Focus: Broadcasting

[Satellite TODAY 05-02-13] Viasat Broadcasting has appointed Aleks Habdank as chief operating officer of its Pay-TV Emerging Markets operations, effective May 7, 2013. Habdank will be based in London and...

[Satellite TODAY 05-01-13] Freesat, the subscription free satellite TV platform in the United Kingdom, is now in 1.7 million homes, which represents around 6 percent of U.K homes. According to...

[Satellite TODAY 05-01-13] Sirius XM Radio has announced the appointment of James E. Meyer as chief executive officer, effective immediately. Meyer has served as the interim CEO since December. He...

[Satellite TODAY 05-01-13] Modern Times Group MTG has announced that Viasat Broadcasting, which comprises MTG’s television broadcasting operations, will make its Viasat Premium HD package available to Mobile TeleSystems OJSC...

[Satellite TODAY 05-01-13] Advantech Wireless has announced the release of its new Direct to Home (DTH) solution: the new Sapphire Series 600W Ku-Band UltraLinearTM GaN SSPA/BUC.       Featuring high...

[Satellite TODAY 04-29-13] Telenor Satellite Broadcasting’s (TSBc) revenues continue to decline. The operator reported revenues of 237 million Norwegian Kroner ($40.46 million) in the first three months of this year,...

[Satellite TODAY 04-29-13] OSN, a pay-TV network in the Middle East and North Africa, has partnered with ABS-CBN, one of the largest Filipino TV networks in the world, to bring...

Iraq has accused 10 satellite channels, including Al Jazeera, of airing "misleading and exaggerated" coverage of recent fighting and "promoting violence."

[Satellite TODAY 04-25-13] SES has announced that 22 percent of all TV households (or 3.7 million homes) in Ukraine in 2012 receive TV directly from satellites. The numbers are a...

[Satellite TODAY 04-19-13] SES and Eutelsat Communications have both made key Ultra-HD (4K) announcements in the last 24 hours. Eutelsat revealed it was teaming up with leading Turkish pay-TV provider,...