Focus: Broadcasting

[Satellite TODAY 07-16-10] Sky Perfect JSat has installed Volicon’s Observer digital logging and monitoring solution to provide a continuous log of broadcast content across more than 100 Sky Perfect channels, the company announced July 15.     The operator installed multi-channel Observer systems at its Aomi Broadcasting and Sky PerfecTVs Tokyo Media Centers. The systems provide...

[Satellite TODAY 07-15-10] Lionsgate Films has signed a distribution agreement with satellite Web video delivery service XStreamHD which will allow customers to purchase or rent HD Lionsgate releases and access a content library of more than 12,000 titles on the Internet, XStreamHD announced July 14.     The companies did not disclose the expected pricing for...

[Satellite TODAY 07-14-10] Harmonic has shipped more than one million of its edgeQAM video-on-demand units to cable service providers worldwide, the company announced July 13.     Harmonic’s edgeQAM technology supports video-on-demand broadcast, switched digital video, modular cable modem termination systems and cable IPTV services, serving more than 50 million cable TV subscribers around the world....

[Satellite News 07-14-10] The global video encoders market will exceed $1.0 billion by the year 2015, according to a global market report released July 13 by Global Industry Analysts (GIA).     The report, “Video Encoders: A Global Strategic Business Report,” shows that advancements in video Codecs for compression and decompression is the primary driver of...

[Satellite TODAY 07-13-10] The EchoStar 15 satellite has performed post-launch maneuvers following its successful launch by International Launch Services (ILS) from the Baikonur Space Center on July 11, operator EchoStar announced July 12.     The Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) built satellite was sent into geosynchronous orbit at 61.5 degrees West on an ILS Proton Breeze M...

[Satellite TODAY 07-07-10] Indian mobile network operator Reliance Communications (RCom) has agreed to acquire cable television distribution firm Digicable in an all-stock deal, the companies announced July 6.     RCom will merge its retail broadband, IPTV and satellite DTH services with Digicable. The combined entity, worth approximately $1 billion, will be renamed Reliance DigiCom and...

[Satellite TODAY 07-07-10] Kudelski Group subsidiary Nagravision was selected by Spanish broadband communication and entertainment provider ONO to provide security technology supporting its next generation, hybrid television platform, Nagravision announced July 6.     The broadband/broadcast content delivery platform aims to combine traditional pay-TV services with Internet connectivity and will be delivered over ONO’s fiber-optic network....

[Satellite TODAY 07-06-10] A class-action lawsuit was filed July 1 against DirecTV field service provider Multiband Corp. on behalf of satellite installers and technicians who claim they were treated as independent contractors when they should have been treated as employees.     The lawsuit claims that because Multiband exercised substantial control over their work, the satellite...

[Satellite TODAY 07-06-10] Thailand’s Pheu Thai Party will launch Asia Update, a new C-band satellite TV service, next week from a transponder on an unnamed foreign-owned satellite, party deputy spokesman Jirayu Huangsup said in a statement released July 5.     The launch of the channel follows an incident in May where Thailand’s Red Shirt party...

[Satellite TODAY 07-05-10] DirecTV and its 3-D technology partner, Panasonic, have launched three new 3-D channels on DirecTV’s pay-TV platform, the companies announced July 2.     One of the channels, n3D, will be available to customers at no extra charge. The channel will feature 24-hour coverage of live music and sporting events in 3-D.    ...