Focus: Broadcasting

[Satellite TODAY 09-14-09] SintecMedia has unveiled its OnAir Pivot-NL add-on module to the OnAir business solution for broadcasters and networks in the Non-linear marketplace, the company announced Sept. 11.      The OnAir integrated tool for scheduling, programming, airtime sales and promotion system will aim to bring total management of Non-linear content assets over multiple platforms....

Virgin Media will partner with Bridge Technologies to roll out an all-IP broadcast installation at its 54 of Virgin Media’s headends and four core IP sites to complement its existing Video-on-Demand (VoD) IP infrastructure, Virgin Media announced Sept. 13.     Bridge Technologies will provide its VideoBridge IP probes, servers, and software to ensure comprehensive continuous...

The satellite communications sector is good at solving problems. Most of the time it’s for customers, but one of the best stories I heard on the IBC exhibit floor was from a company that solved a problem for itself. NDSatcom received a call from its office in Dubai, which was having communications troubles. It seems...

This has been a challenging year for Europe’s top broadcasters. With an economic credit crunch, it has been a tough environment, particularly as there has been a slowdown in terms of overall advertising revenues.      Broadcasters “had been heavily impacted by the credit crunch” and have “suffered profoundly in their operations,” said Lieven Vermaele, technical...

Russia Today, the Russian free-to-air news channel, is determined to extend the reach of its channel across as many different platforms as possible. In order to help it achieve this ambition, the channel has teamed up with GlobeCast as it bids to bring its channel to more eyeballs across the world.     “Asia will probably...

South African direct-to-home (DTH) television operator MultiChoice signed a long-term, multi-transponder capacity agreement with Intelsat, the FSS operator announced Sept. 11.     The agreement extends and expands MultiChoice’s existing contract on the Intelsat 7 satellite at 68.5 degrees East and includes capacity on the follow-on satellite, Intelsat 20 – scheduled for launch in early 2012....

ND SatCom introduced its brand-new Ka- and Ku-dual band SNG vehicle and service for broadcasters and operators, the company announced Sept. 11.     ND SatCom uses satellite capacity of its parent company SES Astra in efforts to provide satellite capacity, an SNG vehicle and an upgrade kit for the satellite uplink as part of the...

The "connected home" home is a major part of the future, according to one exhibitor at IBC. In fact, the communications industry believes it so strongly that it’s is ready to roll out whatever technology is required to provide services to consumers who may or may not believe it at all. The problem remains the...

Norsat International released the Norsat SA-RSSI-I LNB Spectrum Analyzer, a new line of satellite terminal operator tools, to be used in Norsat’s portable satellite terminals, the company announced.     The L-band SA-RSSI-I is a standalone compact unit that comes with its own universal power supply. There is also a satellite almanac tool incorporated into the...

The "connected home" home is a major part of the future, according to one exhibitor at IBC. In fact, the communications industry believes it so strongly that it’s is ready to roll out whatever technology is required to provide services to consumers who may or may not believe it at all. The problem remains the...