Focus: Broadcasting

[Satellite TODAY 12-10-10] International Datacasting Corp. (IDC) won a $1.15 million contract with an unnamed pan-European content distribution company to provide IDC’s Superflex Pro Video receiver to support the expansion of the customer’s network, the company announced Dec. 9.     IDC will provide the latest version of its Superflex Pro Video, which includes 3-D encoding...

[Satellite TODAY 12-10-10] Antenna Technology Communications Inc. (ATCi) subsidiary MeshTV updated its services to allow multiple, dedicated live stream content feeds to be formatted for mobile devices while providing monetization and user analytics, ATCi announced Dec. 9.     The MeshTV solution is available in three different service model tiers dependent upon customer requirements. MeshTV, which...

[Satellite TODAY Insider 12-09-10] Softel hopes to follow up a deal with Bulgarian DTH operator Bulsatcom with more deals in Central and Eastern Europe.     Softel announced Dec. 6 that it had signed an agreement for Bulsatcom to install Softel’s Swift TX subtitle/caption management and delivery solution to provide accurately synchronized DVB bitmap subtitles for...

[Satellite TODAY 12-08-10] Pals Electronics has achieved Multimedia Exchange Network over Satellite (MENOS) certification of its vehicle-mounted and fly-drive satellite antenna systems for use with Newtec‘s ASBU-MENOS OpenDSNG networking solution, Newtec announced Dec. 6.     The certification ensures that the proposed solution is fully compliant with the MENOS OpenDSNG standards and can be used in...

[Satellite TODAY 12-08-10] Bulgarian satellite operator Bulsatcom has installed Softel‘s Swift TX subtitle/caption management and delivery solution to provide accurately synchronized DVB bitmap subtitles for its turnaround services to various European countries, the operator announced Dec. 7.     Cable or satellite operators provide turnaround services by assembling packages from existing sources and bringing them together...

[Satellite TODAY Insider 12-07-10] Polish broadcast market consolidation continues at a furious pace as Liberty Global announced Dec. 6 that it entered into an agreement to acquire Aster, one of Poland’s leading national cable operators, with funds managed by Mid-Europa Partners, Liberty Global announced Dec. 6.     Liberty will acquire Aster for an equity purchase...

[Satellite News 12-07-10] Eutelsat signed a contract with French broadcaster France Télévisions to deliver more digital channels to the Reunion and Mayotte islands in the Indian Ocean region.     To support the deal, Eutelsat has opened a second satellite signal from its W2A satellite to enable commercial operators in the region to integrate DTT digital...

[Satellite TODAY 12-06-10] DirecTV expects to generate roughly $30 billion in annual sales and serve 30 million customers by 2013, DirecTV CEO Michael White said in a statement issued to investors Dec. 3.     White said company will add 200,000 customers in the final quarter of 2010, bringing its total subscriber base to 19.1 million...

[Satellite TODAY 12-06-10] The Sirius XM-5 satellite is ready for service, Sirius XM Radio announced Dec. 3.     The operator said that it completed all orbit-raising, deployments and in-orbit tests for the satellite, located at 85.2 degrees West. The satellite, built by Space Systems/Loral and launched on an International Launch Services (ILS) Proton Rocket in...

[Satellite TODAY Insider 12-03-10] Advanced Digital Broadcast (ADB) is targeting four markets in Scandinavia through a contract signed Dec. 1 with pay-TV operator Canal Digital to use the ADB-5720SX hybrid DVR, ADB announced.      Canal Digital, owned by Telenor, provides pay-TV services via cable and satellite to households throughout the Nordic region. Using the ADB-5720SX...