Focus: Broadcasting

[Satellite TODAY Insider 01-03-11] DishTV has inked a new long-term capacity deal with AsiaSat as it looks to build on its strong market position in India. The DTH operator, which is part of a vibrant satellite pay-TV market in India now needs extra capacity to serve its customer base in India.     The deal with...

[Satellite TODAY 01-03-11] DirecTV has reached a deal with Hearst Corp. over the fees that DirecTV pays the broadcaster to carry stations on its lineup, the two companies announced Jan. 3.     DirecTV subscribers in Boston, Pittsburgh, Baltimore will continue to receive Hearst’s 29 local TV stations, which include affiliates of all the major networks...

As the 112th U.S. Congress convenes this month, the shock wave created by the November mid-term elections, which produced the largest turnover of seats in the House of Representatives in decades, continues to roil policymakers, stakeholders in those policies, lobbyists and other intermediaries. Not only does the new Republican majority in the House of Representatives...

Arqiva, the U.K.-based communications infrastructure and media services company, hopes to bounce back after a tough 2010. The company has combined its terrestrial and satellite units, as it looks to streamline the sales process. “We brought the terrestrial broadcast and satellite broadcast businesses together at the beginning of October, which made a lot of sense,...

The evolution of 3-D imaging had advanced at a glacial pace when compared to other video technologies. From time to time since its development, 3-D imaging has bubbled up to the surface, capturing the imagination of the public. 3-D movies made brief splashes in the 1950s and again in the 1980s but they ultimately were...

Turner Broadcasting System (TBS) is one of the most recognized global broadcasting brands, and like a number of broadcasters, TBS faces huge challenges to improve its efficiency in delivering content in different formats to different devices. The question of how TBS will use satellite technology going forward is up for debate. Clyde Smith, senior vice...

[Satellite TODAY 12-29-10] Cable companies won a major court battle Dec. 27 when the Ohio Supreme Court issued a ruling that the state’s 5.5 percent sales tax on satellite TV services does not violate constitutional interstate commerce laws.     The deal is a defeat for U.S. satellite TV companies, which argued that the sales tax...

[Satellite TODAY 12-27-10] German public broadcaster ARD signed capacity lease agreements with Eutelsat and SES Astra to bring the Das Erste channel to German soldiers serving in Afghanistan, the operators announced Dec. 23.     Das Erste will be available on the SES World Skies NSS-12 satellite, positioned at 57 degrees East. Eutelsat will broadcast the...

[Satellite TODAY Insider 12-20-10] PakSat is optimistic that the DTH market in Pakistan will see some movement in 2011, as the operator gets ready to launch its Paksat-1R satellite. However, generating this pay-TV movement may require a complex strategy, PakSat CEO Usman Bajwa told Satellite TODAY Insider.     “With the upcoming launch of Paksat-1R, potential...

[Satellite TODAY 12-20-10] DirecTV Latin America has completed a $604.8 million cash for stock transaction with Globo, which increases DirecTV’s ownership of Sky Brasil to about 93 percent, the pay-TV operator announced Dec. 16.     DirecTV, which previously held a 74 percent stake in Sky Brasil, acquired 178.8 million shares from Globo and its affiliates...