Focus: Broadcasting

[Satellite TODAY 09-24-09] A majority of Satellite TODAY readers said they were very impressed with 3-D HD technology demonstrations, according to the results of our online poll, conducted during August.     Approximately 54 percent of respondents said they were “very impressed” with 3-D HD, with 5 percent saying they were disappointed by the new technology....

[Satellite TODAY 09-24-09] International Datacasting Corp. (IDC) received an order from Media Broadcast in Germany for IDC’s SuperFlex DVB-S2 broadband satellite caching receiver, SFX4104 Pro Video with Datacast XD content management and distribution software for movie delivery, IDC announced Sept. 24.     The SuperFlex receivers aim to provide real-time decoding of MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 HD...

[Satellite TODAY 09-23-09] Harris Corp. received an order from Meredith, owner of 12 TV stations in the United States, for the integrated Harris One solution, the manufacturer announced Sept. 22.     The solution, which will be installed at Meredith’s Atlanta central-casting hub, aims to establish a centralized, file-based broadcast structure, supporting a minimum of 12...

[Satellite TODAY 09-23-09] DirecTV has secured $2 billion in debt financing, the company announced Sept. 22.     The financing, which was offered to investors Sept. 14, consists of $1 billion in 4.75 percent senior notes due 2014 and $1 billion in 5.62 percent senior notes due 2019. The net proceeds will be available for DirecTV’s...

[Satellite TODAY 09-22-09] Tele2 Netherlands has named Amino Communications as its supplier of MPEG-4 set-top boxes for the provision of IPTV services, Amino announced Sept. 21.     Amino will supply Tele2 with two different models of its MPEG-4 dual SD/HD compatible, as well as personal video recorder models, over an 18-month period.     “This is...

[Satellite TODAY 09-22-09] Euronews has signed a pair of distribution deals with DTH platforms Indovision and Okevision in Indonesia, the news channel provider announced Sept. 21.     Euronews will broadcast the English version of its programming on these DTH satellite platforms — reaching an additional 500,000 households in Indonesia.     Euronews already is distributed in...

Nagravision, a Kudelski Group company, will launch software aimed at offering operators a secure pay-TV solution on the PC, Robin Wilson’s Nagravision’s vice president of business development, told the IBC E-Daily.     This could offer satellite pay-TV operators a solution should they want to extend their pay-TV offerings to the PC, she said. “The PC...

OmniGlobe Networks EMEA has won two contracts to provide backhaul platforms and mobile services in the Middle East, the company announced Sept. 15.      Arabsat selected OmniGlobe to provide 12 new backhauling platforms for the transmission of SCPC TV streams throughout the Arab world countries. The new platforms will be designed for continuous operation, capable...

SES World Skies signed a multi-year capacity deal in Africa with Netcom to augment its existing capacity by utilizing multi Ku-band transponders, the company announced Sept. 15. The expanded capacity aims to enable Netcom to meet rising demand for its broad range of telecom and broadcast television services among businesses, universities and consumers in cities...

Apposite Technologies, a developer of network simulation tools has released the Linktropy Mini2, a compact version of the Linktropy WAN emulator, the company announced Sept. 15.     The Linktropy Mini2 is designed to simulate basic wide area network links of up to 100 Mbps, delay, and loss conditions to test the performance of networking applications...