Focus: Broadcasting

[Satellite TODAY 05-05-10] News Corp. subsidiary Sky Italia’s overall subscriber numbers fell to 4.7 million in the first quarter of 2010, a loss of almost 40,000 subscribers compared to the previous quarter, the company announced in its latest financial results, released May 5.     The Italian pay-TV operator also saw a 44.4 percent drop in...

[Satellite TODAY 05-05-10] Sky Deutschland signed technology development deals with Pace and NDS in efforts to add HD digital video recorder (DVR) services to Sky Deutschland’s platform and manage content, Sky Deutschland announced May 4.     NDS will provide its XTV secure integrated technology to power the Sky+ HD DVR service. Pace will develop a...

[Satellite TODAY 05-04-10] Independent, non-profit public affairs cable network The California Channel (TCC) signed a distribution deal with Home2US Communications to broadcast programming on AMC-1’s C-band payload beginning in September, TCC announced May 3.     Home2US will use the capacity to offer both SCPC space segment and Digital-C MCPS platform services to international and domestic...

[Satellite News 05-04-10] The recovering auto industry and expanding signs of increased consumer spending helped Sirius XM boost sales by 11 percent and generate $663.8 million in revenues with a net income of $41.6 million in the first quarter of 2010 — a performance that surprised analysts expecting the company to break even.     In...

[Satellite TODAY 05-04-10] Amos satellite constellation operator Spacecom has launched Deutsche Telekom subsidiary Slovak Telekom’s Maigo TV DTH service on the Amos-3 satellite, Spacecom announced May 3.     Marketed under the T-Com brand, Magio TV is the fourth European DTH service to be hosted on the Amost satellite constellation, located at Spacecom’s 4 degree West...

[Satellite TODAY 05-04-10] Netia has delivered a content management system (CMS) to Orange to enable the telco operator to store, manage and distribute content to any service provider or multimedia platform, Netia announced May 3.     Built on Netia’s Manreo media asset management system, the CMS allows users to manage metadata at several levels in...

[Satellite News 05-03-10] Euronews, an international news channel covering the world from a European perspective, is one of the main global news broadcasting brands. The channel was launched in 1993 and now is broadcast in a number of languages: English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Russian and Arabic. The channel, distributed on numerous DTH platforms...

euronews, an international news channel covering the world from a European perspective, is one of the mainglobal news broadcasting brands. The channel was launched in 1993 and now is broadcast in a number of languages: English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Russian and Arabic. The channel, distributed on numerous DTH platforms around the globe, also...

[Satellite TODAY 04-29-10] Arqiva has signed a deal with events rights holder SuperVision Media to broadcast live events using Arqiva’s satellite distribution services on the Intelsat 905 satellite, the company announced April 27. Arqiva is providing SuperVision Media with its digital cinema platform, supporting distribution and commercialization of live sport and entertainment events into digitally...

[Satellite TODAY 04-29-10] Samsung will support SES Astra with 3-D television content for its new 3-D demo channel to be launched in May, SES announced April 28.     The demo channel will be broadcast free-to-air via Astra’s orbital position at 23.5 degrees East and is intended to help retailers promote 3-D television to consumers at...