Focus: Broadcasting

[Satellite TODAY 09-16-11] Video contribution and distribution solutions T-VIPS has partnered with broadcast technology developer ProTelevision to develop a joint DVB-T2-Lite transmission solution, T-VIPS announced Sept. 15.    The companies said the solution will power a trial for the Danish operator Open Channel following the IBC 2011 conference in Amsterdam. The solution was designed to...

The data communications market via satellite in the Middle East is shrinking, according to one executive we spoke to at IBC today. This executive, who works for a telecoms service provider serving the market, says the Middle East data communications market for satellite is now under real pressure and that this market is dramatically decreasing...

Solaris Mobile has launched EUR Radio – a new, free, pan-European digital satellite radio demonstration platform, which will serve the European Union region. Solaris Mobile announced the initiative today at IBC. The aim is to show the benefits of the platform to radio broadcasters, a potential target for the company.    Solaris, a joint venture...

Eutelsat Communications is launching a DVB satellite transmission quality assurance initiative for the 2012 Olympics, which aims to safeguard satellite signal services, the operator announced Sept. 12.    Eutelsat said the effort is supported by the global broadcast community, the satellite industry and through three international associations: the World Broadcasting Unions-International Satellite Operations Group, the...

French overseas territories pay-TV provider Canal Plus Overseas has contracted multiple transponders and signed a long-term agreement with satellite operator SES for its subsidiary Canal Plus Afrique, the operator announced.    The deal will see the SES-4 satellite distribute the Canal Plus/CanalSat pay-TV bouquet of channels in Africa from the 338 degrees East orbital slot....

ViaSat is releasing its silicon-proven cores ECC66100 series as standard off-the-shelf products in an effort to develop forward error correction (FEC) for 100G optical transports, the satellite company announced Sept. 12.    ViaSat said the new technology was designed to produce cost savings over optical compensation techniques, increase optical channel capacity, and extend the range...

Transmission services provider SatLink Communications has completed a live trial of NovelSat’s 3G-Sat NS3 modulator (NS1000) and demodulator (NS2000) technology, which resulted in more than 50 percent increases in bandwidth efficiency when compared with the DVB-S2 standard, SatLink announced Sept. 8.    SatLink tested NovelSat’s NS3-enabled devices against DVB-S2 modulators and demodulators under a typical...

Optimal Satcom has been awarded a multi-year contract by Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS) to provide an enterprise satellite capacity system to help manage ABS’ commercial satellite business, Optimal Satcom announced Sept. 7.    The system will include Optimal Satcom’s Enterprise Capacity Manager (ECM) software system integrated with its Complan capacity management tool and several networked...

[Satellite TODAY 09-13-11] Eutelsat Communications is launching a DVB satellite transmission quality assurance initiative for the 2012 Olympics, which aims to safeguard satellite signal services, the operator announced Sept. 12.    Eutelsat said the effort is supported by the global broadcast community, the satellite industry and through three international associations: the World Broadcasting Unions-International Satellite...

[Satellite TODAY 09-13-11] French overseas territories pay-TV provider Canal Plus Overseas has contracted multiple transponders and signed a long-term agreement with satellite operator SES for its subsidiary Canal Plus Afrique, the operator announced.    The deal will see the SES-4 satellite distribute the Canal Plus/CanalSat pay-TV bouquet of channels in Africa from the 338 degrees...