Focus: Broadcasting

[Satellite TODAY 08-25-10] U.S. satellite pay-TV operator Dish Network has introduced an online video portal that integrates live and recorded TV and will offer 150,000 movies and TV shows, the company announced Aug. 24.     Through DishOnline.com, Dish Network customers can watch watch streaming video contract and can browse for content by title, network, actor...

[Satellite News 08-24-10] While the U.S. paid TV industry, as a whole, lost 216,000 customers in the second quarter of 2010, satellite providers DirecTV and Dish Network added about 81,000 new paid TV subscribers, joining phone and IPTV companies Verizon Communications and AT&T as the only broadcast telecommunications industries to see growth during the period,...

[Satellite TODAY 08-23-10] Broadcaster Canal Digital appointed Patrik Hofbauer CEO, parent company Telenor announced Aug. 20.     Hofbauer, currently CEO of broadcaster Clear Channel Sweden, will start his new role in January.     In a statement, Hofbauer said Canal’s investment and focus would remain on HDTV under his leadership and that he “will take part...

[Satellite TODAY 08-18-10] Nevion, a video transport solution provider, has helped NASA transport stereo 3-D video of two space shuttle launches in real time, Nevion announced Aug. 17.      The experimental terrestrial transmission was a proof of concept using stereo 3-D video capture of the Atlantis and Endeavor space shuttle launches at Kennedy Space Center,...

[Satellite TODAY 08-18-10] IPTV will account for more than 10 percent of the worldwide pay-TV subscriber base by 2015, according to a study released by ABI Research Aug. 17.      If IPTV subscribers account for 11 percent of pay-TV subscriptions in 2015, this would represent an almost 100 percent increase from today, ABI Research said....

[Satellite News 08-18-10] MediaCorp is the largest broadcaster in Singapore, and with Singapore likely to be one of the early adopters of 3-D TV in the Asia-Pacific region, MediaCorp likely will be at the cutting edge of the technology. MediaCorp also plans to launch a channel in North America in 2011 as part of the...

[Satellite TODAY 08-17-10] Fisher Communications Inc. and Streambox have formed a strategic partnership to develop solutions that will enable broadcasters to expand video contribution and Web streaming initiatives for all distribution platforms, the companies announced Aug. 17.      Under the agreement, Fisher also becomes the first U.S. customer to deploy Streambox’s Avenir compact mobile encoder...

[Satellite TODAY 08-17-10] Arqiva signed a program delivery deal with Traffic Sports International (TSI) to support global distribution of its seven international soccer leagues, Arqiva announced Aug. 16.      Via Arqiva, the television rights holder to Latin America’s key soccer tournaments, will reach TV households throughout the Americas, Europe, Asia and the Middle East.     ...

[Satellite TODAY 08-16-10] DTH operator MultiChoice South Africa appointed CEO Nolo Letele executive chairman effective Oct. 1, the company announced Aug. 12.     Letele will replace chairman Mandla Langa, who is retiring from the board and being retained as a company consultant. Before joining MultiChoice, Letele held senior positions at M-Net and MIH Group and...

[Satellite TODAY 08-16-10] U.K. broadcast services company Telegenic has installed a digital SoundField microphone and upmix processor in its new 3-D OB mobile broadcasting vehicle, which entered service for European satellite broadcaster BSkyB in April, the company announced Aug. 13.     The OB main surround microphone is a combination of SoundField’s digital DSF-2 and DSF-3...