Focus: Broadcasting

[Satellite TODAY 06-16-10] Asian sports broadcaster ESPN Star Sports has contracted digital media content services provider SpeedCast to deliver live premium mobile sports content across Asia, SpeedCast announced June 15.     ESPN Star Sports’ mobileESPN will showcase live streaming content from its television networks, delivered via satellite to operators’ streaming platforms across the region. SpeedCast...

[Satellite TODAY 06-16-10] Malaysian cross-media broadcaster and direct-to-home (DTH) satellite pay-TV operator Astro has selected Irdeto’s content management solution to power the live streaming and on-demand broadband delivery of all 64 FIFA World Cup 2010 matches on the Astro B.yond Player, Irdeto announced June 15.      Irdeto will power mobile access to live matches via...

[Satellite TODAY 06-15-10] Antenna Technology Communications Inc. (ATCi) has designed and delivered a complete Flyaway broadcast system to World Cup broadcasters in South Africa, the company announced June 14.     The Flyaway system equipment includes an antenna, amplifier, encoder and modulator as well as the TE-2000 spectrum analyzer, design, integration and implementation.  ATCi said its...

[Satellite News 06-15-10] The Asia-Pacific regions a strong market for satellite companies continue, particularly in the broadcast sector, where DTH subscriber growth is strong.      “The market for DTH pay-TV in the Asia-Pacific is growing at a significant pace again, buoyed by large scale DTH deployment in India and robust growth in Malaysia, Indonesia and...

[Satellite News 06-15-10] Tata Sky was the second major DTH platform to launch in India, debuting in the second half of 2006. Less than four years later, it already has more than 5 million customers, and Vikram Kaushik, CEO of the DTH platform, says he hopes the platform can reach 8 million subscribers by 2012....

[Satellite News 06-14-10] Singapore hopes to be an early leader in deploying 3-D TV technology in Asia, and the Media Development Authority (MDA) is preparing to launch a 3-D trial in September with satellite links likely to play a key role in involving the maritime sector in the trial.     The trial will involve terrestrial,...

[Satellite TODAY 06-14-10] Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) has entered into a contract to build the DirecTV 14 high-power satellite for DirectTV, SS/L announced June 11.     The new satellite, which was started earlier this quarter under an authorization to proceed and based on SS/L 1300 satellite platform, is a 20 kilowatt spacecraft that will use Ka-band...

[Satellite TODAY 06-14-10] Telemedia, a satellite uplink service provider based in South Africa, has chosen Nevion to provide HD connectivity to SuperSport studios during the FIFA World Cup 2010 in Johannesburg, South Africa, using its Flashlink fiber optic technology, Nevion announced June 11.     Nevion will offer mission-critical fiber optic transmission, feeding uncompressed HD content...

[Satellite TODAY 06-14-10] Ericsson has supplied CJ Golden Village (CGV), a South Korean multiplex cinema chain, with compression solutions that will enable CGV to show World Cup action in 3-D, Ericsson announced June 11.     South Korean soccer fans will be able to watch World Cup action in 3D at 50 cinema screens across the...

[Satellite TODAY 06-10-10] BBC World News has expanded and renewed its multi-satellite and teleport contract with Intelsat to distribute its programming to its audiences throughout Asia-Pacific and the Americas regions, the operator announced June 10.     Intelsat provides BBC with satellite capacity on four satellites plus teleport and fiber services via its IntelsatOne terrestrial network....