Focus: Broadcasting

Broadcasting remains the lifeblood of the satellite industry, but as we enter a more fragmented broadcast landscape, the impact of the new environment on satellite and broadcasters themselves remains uncertain. To stay relevant in a landscape dominated by multiple devices with access to video content, broadcasters will need to be very savvy with their strategies...

The opportunity of additional video display devices is to deliver content to more screens, but the risk to broadcasters is that some subscribers may go entirely online. Pay-TV satellite operators are accommodating the growing demand and satellite distribution companies are seeing a rising tide that lifts all boats in the market. With people showing more...

[Satellite TODAY Insider 03-29-12] Financial firm Citigroup raised its rating on DirecTV based on the satellite pay-TV company’s rapidly growing Latin American business, which it believes is being undervalued by the market, Citigroup analysts said in a March 28 research note.    DirecTV added fewer U.S. subscribers than anticipated in its 2011 fourth quarter, but...

[Satellite TODAY Insider 03-28-12] Satellite has pulled ahead of terrestrial and cable reception to become the leading TV infrastructure in Europe with approximately 84 million households on the continent equipped with satellite DTH as their primary TV reception mode, FSS operator SES announced March 27 in a research note.    During the past four years,...

[Satellite TODAY 03-28-12] Thomson Broadcast has hosted a successful test of the DVB-T2 Lite standard, which aims to extend and improve the standard’s performance for mobile reception, Thomson announced March 27.    The company said that all the tests were successfully completed to enable the full verification of the DVB-T2 standard’s release 1.3.1. The tests...

[Satellite News 03-27-12] Israel’s Novelsat burst onto the satellite bandwidth optimization market last year in a quest to improve the spectral efficiency of DVB-S2 with its NS3T satellite transmission modulation technology. While the company faced a considerable coalition of skeptical industry experts and engineers that believed it was not possible to have a new modulation...

[Satellite News 03-26-12] German telco Deutsche Telekom (DT) is enjoying a significant uptake on its satellite services as a result of its efforts to expand its footprint in Europe. The broadcaster now offers DTH services in five of the 10 markets where it offers pay-TV and has launched satellite TV propositions, such as Entertain Sat...

[Satellite TODAY 03-26-12] SES has entered into a collaborative agreement with electronics manufacturer Samsung to drive digital broadcasting services via satellite in the sub-Saharan Africa region, the companies confirmed March 23.    Under the terms of the partnership, Samsung will introduce an LED television with an integrated, free-to-air satellite receiver that will be distributed in...

[Satellite TODAY 03-23-12] Indian satellite broadcast infrastructure services provider Noida Software Technology Park Ltd. (NSTPL) has selected FSS operator Intelsat to provide satellite capacity for a new digital cable television distribution platform in India, Intelsat announced March 22.    The broadcaster signed a multi-year, multi-transponder agreement for C-band capacity on the Intelsat 902 satellite operating...

[Satellite TODAY 03-22-12] Satellite broadcaster BSkyB confirmed March 21 that it is planning to launch a new, over-the-top (OTT) Internet TV video service in the United Kingdom under the brand name Now TV.    BSkyB CEO Jeremy Darroch made the announcement during an appearance on BBC. Though he did not disclose the company’s planned pricing...