Focus: Broadcasting

[Satellite TODAY 04-09-10] GlobeCast signed a playout and delivery services deal with Fashion One TV, GlobeCast announced April 7.     GlobeCast is providing playout and origination of Fashion One TV from its Parkview Square digital hub in Singapore. The channel’s signal is then delivered from Singapore via GlobeCast’s global fiber network to its Hong Kong...

 [Satellite TODAY 04-08-10] DirecTV Chairman John Malone is resigning from the company’s Board of Directors and will recapitalize his family’s stock ownership of DirecTV to satisfy conditions imposed by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) when it was acquired by Liberty Media in February 2009, the broadcaster announced April 7.     Under the terms of...

[Satellite TODAY 04-08-10] Roberts Communications Network (RCN) has contracted Newtec to upgrade its contribution network to an HD- and IP-based DVB-S2 solution using Newtec’s DualFlowTM technology, the company announced April 7.     The RCN network will be re-built into two parts: contribution from the race tracks transmitting race content to the Roberts central aggregation hub...

[Satellite TODAY 04-07-10] GlobeCast has signed a deal with Bollywood television network B4U in India to provide playout and media management services for eight of B4U’s worldwide channels, GlobeCast announced April 6.     The five-year deal also includes the initial ingest and archive of 22,500 hours of content as well as the implementation of a...

[Satellite TODAY 04-06-10] Future shareholders of United Arab Emirates-based satellite broadcasting venture YahLive signed a memorandum of understanding with Jordan Media City, a media hub based in Amman, Jordan, to establish a satellite broadcasting strategic business partnership, the companies announced April 5.     Star Satellite Communications Co. signed the memorandum on behalf of itself and...

[Satellite News 04-06-10] Ofcom’s investigation into the pay-TV market in the United Kingdom has managed to unite operators that are unhappy with its policy decisions. A number of Ofcom’s decisions relate to BSkyB’s premium content and how the operator should make it available on a wholesale basis to other players. Ofcom has decided that BSkyB...

[Satellite News 04-02-10] EchoStar is planning to expand its broadcast interests in Mexico following a capacity deal with SES and the launch of the EchoStar 14 satellite.     SES announced March 19 that it leased satellite capacity to EchoStar after the Mexican government granted SES subsidiary Sistemas Satelitales de México (SSM) approval to offer fixed...

[Satellite TODAY 04-02-10] Kudelski Group subsidiary Nagravision signed a 10-year conditional access system agreement with Polish DTH platform Cyfrowy Polsat, Nagravision announced March 31.     The agreement extends the existing long-term security technology partnership between the two companies. Nagravision said the deal is the result of its confidence in the Polish pay-TV market and Cyfrowy...

  Terrestrial radio has been battered financially, as new competitors and the slow economy hurt the ad-based advertising model, but new technology and satellite delivery is helping radio players survive. AM and FM radio has been at the forefront of the music industry for decades, as the medium served as the primary means for introducing...

[Satellite TODAY 04-01-10] Telesat signed a contract with Canadian DTH proivder Shaw Direct for 16 Ku-band transponders on the planned Anik G1 satellite, Telesat announced March 31.     “The deal is the result of Industry Canada‚s recent decision to make extended Ku-band available for direct-to-home television services, a decision that allows our companies to expand...