Continental Media for an undisclosed amount of cash, MTG announced Feb. […]

[Satellite TODAY 02-08-10] Eutelsat signed a multi-year deal with Telespazio to renew leased capacity on Eutelsat’s Atlantic Bird 1 and W3A satellites, the operator announced Feb. 5. The Italian satellite […]

[Satellite TODAY 02-08-10] Sirius XM Radio has unveiled a free application to access its programming on BlackBerry smartphones, the company announced Feb. 5.     In order to access the service, […]

[Satellite TODAY 02-05-10] Solaris Mobile signed a corporate partnership with European car rental company Europcar, Solaris announced Feb. 4.     Europcar will install and showcase Solaris’ next-generation communication in a […]

[Satellite TODAY 02-05-10] Mobile TV and DTV transmission technology developer TeamCast released a new software version of its DVB-T2 modulator Power4-T2, which supports a T2-MI input stream interface and the […]

[Satellite TODAY 02-04-10] EchoStar Satellite Services named Mega Hertz Inc. as an official product reseller under EchoStar’s ViP-TV program, the operator announced Feb. 3.     Mega Hertz, a Texas-based IPTV […]

[Satellite TODAY 02-04-10] European DTH service provider Sky Italia lost subscribers and operational income in its second fiscal quarter of 2010, the company announced in its financial results, released Feb. […]

[Satellite TODAY 02-03-10] Pace Networks has contracted Sao Paulo-based distributor Visionbyte to roll out the Pace MultiDweller distribution platform in Latin America as a networks approved partner, the company announced […]

[Satellite TODAY 02-02-10] Oklahoma-based telecoms company BTC Broadband has purchased ViP-TV video transport services from EchoStar to support up to 49 high-definition channels of its IPTV headend, BTC announced Feb. […]

3-D HD broadcasting technology has been developing at a nice, quiet pace. Demonstrations at communications shows around the globe were followed by measured services introductions and an abundance of consumer […]

The World Cup will take place in Africa for the first time, presenting unique challenges for broadcasters such as ITV, one of the biggest broadcasters in the United Kingdom. “This […]

One of the major events in 2010 is the Winter Olympics, in Vancouver in February. The global spectacle will boost the local economy and make Canada the focus of global […]

[Satellite TODAY 02-01-10] BSkyB will preview its upcoming Sky 3D channel with a live broadcast of a U.K. Premier League soccer match to select pubs in the United Kingdom and […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-29-10] RRsat Global Communications Network and Hispasat are cooperating to launch a Spanish and Portuguese language content distribution platform in Europe over the Hispasat 1D satellite, RRSat announced […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-28-10] Beirut-based satellite and wireless specialist IDMI has chosen Newtec’s FlexACM technology to boost capacity and availability on key satellite IP trunking links between Greece and ten customer […]