Focus: Broadcasting

[Satellite TODAY 09-24-12] SES now expects its Astra 2F satellite to be launched on Sept. 28, the company announced Sept. 24. The satellite will be launched into space from the European Space Center in French Guiana on board an Ariane 5 ECA rocket.    The Astra 2F satellite was built by EADS Astrium in Toulouse...

[Satellite TODAY 09-24-12] Dish TV, India’s largest DTH operator, has signed a key sports content collaboration deal as it seeks to improve it content offering here. Dish TV has well over 10 million subscribers in India, one of the world’s most vibrant DTH markets.    Dish has announced that it is joining up with Ten...

[Satellite TODAY 09-20-12] Amos satellite fleet operator Spacecom and SatLink Communications have reached an agreement with France 24 to distribute the network’s French and English channels to Africa via the Amos-5 satellite, Spacecom announced Sept. 20.    France 24 will use the Amos-5 Ku-band TV distribution platforms from SatLink at 17 degrees East to deliver...

[Satellite TODAY Insider 09-20-12] The global pay-TV industry’s subscriber base will reach 858.1 million customers at the end of 2012, a 5 percent year-on-year increase from 2011 despite this year’s decline in the North America pay-TV region, according to a market study published Sept. 19 by ABI Research.    The analysts firm predicted that North...

[Satellite TODAY Insider 09-19-12] The hourly cost of providing standard definition over-the-top (OTT) services over a content delivery network (CDN currently exceeds the cost of satellite distribution when the audience is greater than 8,000 viewers, according to a new survey report published Sept. 19 by IHS.    The research suggests that high OTT delivery costswill...

[Satellite News 09-18-12] Telenor Satellite Broadcasting (TSBc) is one of a number of operators that sees a great opportunity in the maritime market. The company, which is planning on launching its Thor 7 satellite in the early part of 2014 is seeing increased demand for services from the shipping community. TSBc launched its Thor 6...

[Satellite TODAY 09-18-12] ViaSat has added a multi-channel AES-256/128 bit security IP core to its line of soft decision Forward Error Correction (FEC) cores for 100/200G optical communications, the company announced Sept. 17.    The core consists of a comprehensive set of pre-integrated security functions that customers can implement into FPGA or ASIC designs. The...

[Satellite TODAY 09-14-12] Liberty Media Chairman John Malone is planning to replace Sirius XM CEO Mel Karmazin in an attempt to gain control of the satellite-radio company, according to a Sept. 14 report published in the New York Post.    Liberty Media is Sirius XM’s largest shareholder with a little less than 50 percent of...

[Satellite TODAY 09-14-12] Harris Broadcast Communications has received an order for advanced digital asset management (DAM) technology from Infront Italy, which will use the equipment to provide highlights from Italian football league matches in HD, Harris announced Sept. 14.    Infront Italy customers can view the highlights on their mobile phones, PDAs and laptops within...

[Satellite News 09-13-12] Modern Times Group (MTG) subsidiary and European broadcaster Viasat Broadcasting completed a series of significant agreements to secure rights to international video content platforms. The company released a slew of announcements Sept. 13 to confirm the completion of the deal.    Viasat Broadcasting’s first success was extending a multi-year license agreement with...