Focus: Broadcasting

[Satellite TODAY 12-03-10] Digital content security solutions provider Conax has entered a contract with Vietnam’s state-owned broadcaster VCTV to deliver a content protection solution to a VCTV cable operator subsidiary, Conax announced Dec. 2.     The solution will include Conax’s core conditional access technology, chipset pairing and near video-on-demand (nVOD) technologies.     Conax’s chipset pairing...

[Satellite News 12-03-10] Austrian utility company Bewag Group expects to double the subscriber base of its Total TV DTH platform in Croatia over the next 12 months, Bewag Group Management Board Member Christian Kurz told Satellite News.     Bewag Group, which also owns and runs the B-net cable operation in Croatia, is setting its sights...

[Satellite TODAY 12-02-10] Video transport solutions provider Nevion has installed an end-to-end, video-over-IP solution for the CNBC TV channel in the Asia-Pacific region, Nevion announced Dec. 1.     Nevion partnered with Juniper Networks to deliver the solution, which will support multiple real-time video links for live broadcasting from the Singapore Exchange. Juniper supplied it EX4200...

[Satellite TODAY Insider 12-02-10] In an effort to augments its IP portfolio, Sensio Technologies has acquired Algolith’s video-processing IP technology and related patents, Sensio announced Dec. 1.     The purchase includes four patents and nine more pending, Algolith’s image-processing technologies, source code, and schematics. Sensio said the purchase is a major step to boost development...

The Russian satellite market received a boost with Russian Satellite Communications Co.’s (RSCC) plans to boost regional capacity through a strategy to develop a new fleet of satellites. According to CFO Dennis Pivnyuk, RSCC will operate 680 equivalent transponders by 2015, which more than doubles its current capacity of 283 equivalent transponders. The expansion makes...

As I write this, the biggest news in the mobile satellite world is TerreStar’s bankruptcy. On the long road to the deployment of TerreStar’s ATC network, TerreStar has hit another bump. Only time will tell what will happen when TerreStar emerges from bankruptcy, but what has really interested me is the talk about EchoStar. EchoStar...

The TVN Group owns and operates 12 TV channels as well as the digital DTH platform N, and the company’s TVN offering is one of Poland’s major FTA channels. This breadth of operations makes TVN a major presence in the Polish broadcast landscape as well as one of the biggest broadcasters in Eastern Europe. In...

  2010 proved to be a solid year for the satellite sector during an economic pe riod that has curtailed many other business around the globe. Satellite companies remained active in all areas, introducing new business and growth initiatives that could prove noteworthy in the future. Broadcasting Changes 2010 was the year that the momentum...

The areas of communications, broadcasting and Internet are developing at a pace that sometimes can be difficult to comprehend. As customers demand better communications, Internet access and video services, the demands on technologies become even greater. Technologies have the ability to come in and disrupt the status quo in any sector, and some companies and...

[Satellite TODAY 12-01-10] Polish DTH operator N will launch what it claims to be Poland’s first regular 3-D TV service, nShow 3D, the company announced Nov. 29     The new 3-D service begins Dec. 4 with special live coverage of European Boxing Union heavyweight matches.  The nShow 3D service lineup will feature a regular mix...