Focus: Broadcasting

[Satellite TODAY 10-07-09] i-concerts, a dedicated live music channel, signed carriage agreements deals with Eutelsat and YouTube, which will be effective in mid-October, i-concerts announced Oct. 6.     Eutelsat’s Eurobird […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-06-09] Malaysia, a country with around 25 million people, has seen its pay-TV landscape dominated by DTH operator Astro All Asia Networks (Astro). However, its dominance is likely […]

[Satellite News 10-05-09] Malaysia, a country with around 25 million people, has seen its pay-TV landscape dominated by DTH operator Astro All Asia Networks (Astro). However, its dominance is likely […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-06-09] The Kudelski Group issued a new offer to acquire all outstanding Class A shares of OpenTV, a middleware and interactive services company, for $1.55 per share in […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-02-09] Thales Alenia Space signed a contract with China’s APT Satellite to design, manufacture and deliver Apstar 7, a high-capacity telecommunication satellite, Thales Alenia Space announced Sept. 29. […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-02-09] Panasonic is launching its “HD 3D Roadshow” in the United Kingdom, the company announced Oct. 1.     The company will demonstrate Three mobile full 3-D HD theaters […]

The challenge: Attending to the ever-growing demand for smaller antennas while maintaining the integrity of the 2-degree satellite separation standard. The solution: The use of uplink effective isotropic radiated power […]

 ZDF (Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen) is Germany’s national public TV broadcaster and a huge presence on the digital TV landscape in Germany. With satellite pay-TV operator Sky Deutschland struggling and cable […]

While HD is the future, the spread of the service has varied around the globe. Has HD entertainment lived up to industry expectations or been somewhat of a disappointment to […]

The DTH sector is doing well, however, the business has two potential long-term problems. These might be seen as bandwidth quantity and offering quality, and both can be addressed through […]

Giuliano Berretta will step down as CEO of Eutelsat in November, turning over leadership of the FSS operator to Michel de Rosen.Berretta, who will continue as chairman, discusses the issues […]

While HD is the future, the spread of the service has varied around the globe. Has HD entertainment lived up to industry expectations or been somewhat of a disappointment to […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-30-09] Austar will launch its next-generation TV service, MyStar HD, in Australia in mid-November, the operator announced Sept. 29.     The operator, which provides satellite pay-TV services to […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-30-09] Crawford Communications Satellite Services has added Pacific Television Center (Pac TV) in Los Angeles, to its full-time fiber connectivity network for television distribution, Crawford announced Sept. 29. […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-29-09] For Embratel, one of the largest telcos in Latin America, DTH services are a vital component to the operator’s growth strategy. Antonio Joao, executive director of Embratel […]

[Satellite News 09-29-09] While BSkyB plans to launch a 3-D HD channel in the United Kingdom as early as next year, the reality is that the adoption of HD remains fairly low, […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-28-09] Nagravision, a Kudelski Group company, signed a technology licensing agreement with Intel, Nagravision announced Sept. 25.     The agreement will see compatibility between Nagravision’s NOCS technology and […]

[Satellite News 09-28-09] For Embratel, one of the largest telcos in Latin America, DTH services are a vital component to the operator’s growth strategy. Antonio Joao, executive director of Embratel […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-25-09] Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS) signed a long-term, multiple transponder deal with Russian DTH provider GT Satellite Systems (GTSS) for expansion capacity on the ABS-2 satellite, which is […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-25-09] Dish Network is attempting to raise about $300 million in financing through a debt securities offer, the company announced Sept. 24.     The U.S. satellite pay-TV broadcaster […]

[Satellite News 09-25-09] Germany is one of the world’s biggest markets for pay-TV but has proved a tough market to crack for satellite pay-TV operator Sky Deutschland, formerly known as […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-24-09] A majority of Satellite TODAY readers said they were very impressed with 3-D HD technology demonstrations, according to the results of our online poll, conducted during August. […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-24-09] International Datacasting Corp. (IDC) received an order from Media Broadcast in Germany for IDC’s SuperFlex DVB-S2 broadband satellite caching receiver, SFX4104 Pro Video with Datacast XD content […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-23-09] Harris Corp. received an order from Meredith, owner of 12 TV stations in the United States, for the integrated Harris One solution, the manufacturer announced Sept. 22. […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-23-09] DirecTV has secured $2 billion in debt financing, the company announced Sept. 22.     The financing, which was offered to investors Sept. 14, consists of $1 billion […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-22-09] Tele2 Netherlands has named Amino Communications as its supplier of MPEG-4 set-top boxes for the provision of IPTV services, Amino announced Sept. 21.     Amino will supply […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-22-09] Euronews has signed a pair of distribution deals with DTH platforms Indovision and Okevision in Indonesia, the news channel provider announced Sept. 21.     Euronews will broadcast […]

Nagravision, a Kudelski Group company, will launch software aimed at offering operators a secure pay-TV solution on the PC, Robin Wilson’s Nagravision’s vice president of business development, told the IBC […]

OmniGlobe Networks EMEA has won two contracts to provide backhaul platforms and mobile services in the Middle East, the company announced Sept. 15.      Arabsat selected OmniGlobe to provide 12 […]

SES World Skies signed a multi-year capacity deal in Africa with Netcom to augment its existing capacity by utilizing multi Ku-band transponders, the company announced Sept. 15. The expanded capacity […]