Focus: Broadcasting

[Satellite TODAY 07-19-11] GlobeCast has been selected by French national broadcaster France Télévisions to provide a complete solution to deliver live broadcast coverage of every stage of the Tour de France cycling competition, the company announced July 18.    GlobeCast was contracted to deliver 10 hours of satellite transmissions and five hours via microwave for...

[Satellite TODAY 07-13-11] GlobeCast named Philippe Rouxel Chief Marketing Officer, with responsibilities to develop GlobeCast’s global product strategy for its business units in France, United Kingdom, Italy, South Africa, Asia and the Americas.    Rouxel also will lead the implementation of a strategy focused on value-added products in the broadcast market, particularly in response to...

[Satellite TODAY Insider 07-12-11] The number of pay-TV DTH homes will increase from 139 million at the end of 2010 to approximately 195 million across 73 countries by the end of 2016, according to a Digital TV Research report issued July 11.    The report’s satellite TV forecasts showed promising potential for operators, estimating that...

[Satellite TODAY 07-12-11] An Egyptian court has ordered Egypt’s state-owned satellite operator Nilesat to remove 14 Libyan TV stations from its programming line-up, according to a July 11 report released by the Egyptian State News Agency.    The court’s decision was sparked by the launch of a homegrown satellite TV station in May by Libyan...

[Satellite News 07-11-11] In January 2011, News Corp.’s U.K. wing News International proposed spinning off Sky News into a separate publicly-traded company as a concession for its proposed acquisition of satellite TV company British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB) and an effort to avoid the involvement of the U.K. Competition Commission in the buy-out process.     Seven...

[Satellite TODAY 07-07-11] Integral Systems Europe (ISE) has completed the delivery and installation of a carrier monitoring, signal analysis and RF interference detection system for Italian network operator Mediaset Group, ISE announced July 6.      ISE installed Integral Systems’ SAT-DSA (Digital Spectrum Analyzer) system at Mediaset Group’s main Teleport in Milan, Italy. The system...

Measat Satellite Systems is one of the leading satellite operators in Asia, with a strong position in the region’s video markets. It provides capacity for many growing DTH platforms across the region. In addition, the company is also looking to strengthen its presence in Africa, another potential growth market for satellite communications. Measat Satellite Systems...

Sveriges Television (SVT), a major Swedish public service broadcaster, aims to keep pace with commercial broadcasters in Sweden. Per Björkman, SVT’s head of distribution, talks about the challenges ahead for SVT.  VIA SATELLITE: Does the development of new broadcasting technology and infrastructure impact SVT’s business model? BJÖRKMAN: I think in terms of broadcast infrastructure, we...

[Satellite TODAY 06-29-11] RRsat Global Communications Network has launched Fight Now TV, a 24-hour HD sports channel on EchoStar’s Ku-band payload on the Galaxy 23 satellite, RRsat announced June 28.    Fight Now TV uses RRsat’s RRstream technology to stream content from the channel’s headquarters in Toronto, Canada to RRsat’s Hawley Teleport in Pennsylvania for...

[Satellite TODAY Insider 06-28-11] DTH revenues will skyrocket past the sector’s 2010 $71 billion mark to reach $86 billion in 2016 and command nearly half of global pay TV revenues, according to a study issued June 27 by Digital TV Research.             The report forecasts a continued relative decline in the cable TV arena, which...