Focus: Broadcasting

[Satellite TODAY 10-13-10] Didar Global TV has taken up additional services with Arqiva to expand its Persian broadcast coverage to a wider audience, Arqiva announced Oct. 12.     Arqiva will support the expansion with transatlantic fiber, teleport services, uplinking and capacity to launch the channel on Eutelsat’s Hot Bird satellite, which would enable Didar Global...

[Satellite TODAY 10-13-10] T-VIPS unveiled a video transport product intended to help digital cinemas bring more 3-D content to audiences, the company announced Oct. 12.     T-VIPS has launched the TVG480 digital cinema gateway for the professional video production and digital cinema industries to commercial markets. The gateway can be used for viewing digital dailies...

[Satellite TODAY Insider 10-12-10] Thomson Video Networks (TVN) has won a pair of deals to expand its satellite infrastructure for pay-TV operators.     TVN announced Oct. 11 that it had signed a deal with Spanish broadcaster Canal Satélite Digital (CSD) to expand TVN’s satellite infrastructure installation to support CSD’s addition of two new HD transponders....

[Satellite TODAY 10-11-10] Pactel International has implemented its DVB-S2 platform to provide satellite-based Internet radiocast services to Matariki FM, a bilingual radio station on Cook Island, Pactel announced Oct. 8.     This service is uplinked on a GE-23 Ku-band platform from Rarotonga, Cook Islands, and downlinked to Pactel’s hub in Hawaii. The infrastructure set-up aims...

[Satellite TODAY 10-11-10] A Dish Network contract dispute with Fox Networks may result in the removal of local Fox programming from Dish subscriber’s television screens Nov. 1, Fox announced Oct. 8.     In a separate dispute between the two companies in September, U.S. satellite TV provider Dish Network claimed that Fox was demanding a 50...

[Satellite TODAY Insider 10-08-10] About 50 million 3-D TV sets will be sold around the globe by 2015, accounting for about 18 percent of worldwide flat panel TV sales, ABI Research Senior Analyst Jason Blackwell told Satellite TODAY Insider.     “In markets like North America and Western Europe, penetration will exceed 20 percent of flat...

[Satellite TODAY Insider 10-08-10] The Cable & Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (CASBAA) sharply criticized regulations issued Oct. 7 by the Media Development Authority of Singapore that, in effect, end pay-TV content exclusivity in Singapore.     CASBAA CEO Simon Twiston Davies said the decision is “contrary to the interests of Singapore’s pay-TV subscribers and the...

[Satellite TODAY 10-08-10] Telecoms and broadcast performance indicator research issued Oct. 7 by The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) finds that there were more than 23 million DTH subscribers in India at the end of June.     The 23.8 million total DTH subscribers are now split among six DTH operators.     TRAI also found...

[Satellite TODAY 10-07-10] GlobeCast signed a deal with IMG Sports Media Production, a division of IMG Worldwide, to provide HD coverage of up to six English Premier League football matches per week and a highlights package to rights-holders across Europe, Asia and the Americas, GlobeCast announced Oct. 6.     To support the contract, GlobeCast said...

[Satellite TODAY 10-06-10] GlobeCast has acquired a multi-channel HD playout facility in Asia from Technicolor, the company announced Oct. 5.     As part of the deal, GlobeCast will acquire new staff for post-production and playout services.     With the integration of the post-production and creative activities of Technicolor in Singapore, GlobeCast now can offer promo/interstitial...