Focus: Broadcasting

Telespazio has signed a contract with the French company STIME to deploy one of the largest Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) satellite networks in Europe for Les Mousquetaires group.

Fashion TV (FTV), has selected SatLink Communications, a global teleport, content management and HD playout services provider, to playout, uplink and stream its HD channel onto AsiaSat 5.

Miranda Technologies announced it has partnered with ViewSat for the installation of a pair of NVISION 8144 routers at ViewSat’s U.K. base.

Universal Satellite Communications (UniSat) has selected ATEME’s CM5000 encoders to upgrade its satellite news gathering (SNG) vehicles with the latest in encoding technology.

WORK Microwave has partnered with Adtec Digital to launch Video ACM, an integrated data/video (DaVid) modem and encoding solution for enhanced video contribution.

Google recently held meetings with major media companies that own television networks, signaling the race to sell services via the Internet.

The RFI–EUI training & certification working group has announced that the first certification exam is now available through the GVF.

Cobham will feature a new wireless HD COFDM camera transmitter at IBC 2013.

MACOM, a supplier of high performance RF, microwave, and millimeter wave products, announced a new integrated SPDT switch and Low Noise Amplifier (LNA), with bypass mode, for WLAN 802.11a,n,ac network applications.

Satellite technology has allowed British adventurer Adrian Hayes and his team to document their travel to K2, the second-highest mountain on Earth, on the border of Pakistan and China.