Focus: Broadcasting

[Satellite TODAY 05-12-11] The Cable & Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (CASBAA) appointed Jill Grinda as its new vice president, the organization announced May 11.             Grinda will base her operations out of Hong Kong and will be responsible for the day-to-day operations of the association, including oversight of finance, human resources and events and...

[Satellite TODAY 05-11-11] Russian state satellite operator Russian Satellite Communications Co. (RSCC) signed a memorandum of understanding with Eutelsat, which will expand their strategic satellite partnership, Eutelsat announced May 10. The agreement will see the two partners launch new satellite to the 36 degrees East orbital slot in 2015. RSCC Director General Yuri Prokhorov said...

[Satellite TODAY 05-10-11] Sky Italia contracted video contribution and distribution solutions provider T-VIPS to deliver its TVG425 MPEG Transport Stream and the TVG450 JPEG2000 video gateways to the broadcaster, T-VIPS announced May 9.             Sky Italia said it has already received the order and plans to use the gateways to provide advanced video transport functionality...

[Satellite TODAY 05-10-11] GlobeCast and Japan International Broadcasting (JIB) have launched NHK World HD on the Sky and Freesat platforms in the United Kingdom, the companies announced May 9. GlobeCast is providing the re-encoding, uplink, and capacity on Eutelsat’s Eurobird 1 to deliver the channel to more than 10 million Sky subscribers and 1 million Freesat...

[Satellite TODAY 05-08-11] RTV Slovenia has extended its Hot Bird satellite capacity contract with Eutelsat Communications for another 10 years, the operator announced May 6.              RTV Slovenia’s Hot Bird capacity partnership with Eutelsat started in 1997. The broadcaster uses the capacity to host digital television and transmit entertainment content to cable, IP and satellite...

[Satellite TODAY Insider 05-06-11] International cable TV operator Liberty Global reported a significant decline in its 2011 first quarter profits from $737 million in the same period last year to $342 million due to heavy competition from satellite operators and Internet streaming video services, the company announced in its latest financial results issued May 5....

[Satellite TODAY 05-06-11] Russian satellite broadcaster NTV Plus will enter the IPTV market and deploy Verimatrix’s IPTV Video Content Authority System (VCAS) on its wholesale network as the result of a contract announced May 5 by the two companies.     NTV Plus will use the VCAS solution to secure video for its IP local broadband...

[Satellite TODAY Insider 05-05-11] The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has established a ruling that will force domestic satellite providers Bell TV and Shaw Direct to carry local programming on their platforms, the CRTC announced May 4.     The regulator will require Bell TV and Shaw Direct to carry any television station subsidized by...

[Satellite TODAY 05-05-11] The Cable & Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (CASBAA) elected three new members to its board of directors, the organization announced May 4.     Discovery Networks Executive Vice President and Managing Director Tom Keaveny, PCCW Executive Vice President Janice Lee and Turner Broadcasting System Asia Pacific President and Managing Director Steve Marcopoto...

[Satellite TODAY 05-04-11] New York City regional cable television broadcaster MSG Networks has extended its contract with HTN Communications to continue providing A/V backhaul services for MSG’s coverage of seven professional sports teams, HTN announced May 3.     HTN will manage and monitor MSG’s feed from its New York City technical operations center. MSG’s business...