Focus: Broadcasting

[Satellite TODAY 02-11-11] Harris Corp. was awarded a contract to supply its entire HD broadcast portfolio to the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Culture and Information at four new HD studio facilities, Harris announced Feb. 10.     The new studios, which are located in the Saudi cities of Arar, Al Joaf, Najran and Al Baha, will...

[Satellite TODAY 02-10-11] Harris Corp. launched its new Selenio media convergence platform and has been contracted to provide the large-scale contribution and distribution system to Omantel, the company announced Feb. 8.     The Selenio media convergence platform aims to enable service providers to support content from multiple sources and deliver it over multiple paths. Omantel,...

[Satellite TODAY 02-10-11] GlobeCast has migrated the Travel Channel’s Asian signal from Asiasat to its new leased capacity on the Measat-3 satellite to support the channel’s HD launch later in the year, GlobeCast announced Feb. 9.     The migration builds off of Measat Satellite Systems’ capacity deal with GlobeCast to distribute Asian content, signed in...

[Satellite TODAY 02-10-11] A U.S. District Court lifted its stay of a patent-infringement lawsuit filed by Dish Network and EchoStar Corp. against TiVo over personal video recording technology, the companies announced Feb. 9.     The ruling is the latest development in a lawsuit that has spanned more than five years. EchoStar filed its initial lawsuit...

[Satellite TODAY 02-09-11] ASBU, Arabsat and Newtec are offering extended services and products for fast newsgathering (FNG) and HD TV contribution and exchange on the Multimedia Exchange Network Over Satellite (MENOS) platform for existing and new customers throughout the MENA region, the partners announced Feb. 8.     The MENOS FNG platform uses MPEG-4 AVC encoding...

[Satellite News 02-09-11] Euroconsult expects the market value for video transmission services over satellite to reach $27 billion in 2020 – up from $15.8 billion in 2010 – driven by strong growth in video distribution services for TV channels and contribution services for permanent and occasional use, according to its latest research guidance, issued Feb....

[Satellite TODAY 02-08-11] Teleport and VSAT broadcasting service provider Castor Networks has launched trunking services to the Middle East and Central Asia from its base in The Netherlands, Castor Networks announced Fen. 7.     The trunking service uses Newtec’s FlexACM technology, which aims to provide the highest level of availability and maximum end-to-end efficiency to...

[Satellite TODAY Insider 02-08-11] RRSat Global Communications Network saw revenues increase in 2010 compared to 2009, but overall profits fall. These were two of the highlights of its full-year results issued Feb. 7.     In 2010, the company had overall revenues of $102 million, an increase of 9 percent compared to 2009. However, profits fell....

[Satellite TODAY 02-08-11] RRsat Global Communications Network was contracted by Ananey Communications to provide playout and distribution services for the localized MTV Israel channel, RRsat announced Feb. 4.     RRsat will provide playout of MTV Israel, as well as uplink to the Yes DTH satellite TV platform and fiber delivery to Israeli cable provider Hot....

[Satellite TODAY Insider 02-04-11] Satellite set-top box shipments in 2010 declined 8 percent in North America and Western Europe, according to research issued Feb. 2 by In-Stat.     In the report, In-Stat said the saturation point for satellite pay-TV has been reached. “The decline in North America shipments moving forward will be a result of...