Focus: Broadcasting

[Satellite TODAY 06-22-10] Integral Systems Europe (ISE) has been awarded a satellite ground station contract from British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB) for Harlequin 1, Sky’s state-of-the-art broadcast facility, the U.K.-based Integral subsidiary announced June 21.     ISE will deliver 11 Earth station systems with antennas up to 7.3 meters in diameter to BSkyB as part of...

[Satellite TODAY 06-22-10] EchoStar has launched DishHD, a premier satellite pay-TV service, in Taiwan, the company announced June 21.     DishHD aims to provide more than 30 Hd video channels from Asia and around the world to Taiwanese audiences in an all-digital format distributed directly to consumer homes from the AsiaSat 4 satellite.     The...

[Satellite TODAY 06-22-10] The Satellite Broadcasting and Communications Association (SBCA), a national trade organization representing all segments of the consumer satellite industry, filed a petition for declaratory ruling with the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) against a satellite dish ordinance (Ordinance NO. 16-2009) enacted by the city of Reading, Pa., the SBCA announced June 21....

[Satellite TODAY 06-21-10] The French Broadcast Authority has ordered Eutelsat to stop carrying Hamas’ Palestinian Al-Aksa TV network within 15 days, the authority announced June 18.     The French government said the Hamas-run network violates French and European media law against incitement to hatred or violence on the grounds of race, religion or nationality, the...

[Satellite TODAY 06-21-10] On-demand TV solutions and service provider Espial and development partner Conax, a global content security specialist, have introduced a hybrid-IP TV solution for cable, satellite, terrestrial and telecom operators, the companies announced June 17.     The service platform offers secure delivery of broadcast TV, interactive applications, video-on-demand, local and network digital video...

[Satellite News 06-18-10] B4U, a leading Bollywood broadcaster, does not expect to launch an HD channel any time soon, despite strong growth in the DTH market in India. Ashok Shenoy, head of business & international distribution, B4U told Satellite News, “Currently, the Asian market is not matured enough and are not ready to pay the...

[Satellite News 06-18-10] Asian broadcasters are still skeptical about the returns that can be made from major investments in HD channels.     “There is no pot of gold from HD,” Ian Carroll, executive vice president and general manager, Turner Broadcasting Systems, said June 14 during the “Broadcasters Kick Off — They Pay the Bills” panel...

[Satellite TODAY 06-18-10] Telenor Satellite Broadcasting (TSB) has successfully transitioned its Thor 3 satellite from its previous orbital location of 1 degree West to a new location at 4 degrees West, a position for which TBS holds a filing for BSS frequencies, the operator announced June 17.     The satellite has been placed in inclined...

[Satellite TODAY 06-18-10] BT‘s Media and Broadcast division has entered a five-year strategic alliance with RRsat Global Communications Network to combine RRsat’s content management and global distribution services over satellite, fiber and IP with BT’s global media network and existing satellite portfolio, the companies announced June 17.     Each company has agreed to invest between...

[Satellite TODAY 06-17-10] DishTV, a direct-to-home (DTH) satellite operator in India, has selected Ericsson to improve its satellite bandwidth efficiency, increase channel capacity and offer more choice to its subscribers in HD and SD, Ericsson announced June 16.     The head-end upgrade will to provide new HD services to DishTV’s 7 million subscribers, including access...