Focus: Broadcasting

[Satellite TODAY 11-02-12] Satellite service provider Intelsat will provide Fiji TV with capacity to deliver direct-to-home (DTH) services to customers throughout the Pacific Ocean region via its Intelsat 19 video neighborhood at 166 degrees East, Intelsat announced Oct. 31.  The agreement aims to enable Fiji TV to expand its Pay TV business in the Pacific...

The M6 Group is one of France’s largest commercial broadcasters. The media company is planning on launching a number of new channels this year, as well continuing to modernize its infrastructure so it can provide content on more devices. Christophe Foglio, the M6 Group’s CTO talks about how the broadcaster is looking to become an...

[Satellite TODAY 10-29-12] Measat Satellite Systems has reached an agreement with Encompass Digital Media to add the History North East Asia regional feed on the Measat-3 satellite located at the 91.5 degrees East orbital slot, the operator announced Oct. 29.    The addition of the History North East Asia regional feed brings the number of...

[Satellite TODAY 10-29-12] ScheduALL is set to demonstrate the automatic satellite communication resource sharing features of its ERM application (ERMa) add-on module next month at the Satcon trade show, the company announced Oct. 26.    ScheduALL’s ERMa aims to enable a company to search, source and secure available or excess bandwidth from satellite or terrestrial...

[Satellite News 10-25-12] Spanish-language broadcaster Grupo Televisa SAB enjoyed a significant 41 percent increase in its 2012 third-quarter profit compared to the same period last year thanks to a healthy boost of new cable and satellite television subscribers in Mexico, the company announced in its latest financial results issued Oct. 24.    The company’s Sky...

[Satellite TODAY 10-25-12] Taiwanese digital set-top box (STB) developer ALi Corp. has entered into an agreement with content protection and value-added service technology company Kudelski Group to acquire its Abilis Systems Sàrl subsidiary, Kudelski confirmed Oct. 25.    Abilis is a fabless semiconductor company that provides RF modulators, secure media processors and broadcast-to-IP solutions from...

[Satellite TODAY 10-25-12] Regional operator Measat Satellite Systems has signed an agreement with GlobeCast to distribute ITV Granada in HD across Asia and the Middle East via the Measat-3 satellite, Measat announced Oct. 25.    Measat-3 is co-located at the 91.5 degrees East orbital slot with the Measat-3a satellite.    ITV Granada is part of...

[Satellite TODAY Insider 10-24-12] SiriusXM Radio CEO Mel Karmazin has informed the company’s board of directors that he will resign from his position in February 2013, following a transition period and the expiration of his current employment agreement, the satellite radio broadcaster confirmed Oct. 24.    The SiriusXM board of directors formed a search committee...

[Satellite TODAY Insider 10-23-12] Worldwide pay-TV yearly service revenues will grow from $223 billion reported at the end of 2011 to $236 billion by the end of 2012, according to a research report published Oct. 23 by analysis firm ABI Research.    The ABI report study produced market data on average revenue per user (ARPU)...

[Satellite TODAY 10-22-12] Satellite pay-TV operator Dish Network has settled all of its pending litigation with Voom HD Holdings after agreeing to pay $700 million in cash, the companies announced Oct. 22.    Dish Network also will receive 500 MHz of wireless multichannel video distribution and data service (MVDDS) spectrum licenses as part of the...