Focus: Broadcasting

Major broadcast networks rely on attracting as many eyeballs as possible in order to maximize revenues in a traditional advertising climate. But that model, while not completely obsolete, may fall victim to a new generation of viewers that do not want the broadcasters to dictate where and when they watch their preferred entertainment.   Many...

Streambox is set to launch Streambox Live, an IP-based contribution service, the company announced.     The solution aims to enable remote and citizen reporters to upload compressed live video streams to broadcast studios through Internet-based Streambox Live data centers. The service will interoperate with Streambox’s platform of SD and HD broadcast-quality video encoders and decoders,...

The European Commission (EC) wants to bring the benefits of modern communications and media to people throughout Europe, and with the switch off of analog signals approaching quickly, how the spectrum freed up by the change can be used to meet this goal is a key topic.     Viviane Reding, the European Union (EU) Commissioner...

[Satellite TODAY 09-11-09] Viasat Broadcasting, a digital satellite pay-TV broadcaster in Scandinavia and the Baltic states, has added technology developer Pace’s TDS855NV hybrid HD PVR to its portfolio, the companies announced Sept. 10.      The built-in hybrid functionality of the new HD PVR will aim to provide users with access to a broader range of...

The global communications business turns its attention to IBC, and while the same overriding factor hovers over the gathering, attitudes about the effects of the economic slowdown seem to be improving. At the beginning of 2009, many in the satellite communications field viewed the sector as recession-resistant, if not recession-proof, but those views seemed to...

[Satellite TODAY 09-11-09] iDirect’s partner, Auriga Network has leveraged its satellite communications platform to expand its IP broadcasting service to newscasters in the Middle East, iDirect announced Sept. 11.     The platform is designed to transmit live news over an IP satellite system and aims to reduce the cost of transporting video from local bureaus...

Telcos are still truggling to make a huge impact across pay-TV markets in Europe, according to some analysts.     “Telco-led IPTV has not made the deep impact on European TV markets many had hoped at the beginning of the decade,” said Adrian Drury, principal analyst, media, broadcast and telecoms, Ovum.  “However, where services have had...

iDirect’s Auriga network has leveraged its satellite communications platform to expand its IP broadcasting service to newscasters in the Middle East, iDirect announced Sept. 11.     The iDirect network is designed to transmit live news over an IP satellite system and aims to reduce the cost of transporting video from local bureaus to network studios....

Viasat Broadcasting, a digital satellite pay-TV broadcaster in Scandinavia and the Baltic states, has added technology developer Pace’s TDS855NV hybrid HD PVR to its portfolio, the companies announced Sept. 10. The built-in hybrid functionality of the new HD PVR will aim to provide users with access to a broader range of programming and increased control...

Edgeware and Jet Stream have partnered to integrate of Edgeware’s Web TV WTV servers with Jet Stream’s VideoExchange content distribution network (CDN) management suite to create a complete CDN-in-a-box solution for content and network owners, the companies announced Sept. 10.     Version 10.2 of VDO exchange, which supports the CDN-in-a-box capability, will be available Sept....