Focus: Broadcasting

[Satellite TODAY 08-06-12] Independent Polish telecommunications company Info TV is installing a national network of Harris DVB-T2-ready Maxiva UAX television transmitters to support a new DVB-T network for mobile applications, the broadcaster announced Aug. 3.    Info TV said the Harris DVB-T transmission network would comprise of 21 locations across Poland to support the first...

[Satellite TODAY 08-03-12] Miranda Technologies has rolled out enhancements for its NVision 9000 router control system for television broadcasters and multi-system operators, the company announced Aug. 2.    The improved systems aim to enable new customer options for router system upgrades and bi-directional communications with all NVision routing systems and legacy, third-party router systems.  ...

I was thinking about the space industry the other day and it occurred to me that things are more complex than they once were. It is not clear to me exactly what we mean when we speak about the satellite industry in the second decade of the 21st century. There was a time when satellite...

[Satellite TODAY 08-01-12] U.K.-based satellite service provider ViewSat has deployed a comprehensive digital video headend based on Harmonic video processing solutions, the companies confirmed July 31.    ViewSat will leverage high density capabilities of Harmonic’s Electra multichannel encoding solution, along with Harmonics’ ProStream processing and transcoding platforms. ViewSat said it would use the solutions to...

The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is a private, non-profit corporation whose members are America’s public TV stations — non-commercial, educational licensees that operate more than 350 PBS member stations and serve all 50 states, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Guam and American Samoa. Like most broadcasters, PBS has to adapt to a new world. John McCoskey,...

[Satellite TODAY 08-01-12] European satellite solutions manufacturer Work Microwave has rolled out a series of new features for its range of high-speed DVB-S2 modems, including new traffic optimization and bandwidth-capacity management capabilities, the company announced July 31.    Work Microwave said the new features aim to allow broadcast, satellite and telecommunications providers to more efficiently...

[Satellite TODAY 08-01-12] Pay-TV consumer inquiries and informal complaints received and processed by the U.S. Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau decreased by nearly 21 in the second quarter of 2012 compared with the previous quarter, according to a U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) consumer satisfaction report published July 31.    The FCC study showed that...

[Satellite TODAY 07-27-12] SES signed a long-term extension of its framework agreement with French pay-TV operator Groupe Canal Plus for the entire capacity of 24 transponders on the SES fleet at the 19.2 degrees East orbital slot, SES announced July 26.    Canal Plus recently contracted its 24th transponder on the ASTRA Satellite System in...

[Satellite TODAY 07-27-12] Chinese satellite hardware manufacturer GlobalSat has licensed the Galio HbbTV platform from ANT for hybrid broadcast and broadband TV markets, which will lead to the launch of its next-generation connected set-top boxes, the company announced July 26.    GlobalSat currently deploys a range of digital set-top boxes to satellite, terrestrial, cable and...

[Satellite TODAY 07-25-12] Telenor Satellite Broadcasting (TSBc) has pre-sold nearly its entire allocation of occasional-use capacity at the 1 degree West orbital slot for special broadcast services covering the 2012 London Olympic Games, the company announced July 24.    TSBc signed a contract with the BBC in 2011 for capacity on the IS 10-02 satellite...