Focus: Broadcasting

[Satellite TODAY 02-28-11] Liberty Global’s 2010 fourth-quarter profits fell 43 percent to $57.5 million from $100 million in the same period last year due to weaker tax benefits and losses on derivatives, the company announced in its latest financial results, issued Feb. 35.     Liberty, which owns stakes in DirecTV, O3b and a variety cable...

[Satellite TODAY 02-25-11] Media content protection and value-added service technology firm Kudelski Group reported a 7.6 percent increase in total revenues and operating income for its 2010 full-year fiscal period, driven by strong organic growth from its digital TV division, the group announced Feb. 24.     Kudelski’s digital TV business posted sales growth of 6.8...

[Satellite TODAY Insider 02-25-11] Australian satellite pay-TV operators Foxtel and Austar reported disappointing subscriber growth in 2010 due to the challenging market environment created by the economic recession, the companies announced in their latest financial results issued Feb. 23.     Austar ended the year with less than 765,000 subscribers, adding about 22,500 subscribers in the...

[Satellite News 02-24-11] In 2009, Showtime Arabia and Orbit merged and created a join platform, OSN, now the dominant pay-TV service in the Middle East.     Under the direction of David Butorac, who was named CEO of OSN in October, the company is aiming to expand its pay-TV footprint across many different markets in the...

[Satellite TODAY Insider 02-24-11] DirecTV‘s fourth quarter 2010 revenues increased 11 percent to $6.62 billion compared to the same period in 2009, which helped the company generate net profits of $618 million, rebounding from $32 million in losses the company reported in the 2009 fourth quarter, the U.S. pay-TV broadcaster announced Feb. 23.     DirectTV...

[Satellite TODAY 02-24-11] The Cable & Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (CASBAA) named GE Satellite President and CEO Andrew Jordan to the CASBAA board, the broadcasting association announced Feb. 23.     Jordan will serve as co-chairman of the CASBAA Satellite Industry Committee with Measat COO Paul Brown-Kenyon through the end of 2012. The committee promotes...

[Satellite TODAY 02-23-11] Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB) has approved a 3-D TV delivery system specification for frame compatible plano-stereoscopic 3-D services, the broadcasting consortium announced Feb. 22.     The system aims to enable service providers to use their existing HDTV infrastructures to deliver 3-D TV services compatible with 3-D TV capable displays already in the...

[Satellite TODAY 02-21-11] Harmonic released its Omneon MediaPort 7000 series of video I/O modules for its Omneon Spectrum media server system, Harmonic announced Feb. 22.    The single, configurable MediaPort 7000 unit aims to deliver new multicodec support with enhanced media processing functionality to streamline play-out workflows and simplify the transition to HD.    The...

[Satellite TODAY 02-21-11] The Satellite Broadcasting and Communications Association (SBCA) has launched the SBCA Foundation to place emphasis on health, welfare and education projects that benefit specific communities and populations where the consumer-based satellite industry has a presence, the SBCA announced Feb. 17.     The SBCA will award grants based on feedback from a network...

[Satellite TODAY 02-21-11] Canadian Satellite Radio Holdings (CSR) shareholders have approved the merger of XM Canada with Sirius Canada, which would combine the country’s two satellite subscriber radio services, XM Canada announced Feb. 18.     The merger, expected to close by the end of May pending CRTC approval, follows Sirius and XM Radio’s United States...