Focus: Broadcasting

High Throughput Satellites (HTS) remain a hot topic of conversation in the industry, but their impact outside of North America is harder to examine. In Latin America, a vibrant region...

[Via Satellite 09-18-13] Discovery Communications has signed a new capacity agreement with Intelsat. As part of the multi-transponder agreement, Discovery will use the distribution power of the Intelsat 19 video...

[Via Satellite 09-16-13] Panasonic Avionics Corporation has enhanced the coverage and capacity of its in-flight connectivity service over South America through the use of Telesat’s new Anik G1 satellite. Anik...

[Via Satellite 09-16-13] Eutelsat Communications and Samsung Electronics will combine their industry-leading expertise to partner on the promotion of ultra-HD. The two companies have launched a dedicated ultra-HD satellite channel...

[Via Satellite 09-16-13] International Datacasting (IDC) and Irdeto have joined forces to provide a solution for overcoming the hurdles facing pay television operators in fast-growing markets. The two companies are...

[Via Satellite 09-16-13] Wistron NeWeb Corporation’s (WNC) latest operator-class Low Noise Block (LNB) converter, which leverages Entropic’s EN5288 Channel Stacking Switch (CSS), has been approved for use and deployment at...

[Via Satellite 09-13-13] Arqiva, a communications infrastructure and media services company, has selected satellite specialist Newtec’s M6100 Satellite Broadcast Modulator to upgrade parts of its network. The multi-year deal, enabled...

[Paris 09-12-13] The “Regional Operators: Asia” panel at World Satellite Business Week painted an optimistic future for the key regional players in the region, with strong DTH advances likely to...

[Via Satellite 09-12-13] Ericsson, Eutelsat Communications, Globecast, Newtec and SKY Italia confirmed they have successfully completed a series of live tests of an end-to-end satellite-based delivery chain for contribution of...

[Via Satellite 09-12-13] ASC Signal Corporation has provided the first of several large gateway antennas with high-accuracy tracking for the Slovenia teleport of Satellite Telecommunication Network (STN). The first Ka-band...