Focus: Broadcasting

[Satellite TODAY 10-12-11] Satellite and video services provider Spacenet Communications Services de Mexico (Spacenet Mexico) has launched an iDirect Evolution satellite network to distribute live HD content and digital movies to cinema complexes in Mexican cities, iDirect announced Oct. 11.    Spacenet Mexico will use the network to provide critical connectivity from its teleport where...

[Satellite TODAY 10-12-11] Video infrastructure solutions provider Harmonic has entered into a strategic partnership with cloud-based software developer KIT Digital to combine products from both companies’ portfolios and create an end-to-end multi-screen video architecture offering, the partners announced Oct. 11.    Harmonic said it is working together with KIT Digital to create solutions that aim...

[Satellite TODAY 10-06-11] Satellite operator SES has secured an additional long-term contract with U.K. broadcaster Channel 4 to provide additional capacity on SES’ recently launched Astra 1N spacecraft, SES announced Oct. 5.    Channel 4 already has three transponders under contract at SES’s 28.2 degrees East orbital slot. The broadcaster said it would use its...

[Satellite TODAY 10-06-11] Signal quality and video delivery solutions provider Sencore has deployed two SMD 989 DVB-S/S2 satellite modulators to NES Communications, which has installed the new hardware in its HD digital satellite uplink vehicle, Sencore announced Oct. 5.    NES Communications Vice President and General Manager Keith Valeri said his company selected the SMD...

[Satellite TODAY Insider 10-03-11] International Launch Services (ILS) has launched operator SES’ QuetzSat-1 satellite into geostationary transfer orbit on board an Proton Breeze M rocket, the companies confirmed Sept. 30.    Space Systems/Loral (SS/L), which was procured by SES to build QuetzSat-1, said the satellite is now performing post-launch maneuvers according to plan. “The satellite...

[Satellite TODAY 10-03-11] The Supreme Court of Canada ruled that it would hear an appeals case involving Bell Canada and cable companies Cogeco, Rogers Communications, Telus and Shaw Communications to determine if cable and satellite companies should be required to pay for local TV signals, court officials confirmed Sept. 30.    The appeal relates to...

[Satellite TODAY Insider 09-30-10] The global television industry should adapt its business models to capitalize on interactive TV services as demand for content management and delivery services continues to evolve and change, according to a World Teleport Association (WTA) report issued Sept. 28.    The WTA report, “Future TV and the Teleport,” presented research showing...

[Satellite TODAY 09-30-10] U.S. satellite pay-TV operator DirecTV spent $1.17 million in its 2011 fiscal second quarter to lobby the U.S. federal government on a variety of broadcasting issues, marking the second straight quarter that the company has increased its lobbying fund compared with the same period in 2010, the company said in a Sept....

[Satellite TODAY 09-29-11] Satellite operator SES’ QuetzSat-1 satellite will be launched into space from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on board an International Launch Services (ILS) Proton Breeze M rocket on Sept. 30, SES confirmed Sept. 28.    The QuetzSat-1 satellite will be placed into position at the 77 degrees West orbital slot to be used in...

[Satellite TODAY 09-26-11] Dish Network is set to launch Blockbuster Movie Pass, an on-demand video streaming service to compete with rival Netflix, the company confirmed Sept. 23.    The service will provide more than 100,000 DVD movies, TV shows and games available by mail. Dish Network said that it will charge no additional fee for...