Focus: Broadcasting

GlobeCast signed a three-year deal with French broadcaster France 24, GlobeCast announced April 13.     The deal aims to enable France 24 to expand coverage of its English-language channel in the United States and Canada using the Galaxy 23 satellite. The satellite will give France 24 access to thousands of cable headends throughout North America,...

[Satellite TODAY 04-15-10] SES World Skies has signed a long-term, multi-transponder deal with Puerto Rico Telephone, which aims to bring DTH services to Puerto Rico, the company announced April 13.     Puerto Rico Telephone, a subsidiary of América Móvil, will use five Ku-band transponders aboard SES World Skies’ AMC-21 satellite to deliver its Claro TV...

[Satellite TODAY 04-15-10] EchoStar Satellite Services has signed two reseller deals for its ViP-TV program, the company announced April 13.     The operator signed contracts with Fidelity Solutions, a provider of integrated video and data services in central Missouri, and Minnesota-based Pace International, a national satellite TV hardware and content distributor and provider of IPTV...

[Satellite TODAY 04-15-10] GlobeCast signed a three-year deal with French broadcaster France 24, GlobeCast announced April 13.     The deal aims to enable France 24 to expand coverage of its English-language channel in the United States and Canada using the Galaxy 23 satellite. The satellite will give France 24 access to thousands of cable headends...

[Satellite News 04-15-10] Canal Overseas expects to add a significant number of new channels to its DTH operation in North Africa over the coming year in order to achieve its goal of about 300,000 subscribers, Bruno Thibaudeau, general manager of Canal Overseas told Satellite News.     Thibaudeau said the company expects to have up to...

I’ve been labeled a cynic, and while I may deny the wider scope of the accusation, there is nothing that has drawn out my cynical leanings like the hype that has built up around 3-D TV in the past year. A year ago, I attended a single demonstration of 3-D technology —  in the presentation...

The International Telecommunications Union (ITU) unveiled details of a 3-D TV roadmap in a Jan. 14 report that concentrates on standards to ensure 3-D TV lives up to its potential.     David Wood, chairman of ITU’s Working Party 6C (WP 6C), told Satellite News that the ITU can play a key role in helping usher...

Intelsat is launching IntelsatONE, a global, terrestrial architecture consisting of an IP/MPLS-based network, fiber, teleports and points of presence powered by Cisco Systems, the company announced April 12.      IntelsatONE will be fully integrated with Intelsat’s global satellite fleet.      For media organizations, IntelsatONE aims to manage video contribution and primary video distribution over an...

SES World Skies signed capacity deal with Wananchi, a new pay-TV platform in East Africa, the company announced April 13.     Wananchi will utilize three full transponders on SES World Skies’ new NSS-12 satellite to launch cable, broadband and IP phone services, including a DTH lineup and VSAT-delivered, IP-based communications solutions.     Wananchi’s DTH platform...

Ericsson has signed a deal with ESPN to provide its 3-D channel with a complete standards-based video processing solution, featuring encoders and receivers for 3-D broadcasts, Ericsson announced April 13. The complete, end-to-end Ericsson solution aims to support ESPN’s 3-D and HD picture quality from venue to viewer.     “Having pioneered HDTV with our first...