Focus: Broadcasting

[Satellite Today 05-12-09] Dish Network reported a 21 percent increase in its first quarter earnings, released May 11, at $312.7 million, up from $258.6 million in 2008. The company’s revenue increased 2.1 percent to $2.9 billion.     The stronger-than-expected results come despite a 21 percent drop in subscribers — a loss of about 94,000 net...

[Satellite News 05-12-09] Dish Network reported a 21 percent increase in its first quarter earnings to $312.7 million, the satellite pay-TV operator announced May 11. Dish reported revenues of $258.6 million in the 2008 first quarter.     The gains came despite a 21 percent drop in subscribers — a loss of about 94,000 net subscribers...

[Satellite Today 05-12-09] Ensequence, an interactive television company, has been chosen by Welsh broadcaster S4C to create and deploy interactive television services for U.K.-based subscribers of Freeview digital terrestrial TV and about 8 million Sky digital satellite viewers, Ensequence announced May 11.     Ensequence will use MHEG Presenter technology from Strategy & Technology to deliver...

[Satellite Today 05-11-09] Crawford Satellite Services extended its fiber network, supporting Crawford Connect, with live connectivity via Studio-on-Main, in Columbia, S.C., the company announced.     With the new national and international fiber video transport, Crawford said it can offer new live capabilities to its clients.     “The facility is another important location for broadcasters to...

[Satellite Today 05-07-09] Wegener released its MicroCasting solution, a satellite-delivered radio localization service that tailors national programming to local markets, the company announced.     The company also is promoting its ShowShifting service, which aims to provide flexible radio programming playback while conserving bandwidth, as a solution package along with MircoCasting. ShowShifting aims to reduce the...

[Satellite Today 05-07-09] Optisat has released its S2-S receiver satellite unit, a product that combines DVB-S2 satellite front-end with DVB-ASI and GbE IP outputs, the company announced May 6.     The unit is designed to provide a solution for multiple professional applications such as signal distribution direct-to-transmitter DVB-T, DVB-H, CATV and IPTV head-ends feeds.    ...

[Satellite News 05-06-09] End-to-end broadcasting solutions provider Harmonic suffered heavy losses in its 2009 first quarter financial report, the company announced May 5.     CFO Robin Dickson said the 22 percent drop in Harmonic’s revenues to $67.8 million were the result of compounded losses in orders between the last two quarters. “Our bookings in the...

[Satellite Today 05-06-09] The Swedish Space Corp. (SSC) will run a U.S. corporation, Universal Space Network (USN), as a subsidiary after the U.S. government approved SSC’s acquisition of USN with no changes to its corporate structure or operations, according to a May 5 announcement from SSC.     “We prefer to talk about this acquisition as...

[Satellite Today 05-06-09] End-to-end broadcasting solutions provider, Harmonic, said it suffered heavy losses in its 2009 first quarter financial report released May 5.     The company’s CFO, Robin Dickson attributed the 22 percent drop in Harmonic’s revenues, at $67.8 million, to compounded losses in orders between the last two quarters. “As you may recall our...

[Satellite Today 05-06-09] The Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT) and MediaQuest are developing a high-definition (HD) direct-to-home (DTH) offering for commercial release in 2009, PLDT announced in its first quarter 2009 financial report released May 9.     The offer would include several channels in either 720 or 1080 progressive scanning resolution. The service is...