Focus: Broadcasting

Globecomm Systems, a provider of satellite-based communications infrastructure solutions and services, has received a $4.3 million contract from an unnamed media and entertainment company.     Under the contract, Globecomm will design and install a DTH satellite uplink and upgrade an existing uplink facility for the media and entertainment customer. Globecomm anticipates the completion of this...

Kahkeshan Digisat, an emerging Iranian DTH broadcaster, has selected European Media Port (EMP) to provide DTH uplink teleport and transmission services to Kahkeshan’s European and Middle East targeted markets, EMP announced.     The new channel will be hosted on Eutelsat’s Hotbird satellite at 13 degrees East and on the Hellas Sat satellite at 39 degrees...

[Satellite News 09-13-10] SES Astra CEO Ferdinand Kayser told Satellite News that the operator likely will be carrying 10 3-D TV channels on its satellites in 2011, and all previous indicators in HD point this to be a conservative estimate.     “At the end of the year, we will have four to five 3-D TV...

Developer Netia is set to release Netia CMS, a content management system and integrated suite, which aims to enable users to streamline production processes, the company announced Sept. 3.     Built on Netia’s existing media asset management system, Netia CMS uses a single, customizable Web-based interface, facilitating automated workflows across the customer’s production environment –...

The Mobile content and applications (MCA) market influences $80 billion of mobile spending, according to a research report from global telecommunications, media and IT adviser Analysys Mason.     In the report, Analysys Mason Principal Analyst Jim Morrish estimates that $27 billion in annual voice, SMS and data revenue will generate from subscribers that are likely...

I’m coming around on the idea that the satellite communications business is coming out of the last of its economic doldrums. People on the floor at IBC 2010 — the ones in the trenches of the satellite communications business —believe that the sector is about to see a spending resurgence as the enterprise sector around...

[Satellite TODAY 09-13-10] Ericsson has signed a five-year frame agreement with Australian national broadcaster ABC to provide satellite video compression technology that will support a nationwide digital free-to-air (FTA) TV offering, Ericsson announced Sept. 10.     The ABC will use the compression technology to expand the reach of its high-definition and standard-definition digital TV programming...

[Satellite TODAY 09-13-10] Harmonic has unveiled its NMX Digital Service Manager 6 (NMX 6) enhanced network management solution, which aims to provide tools for monitoring and managing video processing and delivery systems, the company announced Sept. 10.     NMX 6 capabilities include an enhanced GUI, streamlined workflow management, improved alarm management and a comprehensive dashboard...

[Satellite TODAY 09-13-10] Wegener Corp., a provider of equipment for television, audio and data distribution networks, received an order, valued at more than $400,000, from a private education network for its Unity 552 satellite media receivers, the company announced Sept. 10.     The Unity 552 receivers will be used to decode live video broadcasts around...

[Satellite TODAY 09-13-10] SatStream has launched two new products, EventStream and ChannelStream, to the broadcast market, the company announced Sept. 10.      EventStream is designed for streaming live events, typically acquired from satellite feeds, via the Internet using multiple content delivery networks. The modular unit incorporates production features such as adding pre-recorded material to form...