Focus: Broadcasting

Verimatrix customer DishHome has extended its investment to support next-generation Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB) cardless security, powered by the Video Content Authority System (VCAS) Ultra platform. DishHome is Nepal’s largest Direct-to-Home (DTH) operator and has relied on Verimatrix for DVB security since 2011. DishHome originally invested in VCAS for DVB to provide a future-proof approach...

M7 Group has deployed Harmonic’s Ultra-HD video processing solution for live video distribution of the FIFA 2018 World Cup, the world’s largest soccer competition which began on June 14 and will run up until July 15, in Russia. The tournament matches are being delivered live in native Ultra-HD to all of M7 Group’s Canal Digitaal...

NAGRA and MTM have disclosed the findings of the 2018 Pay-TV Innovation Forum, a research program that brings together leading pay-TV and TV network executives to explore the challenges and opportunities facing the industry. The priorities uncovered during the event include managing the roll out of a more diverse range of video products, unlocking the...

Dish is to integrate Netflix into its Evolve television solution for hotels in the coming months. Guests staying in hotels featuring Evolve will be able to access their personal Netflix account directly from their room’s television. In addition to Netflix, Evolve provides access to thousands of Android TV apps from the Google Play Store. Launched...

Intelsat is partnering with Latin American broadcaster Globo to demonstrate live 8K Ultra-HD video transmissions in Brazil for the 2018 World Cup. Beginning today and running through July 15, content will be broadcast as part of an exhibition at the Museu de Amanha, Rio de Janeiro’s science museum. The 8K signal will be transmitted as...

In one of the biggest deals in U.S. media history, AT&T has been given the go-ahead to acquire Time Warner. Given that AT&T owns DirecTV, one of the largest satellite pay-TV operators, the deal has significant ramifications for the satellite sector given that AT&T now has huge presence across the U.S. media landscape. The deal...

You’ve probably heard this one before but we just love how the space race and, more specifically, the satellite industry permeates to so many aspects of our daily lives. In this case, the iconic soccer ball! As we mark the start of the highly anticipated 2018 FIFA World Cup today, here’s some of the history...

For the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia, several TV channels and service providers have booked capacity from Eutelsat Communications equivalent to 5,500 hours of High Definition (HD) transmissions. In addition to the regular broadcast capacity booked by Eutelsat’s customers, capacity on five Eutelsat satellites will uplink signals from 11 cities across Russia during the month-long...

IsoTropic Networks, a global solutions provider of satellite internet services, has announced that its live, Over-The-Air (OTA) test of DVB-S2/S2X has found that early tests of the new iDirect iQ 200 Series were able to outperform competitive products reaching close to 200 Mbps aggregate throughput. IsoTropic tested the new iDirect iQ 200 Series in a...

SES has announced that SES-12 has been successfully launched today onboard a flight-proven SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) in Cape Canaveral in Florida. Liftoff occurred at 12:45 a.m. EDT and the satellite was deployed about 32 minutes after liftoff. SES-12, which is designed with wide beams and high throughput beams,...