Focus: Broadcasting

[Satellite News 08-05-09] The satellite set-top-box (STB) market saw a 6 percent increase in 2008, with growth predicted to be steady for the next two years, according to a report […]

[Satellite News 08-05-09] Canal+ hopes its recent deal with Microsoft to make its content available through the Xbox 360 video games console will help it gain stronger audiences, particularly among […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-04-09] GlobeCast has signed a deal with China Central Television (CCTV) to distribute CCTV’s newly-launched Arabic channel to the Middle East and North Africa via Arabsat’s BADR-6 satellite, […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-04-09] Sky Deutschland has appointed Wolfram Winter senior vice president of distribution and development, the company announced July 31.     Winter will be responsible for further developing co-operative […]

[Satellite Today 07-31-09] BSkyB has hit a five-year annual subscriber net growth high in 2009, according to its full-year results, released July 30.     The U.K. operator expanded its customer […]

[Satellite Today 07-30-09] Vislink News and Entertainment is adding electronic news gathering (ENG) antennas to its range of SNG, ENG and wireless products for the broadcast industry, Vislink announced July […]

[Satellite Today 07-30-09] Eutelsat has signed a capacity deal with GlobeCast for a transponder to broadcast channels by Romanian public broadcaster TVR, the operator announced July 29.     Eutelsat said […]

[Satellite Today 07-29-09] Triveni Digital has signed a reseller contract with broadcast systems supplier Promexar to extend Triveni’s worldwide reseller network in Mexico, the company announced July 28.     Promexar […]

[Satellite Today 07-28-09] EchoStar Satellite Services signed an agreement to deliver its ViP-TV IP video transport service to Citizens Cablevision, a broadband data, video and voice provider in Virginia, EchoStar […]

[Satellite Today 07-28-09] Pace signed two separate contracts to supply high-definition (HD) set-top box and (direct-to-home) DTH technology to Sky Deutschland in Germany and Canal Digital in the Nordic region, […]

[Satellite Today 07-27-09] Canal Digital, a Nordic pay-TV operator, saw an increase in profits for in the second quarter at $17.89 million compared to $4.27 million in 2008, the company […]

[Satellite Today 07-27-09] Arqiva acquired the platform assets of Project Kangaroo, the Video-on-Demand (VoD) platform developed by UKVOD, a joint venture set up by BBC Worldwide, ITV and Channel 4, […]

[Satellite Today 07-24-09] Modern Times Group (MTG) subsidiary Viasat Broadcasting is struggling to add direct-to-home (DTH) subscribers in the Nordic region, while its IPTV numbers show strong growth, according to […]

[Satellite Today 07-24-09] CASBAA (The Cable & Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia) has added four new corporate members to its ranks, the organization said July 23. Global sports TV agency […]

[Satellite Today 07-23-09] Italy’s state-owned broadcaster RAI, commercial broadcaster Mediaset and Telecom Italia (TI) will launch TivuSat, a free-to-air satellite platform on July 31, the companies announced July 22.     […]

[Satellite Today 07-22-09] Tandberg Television signed a contract to supply high-definition (HD) encoders and decoders to GlobeCast Australia, Tandberg announced July 21.     GlobeCast Australia will use the encoders and […]

[Satellite Today 07-22-09] Qwest Communications has entered into agreement with DirecTV to sell its satellite TV service to DirecTV customers for another five years     The companies said the service […]

[Satellite Today 07-21-09] German broadcaster ProSiebenSat1 Media and SES Astra are set to launch three high-definition (HD) channels in Germany as part of SES’s HD+ service, SES announced July 20. […]

[Satellite Today 07-20-09] GlobeCast signed a deal with Russia Today to distribute the FTA English-language channel across networks throughout Asia, the company announced July 17.     The distribution will initially […]

[Satellite Today 07-17-09] The Cable and Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (CASBAA) believes new regulations introduced by the Indian government could have a detrimental effect for satellite pay-TV operators, according […]

 [Satellite Today 07-15-09] MTV Networks International (MTVNI) is expanding the reach of its high-definition (HD) service throughout Europe, the network announced July 13.  MTVNI has launched its HD service in […]

[Satellite Today 07-15-09] Canal Plus Group signed a multi-year licensing agreement for Macrovision’s electronic program guide (EPG) patent portfolio, the company said July 13.  The agreement allows Canal Plus to […]

[Satellite Today 07-14-09] International Launch Services (ILS) and SES have reached an agreement to launch QuetzSat-1 in 2011, the companies announced July 14.  QuetzSat-1, under construction by Space Systems/Loral on […]

[Satellite News 07-14-09] Microsoft’s deal with BSkyB, which will bring Sky Player satellite TV content to broadband-enabled Xbox 360 video game consoles in the United Kingdom and Ireland, was a […]

[Satellite News 07-13-09] Sky Deutschland, the German pay-TV operator formerly known as Premiere, is at a crossroads. Beset with recent issues of piracy and reports of false subscriber figures, the […]

[Satellite Today 07-13-09] Showtime Arabia and the Orbit Group are merging their direct-to-home (DTH) platforms to form a single provider in the Middle East, the companies announced July 12.     […]

[Satellite Today 07-10-09] The Cable & Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (CASBAA) received a settlement in a broadcasting piracy case against Turtle Cable, accused of operating as an infringing cable […]

[Satellite Today 07-10-09] Telenor Satellite Broadcasting (TSB) signed a long-term satellite distribution agreement with European direct-to-home provider UPC Direct to supply seven transponders to relocate UPC’s current broadcast traffic to […]

[Satellite Today 07-09-09] The Cable Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (CASBAA) formed a joint initiative with SNL Kagan, a provider of financial and operational information on the global media and […]

[Satellite Today 07-09-09] Arabsat is teaming up with Sudanese Radio & TV Corp. to launch and operate a direct-to-home platform in Khartoum, Sudan, Arabsat announced July 8.     The Sudanese […]