Focus: Broadcasting

[Satellite TODAY 08-31-10] Iberium Communications, a provider of digital TV (DTV) demodulation intellectual property, has released its Santana digital demodulator core for the U.S. mobile DTV market, the company announced Aug. 30.     The Santana ATSC-MH A/153 core targets next-generation mobile devices such as mobile phones, portable media players, laptop and notebook computers.     The...

[Satellite TODAY 08-30-10] Cyfrowy Polsat, the Polish DTH operator, had over 3.2 million subscribers at the end of June, according to its 2010 half-year results issued Aug. 26.         The operator, which added over 400,000 subscribers in Poland over the last 12 months, has also seen a significant increase in terms of overall revenues....

[Satellite TODAY 08-30-10] African pay-TV operator MultiChoice has announced three new distribution deals for its DStv on Demand service, the company announced Aug. 26.     MultiChoice signed deals with South African ISPs Vox Telecom, Neology and Cybersmart to distribute its content and pay-TV packages online. South Africa is MultiChoice’s largest market for satellite pay-TV, although...

[Satellite News 08-30-10] Polish DTH operator Cyfrowy Polsat is not resting on the laurels of its recent achievements in the competitive Central European markets. Despite ending June with more than 3.2 million subscribers and adding more than 400,000 subscribers in Poland over the last year, Polsat CEO Dominik Libicki believes Polsat needs to offer more...

[Satellite TODAY 08-27-10] Sensio Technologies has partnered with 3-D-capable set-top box and TV semiconductor solutions provider Trident Microsystems to integrate Sensio’s 3-D technology into Trident’s products, the companies announced Aug. 27.     The first Trident products to feature Sensio technology will be the TV550 3D TV system-on-chip unit, which will be followed by the release...

[Satellite TODAY 08-27-10] Telecast Fiber Systems has released its CopperHead 3050 camera-mounted fiber optic transceiver designed to meet the requirements of electronic and satellite news gathering journalists transmitting HD video over thousands of feet of cable, the company announced Aug. 26.     The CopperHead 3050 camera unit, part of Telecast’s 3000 camera product line, delivers...

[Satellite TODAY 08-26-10] The Saudi Arabian Ministry of Culture and Information has contracted Newtec and its integration partner First Gulf Co. to implement a satellite-based television and radio exchange network for the Saudi government’s nationwide media transformation program, Newtec announced Aug. 25.     The exchange network program contract will see Newtec and First Gulf deploy...

[Satellite TODAY 08-26-10] Latens has signed a contract with Satellite Channel Nepal, a pay-TV provider in the South Asia region, to provide its conditional access content security services for the provider’s new DTH service, Latens announced Aug. 25.     Satellite Channel, which was awarded a DTH operating license at the beginning of 2010, will launch...

[Satellite TODAY 08-26-10] Japanese electronics manufacturer Toshiba is planning to market a 3-D television that does not need special glasses later this year, according to a report in Japan’s Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper.     While Toshiba wouldn’t reveal details of the new TV sets, it confirmed in a statement that a glasses-free 3-D TV set is...

[Satellite News 08-26-10] For the past two years, 3-D broadcast technology for the average consumer was mostly discussed in the future tense, providing satellite broadcasters and developers with a promising glimpse into a world beyond HD. However, these companies now find themselves embracing a very real and robust 3-D consumer market created by such catalysts...