Focus: Broadcasting

DiBcom, a semiconductor company, has entered into a cooperation agreement with Solaris Mobile to provide mobile television and in-vehicle entertainment, information and communication services across Europe, Solaris announced April 22.     DiBcom will contribute DVB-SH broadcast receiver solutions to enable mobile devices to have access to the multimedia content transmitted by satellite and terrestrial repeaters....

Telenor Satellite Broadcasting (TSB) has signed a capacity deal with SES Sirius to gain further capacity in the Nordic region, Telenor announced April 22.     The three-year deal will provide TSB with 36MHz of Nordic FSS capacity on the Sirius 4 satellite at 5 degrees East.     TSB said the additional capacity will be utilized...

Norsat International Inc. acquired Ireland-based WiMAX provider, Bluemoon 4G Ltd., in an all-stock transaction, Norsat announced April 22.     “With the acquisition of Bluemoon, we accelerate our entry into the WiMAX market and expand our geographic reach into markets in emerging countries. We believe this acquisition is aligned with our strategic diversification into the commercial...

Maui LLC, a consortium of six broadcast stations headquartered in Hawaii, has deployed Harmonic’s ProStream 1000 stream-processing solutions and NMX digital service manager for a network rebuild, Harmonic announced April 22.     Harmonic said Maui’s system needed to be upgraded due to television transmissions that interfered with the astronomy community and equipment that threatened the...

Dish Network has launched Dish Earth, a channel offering live views of Earth, passing views of the moon, Venus, and unidentified flying object, the company announced April 22.     The Dish Earth channel content is supported by a camera installed on Dish Network’s EchoStar 11 satellite, launched into geo-synchronous orbit at 110 degrees West in...

[Satellite Today 04-23-09] Dish Network has launched Dish Earth, a channel offering live views of Earth, passing views of the moon, Venus, and unidentified flying object, the company announced April 22.     The Dish Earth channel content is supported by a camera installed on Dish Network’s EchoStar 11 satellite, launched into geo-synchronous orbit at 110...

[Satellite Today 04-23-09] Telenor Satellite Broadcasting (TSB) has signed a capacity deal with SES Sirius to gain further capacity in the Nordic region, Telenor announced April 22.    The three-year deal will provide TSB with 36MHz of Nordic FSS capacity on the Sirius 4 satellite at 5 degrees East.    TSB said the additional capacity...

[Satellite Today 04-23-09] DiBcom, a semiconductor company, has entered into a cooperation agreement with Solaris Mobile to provide mobile television and in-vehicle entertainment, information and communication services across Europe, Solaris announced April 22.     DiBcom will contribute DVB-SH broadcast receiver solutions to enable mobile devices to have access to the multimedia content transmitted by satellite...

The link-up between Yahsat and SES Astra to create a company to target DTH markets in the Middle East, North Africa and South West Asia, announced by the companies April 20, could be a smart move, according to leading industry analysts who have given their opinions on yesterday’s announcement.     Patrick French, senior analyst at...

Fisher Communications signed a station group agreement with Backchannelmedia to deploy its opt-in Clickable TV technology for interactive advertisements on television, Fisher announced April 20.     The interactive technology works through over-the-air digital broadcast, cable, satellite and other providers to create an all-inclusive digital platform.     The companies said the system was designed with consumer...