Focus: Broadcasting

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...

Amino Communications is set to demonstrate its over-the-top (OTT) IPTV set-top boxes at the IBC Trade Show.    The IPTV devices use both HLS live streaming and HTML5 formats to deliver content over open and unmanaged networks. The devices select optimum network speeds to guarantee continuous quality rates during use. Amino said the devices also...

Video delivery solutions provider Sencore has entered into a partnership and reseller agreement with Ecuadorian broadcast equipment distributor BPE Electronic.    BPE Electronic will act as Sencore’s exclusive reseller in Ecuador, providing broadcast, transmission, testing, measurement, and Hamlet monitoring and signal analysis equipment to the market. BPE also will represent Sencore’s MRD and IRD line...

International satellite operator SES has signed an agreement with Sea & Space Exploration to distribute SES’ ASTRA2Connect satellite broadband service in 20 countries in Central and West Africa.    ASTRA2Connect will be distributed by Sea & Space spin-off company SatADSL through a specialized network of distributors based in Nigeria, Cameroon, Congo, Angola, Ivory Coast, Ghana...

[Satellite TODAY 09-09-11] Satellite 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...

The pace of change in broadcasting is always stark when you attend an event like IBC, where the talk will undoubtedly center on the latest innovations in broadcasting such as Connected TV, 3-D TV, and Ultra HD, among others. Whenever I attend the show, it is the pace of change in broadcasting that never fails...

If 2010 was the year that saw 3-D TV start to enter the mainstream consciousness, 2011 is the year where DTH operators started to make good on their strategies in this area. Some DTH operators, however, have not been rushing headlong into 3-D TV despite the blitz of publicity over the last year.     Dish...

GlobeCast has opened a new teleport and technical operations center in Rome to replace its previous facility, the company announced Sept. 6.    The new teleport was established to offer content management and distribution services via satellite and fiber to GlobeCast customers. The company said the teleport was launched in response to growing DTH and...