Focus: Broadcasting

[Satellite TODAY 08-04-10] EchoStar Broadcasting Corp. will open a 77,000-square-foot data center in Cheyenne, Wyo., the company announced Aug. 3.     The data center will be located adjacent to EchoStar’s existing satellite uplink and broadcast facility in the Cheyenne Business Park. EchoStar will use the data center for supercomputing, data storage and archiving and for...

[Satellite TODAY 08-04-10] News Corp. has issued 340 million euros ($446 million) in financing to help pay-TV subsidiary Sky Deutschland turn its fortunes around in the German broadcast market, the two companies announced August 2.     The financing measures will consist of a rights offering of up to 269.6 million newly issued News Corp. shares,...

[Satellite TODAY 08-02-10] GlobeCast CEO Christian Pinon is leaving the company, GlobeCast announced Aug. 2.      Pinon is leaving GlobeCast, a subsidiary of France Telecom, at the end of September to work in the Television Products division at Orange France.      Olivier Barberot, formerly executive vice president of human resources at France Telecom/Orange, will replace...

Chello Multicanal is a leading channel provider in Spain and Portugal and part of the Chellomedia Group. Earlier this year, Chellomedia acquired Teuve, a group of TV channels previously owned by Spanish cable operator ONO. These have now been integrated into Chello Multicanal. The man responsible for leading the growth for Chello Multicanal is Managing...

[Satellite TODAY 07-30-10]  BSkyB’s 2010 fiscal year revenues increased 11 percent to 5.9 billion British pounds ($9.2 billion), and operating revenues jumped 35 percent to 1.1 billion pounds ($1.7 billion) compared to 2009, the company announced July 29.     BSkyB had over 9.8 million subscribers at the end of June, adding 90,000 subscribers in the...

[Satellite TODAY 07-29-10]  Arqiva has launched French channel MCE TV on the French DTH platform CanalSat, Arqiva announced July 26.      Arqiva is providing encoding, encryption, multiplexing and uplink services, as well as the connectivity between each of these elements.      “New customers are the lifeblood of any business and we are delighted that MCE...

[Satellite TODAY 07-29-10]  Set-top box manufacturer Advanced Digital Broadcast (ADB) has deployed hardware for two emerging DTH platforms in Eastern Europe, the company announced July 28.     Polish digital satellite TV operator ITI Neovision is set to launch a retail HD offering which will enable Polish consumers to view a range of free-to-air satellite and...

[Satellite TODAY 07-29-10]  SES Astra will lease an additional two transponders to broadcaster Sogecable to support the company’s Digital+ DTH platform in Spain, the company announced July 28.     SES Astra will provide Sogecable with two transponders from the Astra 1H satellite, located at 19.2 degrees East. Sogecable has been an Astra customer since its...

[Satellite TODAY 07-28-10]  Australian telco Optus has signed satellite capacity deals with regional broadcasters Southern Cross Media Group, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Special Broadcasting Service and Imparja Television, the company announced July 27.     All four deals are for 10-year periods and will see the broadcasters deliver next-generation digital free-to-air television services via Optus Satellite to...

[Satellite TODAY 07-27-10]  Harris Corp. named Doug Means vice president and general manager of the Workflow, Infrastructure and Networking (WIN) unit of its broadcast communications business, the company announced July 26.      Means will lead the newly formed WIN business unit, which encompasses the Harris Broadcast infrastructure, networking, server, automation and asset management product portfolios....