Focus: Broadcasting

he compression market is heating up ahead of NAB with the main technology vendors making a flurry of announcements as they look to meet the needs of broadcasters and DTH players.

Ericsson has launched a new high-performance compression platform for the delivery of TV services over all networks.

RRsat Global Communications Network, a provider of content management and global distribution services to the television and radio broadcasting industries, has announced several changes to the company's operational leadership team.

GlobeCast Asia has selected Ideal Systems Singapore to design and build a new state-of-the-art multichannel broadcast facility in Singapore's emerging media city Mediapolis@one-north. The new GlobeCast facility will be located at a Infinite Studios building, which is a 10-story purpose-built structure with more than 24,000 square meters.

During its first participation at the CABSAT 2013 conference, My-HD Media, a Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region television platform that offers a single viewing card solution for High Definition (HD) channels, announced a long-term strategic partnership with Arabsat.

Georgian media company JSC Global Contact Consulting has signed a multi-year lease with Eutelsat Communications for capacity on the Eutelsat 36B satellite.

Georgian media company JSC Global Contact Consulting has signed a multi-year lease with Eutelsat Communications for capacity on the Eutelsat 36B satellite.

[Satellite TODAY 03-15-13] The SATELLITE 2013 conference and exhibition is set to kick off Monday, March 18 with full-day pre-conference sessions focusing on the industry’s latest technical and engineering challenges.    The 32nd annual conference will be held March 18-21 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. This year’s annual event will...

[Satellite TODAY 03-14-13] Telenor Satellite Broadcasting (TSBc) has signed a satellite transmission agreement with Neterra, a new direct-to-home (DTH), white-label, shared platform, called “the W1”, that offers pay-tv services in Bulgaria.     Under this deal, Neterra has contracted two transponders on TSBc’s Thor 6 satellite located at 1 degree west. The move gives another boost...

[Satellite TODAY 03-14-13] ALi Corporation, a Set-Top Box (STB) solution provider, has announced the launch of its new high definition network media player, M3912. The player features multi-screen bridges, which enable sharing of local or cloud media content from smartphones/tablets to TV screens.    ALi’s M3912 also includes DVB to IP thick clients, which allow...