Focus: Broadcasting

The satellite industry is full of potential growth markets for operators and technology vendors to exploit. Despite the onset of fiber and wireless networks, the satellite industry appears in good health in both established markets, as well as new markets that are emerging. Oil and gas has long been a strong vertical market for the...

The country of Azerbaijan is adopting a very progressive space strategy, and is working with Measat Satellite Systems to develop a space capability. Azercosmos is the national satellite operator and the company’s chairman and CEO, Rashad Nabiyev, talks about how satellites could make a difference in Azerbaijan. VIA SATELLITE: How important is it for Azerbaijan...

The eyes of the world will be on the United Kingdom and the BBC during the next few months as the summer Olympics begin in London. The BBC, one of the world’s largest broadcasters, is set for a huge year because of this and they are ready for the enormous media interest that comes with...

iDrirect Unveils New Military Airborne Router iDirect Government Technologies has released a satellite router that aims to enable constant connectivity between manned and unmanned aircraft for uninterrupted command and control communications between theaters and the transmission of high-definition imagery from aircraft to soldiers on the ground. KVH Opens New Satellite Observatory, Testing Facility KVH Industries...

[Satellite TODAY 05-01-12] British broadcaster BSkyB has renewed its broadcast and multimedia sales software contract with Harris Corp. for a period of five years with an additional three-year extension option, Harris announced April 30.     BSkyB and Harris also will work together to develop new Harris Landmark software functionalities to address future media sales challenges....

[Satellite News 04-30-12] SES has unveiled a new broadcast technology that it hopes will revolutionize how satellite TV signals are received within the home. SES designed SAT-IP as a new IP-based satellite reception technology that demodulates and converts satellite signals to IP.    SES Vice President of Reception Systems Thomas Wrede said the introduction of...

[Satellite TODAY Insider 04-26-12] Media Partners Asia (MPA), a leading research firm in Aisa, is forecasting that DTH will grow exponentially in the next 10 years. “Our forecast right now has DTH at more than 11 percent market share. It goes to about 30 percent over the next decade. That is driven by China, but...

[Satellite TODAY 04-26-11] SES will add two new Bavarian TV channels to the Astra satellite system at the end of April, the company announced April 25.        The two channels, Franken Fernsehen in Nuremberg and a.tv in Augsburg, were previously local part-time channels, but now extend their offer to full-time. The channels will use former...

[Satellite TODAY 04-24-11]  Arqiva has announced a new digital cinema deal in the United Kingdom. Vue Cinemas has joined Arqiva’s digital cinema satellite distribution network on the IS905 satellite, which means all 69 of its cinemas will be equipped to receive movies, trailers, advertising and live events by satellite.             “We are delighted to sign...

[Satellite TODAY 04-23-12] Norwegian pay-TV provider Viasat Broadcasting reported that its premium pay-TV subscriber base in the Nordic region fell by 19,000 in the first quarter of 2012 to a little more than one million subscribers, the company confirmed April 20.    Viasat Broadcasting’s total basic satellite subscriber base, however, rose by 4,000 customers to...