Focus: Broadcasting

[Via Satellite 11-11-13] Building on the momentum from Amos 5, Spacecom has signed agreements with a consortium of banks and the Amos 6 satellite manufacturer for loans totaling just over $293 million to finance the construction, launch, insurance and financing costs related to the Amos 6 satellite. The consortium is led by Export Development Canada...

[Via Satellite 11-11-13] The Global VSAT Forum (GVF), Satellite Interference Reduction Group (IRG), and the Radio Frequency Interference – End Users Initiative (RFI-EUI) have launched a joint initiative to implement interference prevention measures more deeply throughout the broadcast sector. The launch follows a number of important milestones, including a recent meeting of the Arab States...

  [Via Satellite 11-08-13] Changes are afoot in the satellite industry, and analysts at Euroconsult have detailed them in a new report titled “Satellites to be Built & Launched by 2022, World Market Survey.” The consulting firm expects 1,150 satellites, worth a collective total of $263 billion, to be launched over the next 10 years....

[Via Satellite 11-08-13] Infonetics Research released excerpts from its second edition “Pay TV Subscriber Database,” which tracks the cable video, satellite video and telco IPTV subscribers of more than 140 service providers around the world. “Cable TV and IPTV subscriptions in North America and EMEA continue to move in opposite directions,” said Jeff Heynen, principal...

[Via Satellite 11-07-13] Eutelsat has been boosted by a new capacity deal in Africa. The company announced Nov. 7 that it had signed a deal with Télédiffusion d’Algérie (TDA) for capacity on the Eutelsat 7 West A satellite. The long-term contract for one 72 MHz transponder opens access for TDA to Eutelsat’s 7/8 degrees west...

[Via Satellite 11-05-13] A Southeast Asian data services provider has contracted all Ku-band capacity on the recently launched Amos 4 satellite, operated by Spacecom. Pursuant to this new contract, the data provider will use Amos 4’s full complement of four transponders to provide VSAT, mobile backhaul, maritime and other services to its customers throughout the...

[Via Satellite 11-05-13] SuperSport has installed more than 70 of Miranda Technologies’ Imagestore 750 HD/SD master control and branding processors. They have also installed Densité LGK-3901 logo insertion and downstream keyer modules as part of a major expansion project. Miranda Technologies bolsters SuperSport’s two-phase “Argus Project,” which entails moving SuperSport’s programing to a new, purpose-built...

[Via Satellite 11-05-13] Eutelsat began a long-term contract with Azam Media for capacity on its Eutelsat 7A satellite. Azam Media will use 108 MHz of capacity as the platform to broadcast its new TV venture, AzamTV, into sub-Saharan Africa from its base in Tanzania. Azam Media is in the final stages of preparation to launch...

[Via Satellite 11-04-13] TrustComm and Thuraya introduced Starlight, a new end-to-end, U.S.-managed implementation of mobile satellite services (MSS) delivered via Thuraya satellites. With Starlight, the full lifecycle of Thuraya’s suite of services is managed by a U.S. company, in order to better reach customers in the maritime, land, energy and enterprise markets. “Starlight is designed...

[Via Satellite 11-04-13] Euronics is teaming up with Eutelsat and getinternet to take satellite broadband to German high streets. The agreement with Eutelsat will enable the companies to offer the Tooway satellite broadband service, which has a 20Mbps downlink speed and 6Mbps uplink speed. Tooway is provided via the Ka-Sat High Throughput Satellite (HTS). Additional...