Focus: Broadcasting

[Satellite Today 06-18-09] Measat Satellite Systems renewed an agreement with Celestial Movies Channel Ltd. to distribute Celestial Movies and Celestial Classic Movies on Measat-3, Measat announced June 17.     “We […]

[Satellite Today 06-18-09] Vietnam Multimedia Corp. (VTC) signed a contract with Tandberg Television for encoding, multiplexing and modulation for 10 high-definition (HD) and 32 standard-definition (SD) channels simultaneously played out […]

[Satellite Today 06-18-09] SES Americom-New Skies closed a multi-year deal with TAS (Teleport Access Services Inc.) to provide three transponders on the NSS-11 satellite to distribute up to 50 Chinese […]

[Satellite Today 06-16-09] SES Americom-New Skies closed a multi-year deal with TAS (Teleport Access Services Inc.) to provide three transponders on the NSS-11 satellite to distribute up to 50 Chinese […]

[Satellite Today 06-16-09] Measat Satellite Systems renewed an agreement with Celestial Movies Channel Ltd. to distribute Celestial Movies and Celestial Classic Movies on Measat-3, the Measat announced June 15.     […]

[Satellite Today 06-16-09] Eurovision and Eutelsat signed a pair of contracts for capacity on Eutelsat’s W2A satellite, the companies announced July 15.     Eurovision will use Ku-band capacity on the […]

[Satellite Today 06-16-09] Vietnam Multimedia Corp. (VTC) signed a contract with Tandberg Television for encoding, multiplexing and modulation for 10 high-definition (HD) and 32 standard-definition (SD) channels simultaneously played out […]

[Satellite Today 06-16-09] Thuraya signed a distribution agreement with Sharaf DG, one of the largest information technology and consumer electronics retailers in the United Arab Emirates, Thuraya announced June 14. […]

[Satellite Today 06-15-09] Vislink appointed Chris Wilson general manager for the Asia-Pacific region, the company announced June 11.     Wilson will be based at Vislink’s regional headquarters in Singapore and […]

[Satellite Today 06-12-09] Measat Satellite Systems and Classica Asia signed a five year agreement for Measat to distribute Unitel Classica HD via the Measat-3 satellite, the satellite operator announced June […]

[Satellite Today 06-12-09] Discovery Group, the largest independent shareholder of OpenTV, proposed June 9 that OpenTV offer to repurchase Kudelski Group’s stake following Kudelski Group’s failed attempt to take full […]

[Satellite Today 06-12-09] BSkyB will launch Sky News HD in the United Kingdom early next year, the satellite pay-TV operator confirmed June 11.     BSkyB will upgrade studios, production facilities […]

[Satellite Today 06-12-09]  TeamCast will partner with the BBC on a new DVB-T2 modulator for professional applications, TeamCast announced June 10.      Under the collaboration agreement, TeamCast is licensed to […]

[Satellite News 06-11-09] On the heels of an agreement with Microsoft, BSkyB will look for further deals to bring its Sky Player to the TV, Griff Parry, BSkyB’s director of […]

[Satellite Today 06-11-09] International Launch Services (ILS) recevied a contract for two new firm launches and one optional launch for Intelsat, the launch provider announced June 10.     Contract terms […]

[Satellite Today 06-11-09] Marlink has acquired capacity on Telesat’s Telstar 11N satellite, Marlink announced June 9.     The satellite, carried 39 Ku-band transponders to support a range of video and […]

[Satellite Today 06-11-09] Triveni Digital named Magna Systems & Engineering an new international dealer for Triveni’s products throughout the Asia-Pacific region, Triveni said June 10.     Magna, based in Australia, […]

[Satellite News 06-10-09] AsiaSat could launch a direct-to-home (DTH) service in Taiwan with a high-definition (HD) offering as early as the 2009 third quarter, CEO Peter Jackson confirmed to Satellite […]

[Satellite Today 06-10-09] EchoStar Satellite Services signed agreement to deliver its ViP-TV video transport service to KPU Telecommunications, a provider of telecommunications and video services to a city of approximately […]

[Satellite Today 06-10-09] Integral Systems signed a deal with Orbital Sciences Corp. to primary and backup satellite command and control systems for Koreasat-6, Integral Systems announced June 8.     Integral […]

[Satellite Today 06-10-09] TerreStar Networks Inc. has pushed the launch of the TerreStar-1 satellite from late June into early July to perform further testing of the S-band payload, the company […]

[Satellite Today 06-09-09] BBC Worldwide signed a distribution deal with GlobeCast for delivery of international channel BBC Prime, Globecast announced June 8.     The channel will be distributed via GlobeCast’s […]

[Satellite Today 06-09-09] Pace has won a new high-definition HD set-top box deployment deal with Viasat, one of Europe’s biggest satellite pay-TV operators, Pace announced June 8.     Viasat, part […]

[Satellite Today 06-08-09] Pace launched a global Networks Approved Partner program to support the rollout of its MultiDweller distribution platform for high-occupancy buildings, the company announced June 4.     MultiDweller […]

[Satellite Today 06-05-09] NDS won a contract frp, Indonesian pay-TV operator, Indovision to supply an end-to-end solution to help protect and enhance Indovision’s platform, NDS announced June 4.     The […]

[Satellite Today 06-05-09] A special committee set up by OpenTV has rejected an offer from The Kudelski Group to buy all of OpenTV’s shares, Kudelski announced June 4.     In […]

[Satellite Today 06-05-09] KOAM-TV, a CBS broadcasting affiliate in Pittsburg, has selected Harris Corp.’s NewsForce digital news production system for live telecasts, Harris announced June 4.     The Harris solution […]

[Satellite Today 06-04-09] AT&T CruiseCast officially launched its in-car satellite service in partnership with RaySat Broadcasting Corp. and AT&T, the companies announced June 3.     The service combines satellite radio […]

[Satellite Today 06-04-09] A Texas district court judge has ruled that Dish Network and EchoStar Corp. are in contempt of a 2006 ruling that the two companies infringed on a […]

[Satellite Today 06-04-09] President Obama has nominated Rob McDowell to serve another term on the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC), the FCC announced June 2.      McDowell, appointed by former […]