Focus: Broadcasting

With the onset of OTT and services such as Netflix and Amazon Prime entering into mainstream consciousness over the last few years, the question of how big of a threat this is to DTH and satellite operators’ revenues is a key question. However, according to the latest research by European consultancy Dataxis, DTH revenues and...

Ultra DTH signed a multiyear, multi-transponder agreement with Eutelsat Communications subsidiary Eutelsat Americas for capacity on the Eutelsat 65 West A satellite to support the launch of a white label Direct-to-Home (DTH) platform across the Caribbean and the Andean region. Ultra DTH will leverage Eutelsat 65 West A’s Ku-band coverage to reach millions of households in the...

The Switch, a platform for the production and global transmission of live video, expanded its The Switch At-Home service with the launch of an additional at-home/remote production facility in Burbank, California. The investment is designed to meet rising demand for live content, driven primarily by sports events. Broadcasters and rights holders can now leverage The...

WarnerMedia Asia Pacific chose Synamedia’s end-to-end PowerVu content delivery solution to enhance their satellite content delivery system. Synamedia technologies aims to reduce bandwidth costs, deliver next-generation security capabilities, and prepare the company’s satellite system for future Internet Protocol (IP) delivery innovations. WarnerMedia is leveraging Synamedia’s Virtual Digital Content Manager (vDCM) with Smart Rate Control and...

Dish appointed Kannan Alagappan as Senior Vice President (SVP) and Chief Technology Officer (CTO), reporting to DISH President and CEO Erik Carlson. Alagappan has held technology leadership roles with major telecom and cloud services providers, including Reliance Jio, Telstra, and Rackspace. Additionally, Alagappan has worked as a technology consultant for various Fortune 500 companies, including Comcast, T-Mobile,...

OneWeb revealed the successful test of its six satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO). All satellites delivered high-speed, low-latency services, with speed of more than 400 Megabits per Second (Mbps) which enabled the fastest real-time video streaming in Full High Definition (HD) from space, according to the release. The tests, which took place in Seoul, South...

Speedcast revealed a joint service offering with In Aria! Networks and Telespazio. Relying on a combination of In Aria! Networks’ redundant video contribution over Internet Protocol (IP) gateways integrated with the Speedcast Media Network (SMN) and Telespazio video teleports, media companies around the globe can contribute and deliver Standard Definition (SD), High Definition (HD), and Ultra High...

SES signed two agreements with Association of Ethiopian Broadcasters (AEB) and the Ethiopian Broadcasting Cooperation (EBC) that aims to result in the creation of a dedicated Ethiopian TV environment. In particular, the AEB agreement will see the most popular Ethiopian TV channels migrate to a new TV neighborhood hosted by SES’s NSS-12 satellite at 57...

Eutelsat Communications has made a circa 20 percent investment in Broadpeak, a provider of video content delivery solutions. Broadpeak is a supplier of Content Delivery Network (CDN) technologies, aiming to optimize the delivery of video content over terrestrial and satellite networks. Eutelsat’s investment in Broadpeak is a further step in its strategy to integrate satellite into the...

With consumer expectations constantly evolving in a saturated market, pay TV operators need a reliable and efficient way to broadcast high quality content, keeping the viewer engaged when they’re away from their television set. With new pay TV services from Apple and the BBC and ITV recently adding to the competition, operators need to be able to stand...