Focus: Broadcasting

AT&T has reached a deal with TPG Capital to spin off its U.S. video business unit of DIRECTV, AT&T TV, and U-verse. The transaction, announced Feb. 25., will separate AT&T’s...

AsiaSat is considering a new High Throughput Satellite (HTS), and may issue an RFP later this year, CEO Roger Tong told Via Satellite. While the company has been on a...

Azercosmos has signed a new broadcasting capacity deal in Africa. The company has come to an agreement with View Satellite Network, which will use capacity on the Azerspace-2 satellite to...

SES has won contracts in the European public service broadcasting arena worth over 66 million euros ($79.97 million), the company announced Feb. 22. The company signed multi-year capacity agreements in...

Global satellite operator Eutelsat has won a multi-year contract to deliver Ka-band satellite broadband services to Zimbabwe’s state-owned internet service provider, TelOne (Pvt) Limited. Starting in March, Eutelsat broadband division...

Eutelsat announced two new capacity deals in the space of 24 hours, including a deal with Liquid Telecom, which renewed and expanded its Ku-band capacity agreements on the EUTELSAT 7B...

Satellite pay-TV subscription numbers in the Middle East countries in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) are experiencing a sharp drop-off over the past few years, according to a new report...

The onslaught of pay-TV offerings such as Netflix, Amazon, and Disney+ have no doubt changed the dynamics of broadcasting around the world, but broadcast remains a key market for satellite....

Vislink revealed Thursday the launch of IP Link 3.0, a new Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) 3.0 Studio-Transmitter Link system for broadcasting service platforms. Vislink’s IP data over Radio Frequency...

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched SiriusXM‘s latest satellite over the weekend. On Sunday, Dec. 13, a Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida...