Focus: Broadcasting

[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...

[Via Satellite 04-03-2014] Israel-based NovelSat is offering to provide broadcasters with free bandwidth, per se, through its newest product: FreeBand. According to NovelSat CEO Itzik Wulkan, the product enables live...

[Via Satellite 04-03-2014] Azerbaijani satellite operator Azercosmos has signed an agreement with Ukrainian company Ukrkosmos to broadcast a package of Ukrainian TV channels via its Azerspace 1 satellite. The package...

[Via Satellite 04-02-2014] Eutelsat Communications’ satellites will be a core component of the broadcast infrastructure mobilized to deliver live worldwide coverage of the canonization ceremony of Popes John XXIII and...

[Via Satellite 04-01-2014] News of talks between Charlie Ergen, chairman of the board of Dish, and Mike White, CEO of DirecTV, fueled a brief rise in the stocks of both...

[Via Satellite 04-01-2014] RRsat Global Communications Network has been selected as the key delivery partner of DFH Network for North American distribution. This will be the first package to be...

[Via Satellite 03-28-2014] SiriusXM is working with AutoManager to enroll independent franchise dealers in the SiriusXM Pre-Owned Vehicle Program. Auto dealerships that use AutoManager’s DeskManager and WebManager products can enroll...

[Via Satellite 03-28-2014] NovelSat has announced the availability of NovelSat FreeBand, a new solution that provides broadcasters with free satellite bandwidth for video contribution. Many broadcasters have to lease satellite...

[Via Satellite 03-28-2014] Thaicom will begin broadcasting Digital Terrestrial TV (DTT) system signals on a trial basis in accordance with Thailand’s National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission’s (NBTC) Must Carry rule....

In nearly every executive briefing that Cisco conducts with its commercial broadcast clients, one question keeps popping up: What is the new role of fiber or terrestrial services? “Categorically, we get a