Focus: Broadcasting

[Satellite TODAY 01-09-13] SES and GlobeCast have renewed their agreement for use of transponders on the operator’s NSS-806 and AMC-1 satellites, the companies announced Jan. 9.    GlobeCast will continue to utilize two transponders of 36 MHz on the NSS-806 satellite at the 319.5 degrees East orbital slot and one transponder of 36 MHz on...

[Satellite TODAY 01-09-13] SiriusXM service will now be standard on the majority of Toyota’s multimedia systems beginning in 2013, the satellite radio broadcaster announced Jan. 8. This will be the first time SiriusXM will be standard across all of Toyota’s trim levels.     SiriusXM will also be standard on all vehicles equipped with Toyota’s Entune...

[Satellite TODAY 01-09-13] Pentek has rolled out a new line of multiband, modular RF slot receivers, the manufacturer announced Jan. 8.    Pentek’s Model 8111 series accepts RF signals over the range of 800 MHz to 3 GHz, down-converting them to a 225 MHz IF signal suitable for A/D conversion by any of the company’s...

[Satellite TODAY 01-04-12] Wired and wireless semiconductor solutions provider Broadcom has enabled Cryptography Research (CRI) differential power analysis (DPA) countermeasures across its line of set-top box (STB) platforms, the company announced Jan. 3.    Broadcom is licensing CRI technology and deploying advanced security measures that aim to allow broadcasters to securely expand services and premium...

[Satellite TODAY 01-03-12] EchoStar Satellite Services has hired SiriusXM Vice President of Dngineering Derek de Bastos as its CTO, the broadcast satellite company announced Jan 3.    De Bastos was among the first employees of XM Satellite Radio, where he was vice president of satellite engineering for nine years before the 2008 merger of Sirius...

Rupert Pearce took over as CEO of Inmarsat at the start of 2012 in the middle of a key transitional point for the company. The company is investing around $1.2 billion in three Ka-band satellites as part of its Global Xpress system. In 2013, the first of these satellites will launch. Inmarsat, which is targeting...

Japanese broadcaster NHK is at the cutting edge of new technologies. Its coverage of the 2012 London Olympics in Super Hi-Vision (SHV) is testament to that. This is just one of a number of ambitious projects that the broadcaster is involved in. Keiichi Kubota, executive director general of engineering, NHK talks about these key technology...

Broadcasters in markets such as Central and Eastern Europe and Africa are all facing some of the same challenges that broadcasters are in markets such as Western Europe and North America. In this exclusive roundtable, we talk to some broadcasters in key developing regions about where they are with their HD strategies, and how also...

DirecTV subscription prices will rise in the upcoming year, the satellite TV provider announced via a customer support page Dec. 28.

Manufacturers and distributors of Thai satellite TV systems are demanding reductions to the license fees collected by the NBTC of Thailand.