Focus: Broadcasting

[Satellite News 10-21-09] The growing prominence of online TV and could have a huge impact on traditional forms of broadcasting, such as cable and satellite, attendees at the Streaming Media Europe show in London said.     Prior to the show, it was announced that online advertising had overtaken TV advertising in the first half of...

  [Satellite TODAY 10-21-09] AsiaSat signed a capacity deal with Japan International Broadcasting (JIB), a subsidiary of NHK Japan Broadcasting Corp., to deliver the NHK World TV English-language news channel through a C-band transponder platform on the AsiaSat 3S satellite, AsiaSat announced Oct. 20.     Home viewers across Asia and Australasia will be able to...

[Satellite News 10-20-09] SatStream business development director, Craig Moehl believes satellite companies and broadcasters will suffer if they do not embrace new streaming technologies for delivering content over the Internet.             “I think that satellite companies who refuse to enter the Internet streaming world will be left behind,” Moehl told Satellite News at Streaming Media...

[Satellite TODAY 10-19-09] HaiVision Network Video appointed Mohammed Ghafari vice president of Middle East operations in efforts to establish a direct presence in Dubai, the company announced Oct. 16.     Ghafari will be working out of a new regional office, which HaiVision completed earlier this year. The company said its Middle East business has officially...

[Satellite News 10-14-09] Piracy is a plague that impacts pay-TV operators around the globe. People illegally accessing content drains pay-TV operators of much needed revenue and puts business plans in peril, and the problem has become even more acute in a distressed economic environment.             The Cable & Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (CASBAA) estimates...

[Satellite News 10-13-09] NDS is expanding its service offerings beyond content security and into middleware and complex interactive services, the company said.             The company has unveiled a conditional access (CA) add-on module, NDS VideoGuard Pre-Paid, an offering that will enable operators to provide customers with more payment options at minimal cost. Based on VideoGuard...

[Satellite News 10-12-09] Digiturk intends to launch a push video-on-demand service in Turkey before the end of the year, Berkman ÇavuÅŸoÄŸlu, vice president, sales, Digiturk, told Satellite News.             “We have just launched subscription video on demand, and will be launching push video on demand by the end of this year. We have just introduced remote...

Comtech EF Data Vice President Fred Morris has seen global networks evolve and standards come and go over his career. As his company does business in the DVB-S2 era, Morris is faced with several challenges ranging from meeting the demands of an increasingly diverse end-user base to making new products as efficient as possible. However,...

[Satellite News 10-08-09] As Telenor Satellite Broadcasting (TSB) moves closer to the scheduled launch of its Thor 6 satellite, the company is turning its attention to Thor 7, Cato Halsaa, vice president and CEO of TSB, said.             The Thor 6 satellite has arrived at the Guiana Spaceport in Kourou for its scheduled launch by...

[Satellite TODAY 10-07-09] i-concerts, a dedicated live music channel, signed carriage agreements deals with Eutelsat and YouTube, which will be effective in mid-October, i-concerts announced Oct. 6.     Eutelsat’s Eurobird 9A will provide video satellite coverage over Europe, North Africa and the Middle East. This satellite uplink will make i-concerts HD feed available to a...