Focus: Broadcasting

[Satellite TODAY 10-29-09] SIS Live, a European outside broadcast and uplink supplier, won a multimillion dollar contract from the Broadcasting Corp. of India to provide the production, coverage facilities and services to cover the 19th annual Commonwealth Games set to take place in India in 2010, SIS announced Oct. 28.     SIS Live will provide...

[Satellite TODAY 10-28-09] France Télévisions signed a long-term contract with Eutelsat for capacity to broadcast all France 3 regional channels on the Atlantic Bird 3 satellite, Eutelsat announced Oct. 28. As a result of the deal, all homes in France will be equipped with a dish to receive transmissions from Atlantic Bird 3, located at...

[Satellite TODAY 10-28-09] International Datacasting Corp. (IDC) and 3-D technology developer Sensio Technologies Inc. were selected by Mexico’s Televisa to provide 3-D broadcasting technology for the country’s first live soccer match on public television, the companies announced Oct. 28.     IDC will provide Televisa with the SFX Pro Cinema 3-D live encoders and decoders with...

[Satellite TODAY 10-27-09] The Kudelski Group filed additional presentation materials supporting its offer to acquire OpenTV Corp. with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Kudelski announced Oct. 26.     Kudelski’s tender offer provides all OpenTV shareholders with exit options and premiums. The company warned shareholders that its offer, announced Oct. 5, is “the only...

[Satellite TODAY 10-26-09] BSkyB reported that it has 1.6 million households taking HD services in the United Kingdom and Ireland in its third quarter results, issued Oct. 23.     The operator added near 287,000 new HD subscribers in the 2009 third quarter and has more than tripled the number of HD subscribers in the last...

[Satellite TODAY 10-26-09] Austar, the Australian satellite pay-TV operator, had close to 740,000 subscribers at the end of third quarter, according to its financial results, issued Oct. 22.     The operator added more than 10,000 subscribers in the quarter, and more than 121,000 of its subscribers are using its MyStar personal video recorder service, which...

[Satellite News 10-26-09] Pace CEO Neil Gaydon is optimistic that other operators will soon follow Canal Digital’s lead and deploy Pace’s MultiDweller technology solution. Canal Digital, the Nordic pay-TV operator, was announced as the first commercial customer for MultiDweller, some four years after Pace launched the concept. The deal was announced in July. A second...

[Satellite TODAY 10-23-09] Sky News has partnered with tapeless technology specialist EVS in preparation of Sky News’ HD service launch in 2010, the company announced Oct. 22.     The companies will introduce new technology and HD upgrades at Sky News’ Central London studio for local and international regions. Sky News will replace its current equipment...

[Satellite TODAY 10-23-09] Viasat Broadcasting, a Modern Times Group (MTG) subsidiary, reported 850,000 DTH subscribers in the Nordic region at the end of September, an increase of 17,000 subscribers compared to the previous quarter, the company announced in its third quarter results, released Oct. 21.     The operator also reported more than 80,000 HD subscribers...

 [Satellite TODAY 10-22-09] Softel named Ensequence reseller for its MediaSphere interactive TV platform in the United States, Ensequence announced Oct. 21.     Ensequence will resell MediaSphere as part of the Ensequence iTV Manager solution, which aims to scale interactive television by allowing customers to manage a high volume of iTV deployments.    The Softel MediaSphere...