Focus: Broadcasting

[Satellite TODAY 06-28-11] EchoStar Corp. has appointed Anders Johnson as president of EchoStar Satellite Services, effective immediately, the company announced June 27.     Johnson will report directly to EchoStar President and CEO Michael Dugan. He will be responsible for developing international markets and satellite financing plans and for the implement EchoStar’s international expansion strategy.   ...

[Satellite TODAY 06-27-11] SES World Skies has signed a new capacity deal with ESPN Brazil to deliver HD sports content to homes across the region, the operator announced June 24.    ESPN Brazil will utilize 18MHz of C-band capacity on SES World Skies’ NSS-806 satellite to distribute one HD and one SD sports channels to...

[Satellite TODAY 06-17-11] ST Electronics launched a new series of compact and lightweight Block Up Converters (BUCs) under its Agilis brand, the manufacturer announced June 16.     The Agilis BUC series is available in C-, X-, Ku- and Ka-Band frequency ranges, operates across a wide temperature range and consumes less than 34W DC power, ST...

[Satellite TODAY 06-17-11] Vislink is launching its new Advent FLA-120 Flyaway satellite antenna designed for rapid deployment, the company announced June 16.     Vislink is targeting the FLA-120 to a new market for the company — users who want to transmit at low- and medium-data rates for live broadcast applications, IP data, as well as store and...

[Satellite TODAY 06-16-11] German news channel N24 will be available exclusively on HD Plus and via SES Astra satellite service starting July 1, following an agreement signed between the three companies, N24 announced June 15.             The deal will make N24 the first German news channel to broadcast in high definition via satellite. HD Plus...

[Satellite TODAY 06-14-11] EchoStar Technologies launched three new HD set-top boxes designed to enable mid-sized and independent cable operators to deliver enhanced, interactive video applications, the company announced June 14.      EchoStar’s HC-620DRS, HC-410D and HX-410 set-top boxes will be packaged with IP-based content management features and optimized to support EchoStar’s Aria ecosystem of hosted...

[Satellite TODAY 06-14-11] ARY Digital Network has leased one 36 MHz C-band transponder on the AsiaSat 3S satellite to deliver a bouquet of up to 11 satellite channels across the Asia-Pacific region, the operator AsiaSat announced June 13.     ARY Digital Networks offerings on AsiaSat 3S include its flagship entertainment channel ARY Digital Asia, contribution...

[Satellite TODAY 06-13-11] San Marino RTV signed a three-year contract with Eutelsat Communications to commence pan-Italian and pan-European broadcasting of its SMtv channel on the Eurobird 9A satellite, the operator announced June 10.     San Marino’s national broadcaster will use the capacity to make its 24-hour general entertainment channel available free-to-air to satellite TV homes....

[Satellite TODAY 06-10-11] Enterprise and public safety secure communications specialist Vislink has acquired Gigawave, a wireless broadcast camera, microwave and antenna product manufacturer, for a cash consideration of $6.1 million, Vislink announced June 9.     The cash acquisition was financed out of Vislink’s existing cash balances. Gigawave will be integrated into Vislink’s U.K. operations. Gigawave...

[Satellite TODAY 06-09-11] Taiwanese operator Chunghwa Telecom has informed New Tang Dynasty TV (NTDTV) that it will not renew its mutual contract, set to expire in August, because their new ST-2 satellite does not have enough broadband to carry NTDTV signals.      ST-2 is Taiwan’s second commercial communications satellite and was successfully launched by Arianespace...