Focus: Broadcasting

Telecom operators are becoming bigger believers in satellite technology. The advent of Ka-band satellites is prompting telcos, who previously had looked away from satellite, to re-assess the technology in terms of providing added reach to customers. One such telco that is now intriguingly looking towards satellite is Scandinavian giant TeliaSonera, which inked a deal with...

Intelsat has contracted Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) to build and deliver two high-power satellites that will provide DTH television service in Latin America, the FSS operator announced Sept. 9.     Intelsat said that it would operate the DLA-1 and DLA-2 satellites and provide them to regional DTH digital television services operator DirecTV Latin America. The Ku-band...

Satellite operator SES unveiled its new brand identity, which focuses on the consistent use of the SES name and logo throughout its various global market segments, the company announced Sept. 9.    SES said the introduction of the new corporate identity is part of the operator’s efforts to create a homogeneous global presence and a...

MTG Viasat Broadcasting, a free- and pay-TV operator in Scandinavia and the Baltic States, selected Never.no’s Interactivity Suite (IS) and broadcast add-on to enable its partner, Harris RTX, to display Twitter and Facebook feeds during its live broadcast of the UEFA Champions League playoff games.     In a Sept. 7 announcement, Never.no said its technology...

SoftAtHome, a software provider of home operating platforms, has collaborated with IPTV and OTT developer Huawei to create an end-to-end turnkey IPTV solution that enables operators to deploy services for the digital home, the companies announced.     UAE-based operator Etisalat is deploying this joint solution as part of their new eLife offering and demonstrating the...

Video delivery solutions provider Sencore has introduced a new range of features and functionality for its contribution decoding services, the company announced Sept. 9.    Sencore said it is demonstrating new encoding and decoding technology at the IBC conference to achieve higher levels of video quality with the H.264 codec and to overcome the latency...

Taiwanese operator Chunghwa Telecom has selected Ericsson to deploy and integrate a new IPTV platform that will deliver multi-screen interactive multimedia services to more than 900,000 subscribers, Chunghwa announced Sept. 8.    The Chunghwa Telecom deal also includes Ericsson Multiscreen TV and the Ericsson Media Connect (IPTV Remote) service. The new services are due to...

Thomson Broadcast has rolled out its new Futhura Plus high-power television transmitter, designed to offer energy savings to broadcasters and a 50 percent improvement in efficiency over current standard transmitters on the market, the company announced.    The transmitter uses drain modulation technology for use in initial deployments or for extending existing digital networks. Thomson...

Teleport services provider SatLink Communications has introduced its new media analysis service, which aims to enable media companies to capture, monitor, collate and analyze their own and their competitions’ content from around the world, SatLink announced Sept. 7.     SatLink partnered with Actus Digital to develop the business intelligence service for worldwide media networks, national...

One of the major new satellite developments to happen during the past 12 months was Ka-band’s evolution from a concept to a reality in orbit. The bandwidth has taken off with considerable momentum and is set to accelerate at a blinding pace as $5 billion in new Ka-band spacecraft are set to launch through 2014...