Focus: Broadcasting

[Via Satellite 04-10-2014] Cisco showcased plans to virtualize and cloud-enable video processing during a public demonstration of 4K live streaming. The company also intends to enhance its Videoscape TV platform AnyRes encoding solution to support 4K/Ultra-HD content and the High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) standard. Cisco’s V2P is comprised of three elements: a virtualized video...

[Via Satellite 04-10-2014] ThinKom’s ThinSAT 300 antenna was successfully proven in Satellite News Gathering (SNG) and broadcasting applications using HDAVS’s EPK Emergency News Reporting SNG Vehicle. The vehicle was able to transmit at a rate of more than 8 Mbps while driving at speeds of more than 85 mph. The ThinSAT 300 antenna is a...

[Via Satellite 04-10-2014] MediaCorp has partnered with Envivio to deploy Envivio Muse encoders for its Toggle service to deliver Over-The-Top (OTT) television to viewers in Singapore. Envivio and Village Island collaborated to install the system, which includes Envivio transcoding and packaging and a Village Island downlink reception system. The Envivio Muse encoders are used to...

[Via Satellite 04-09-2014] After partnering with Panasonic to produce the first television set capable of Satellite Over IP (SAT>IP), SES believes there is more room to grow. SAT>IP is a communications protocol that takes Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB) data and transfers it into IP format. This enables satellite operators to transport live linear satellite television...

[Via Satellite 04-08-2014] Canal + Overseas renewed and expanded its existing agreement with Intelsat to enhance its high definition, Direct-to-Home (DTH) programming in the Caribbean. Canal + Overseas has decided to continue its multiple-transponder use on the Intelsat 903 satellite, and in 2017 the company plans to transition its capacity to the follow-on satellite, Intelsat...

[Via Satellite 04-08-2014] Intelsat and partners BT, Ericsson, Sony and Newtec are displaying a new 4K Ultra-HD television, which is transmitting end-to-end over satellite to the 2014 NAB Show in Las Vegas, Nevada. The presentation is intended to demonstrate preparedness of satellite for 4K Ultra-HD TV commercialization. The transmission consists of live sports programming captured...

[Via Satellite 04-08-2014] ViXS has partnered with SES in an end-to-end satellite broadcast of Ultra-HD content, demonstrated during the seventh SES Industry Days in Luxembourg. SES displayed this Ultra-HD content using the ViXS XCode 6400 decoder, which encodes in 10-bit High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) at 60 frames per second. The ViXS XCode 4600 is...

[Via Satellite 04-07-2014] Intelsat has signed a multi-year agreement with RRsat under which RRsat will use Intelsat capacity to expand and enhance the company’s access to the North American Direct-to-Home (DTH) market. RRsat will increase its capacity on the Galaxy 19 video neighborhood, which serves as the premier Free-to-Air (FTA) multicultural programming neighborhood in the...

[Via Satellite 04-04-2014] The Arab States Broadcasting Union (ASBU) has signed a multi-year contract with Eutelsat Communications for Ku-band capacity on the Eutelsat 21B satellite covering the Middle East, North Africa and Europe. The capacity will be used to broadcast content exchanges between ASBU member broadcasters in the region between Morocco and Bahrain and from...

[Via Satellite 04-04-2014] Asia Satellite Telecommunications (AsiaSat) has announced that Pashto 1, Pakistan’s Pashto entertainment channel, has started broadcasting on the AsiaSat 7 satellite. The Free-to-Air (FTA) channel offers general entertainment programming and serves Pakistan, Afghanistan, the Middle East and other regions with a Pashto-speaking population. “We welcome Pashto 1 to the AsiaSat family of...