Focus: Broadcasting

SES will be broadcasting an 8K television signal via its satellite system for the first time during its annual SES Industry Days, taking place today and tomorrow in Luxembourg. Relying on the new DVB-S2X standard, the transmission will be carried out on a single 36 MHz transponder on Astra 3B. With a resolution of 7680×4320...

Cobham Satcom’s Explorer 8100 Auto-Acquire, Drive-Away Antenna System, with its Dynamic Pointing Correction technology, has been installed on the U.K.’s broadcast solutions provider Timeline TV’s new 4K-uplink RF2 broadcast truck. The new vehicle, which entered operations recently, is the latest addition to Timeline TV’s fleet and was developed to augment its outside broadcast capabilities and...

A new distribution contract between Telekom Srbija and SES Video has launched a new TV package across Europe via the orbital position 23.5 degrees east. Under the new multi-year agreement, Telekom Srbija is leasing satellite capacity on Astra 3B to distribute the new TV bouquet to cable and IPTV networks across Europe, with a focus...

SpaceX successfully launched the Bangabandhu Satellite-1 on Friday from the historic Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Following stage separation, the Falcon 9’s first stage successfully landed on “Of Course I Still Love You,” SpaceX’s droneship stationed in the Atlantic Ocean. The Bangabandhu Satellite-1 mission is the first to use...

Thaicom has announced an agreement with Mediavision, a European-based content delivery specialist providing end-to-end solutions to the broadcast and media industry, for the expansion of its broadcast platform in Africa. The MCPC broadcast platform is a cost-effective distribution solution, providing broadcasters in Europe direct access to Thaicom’s content distribution platform at 78.5 degrees east, located...

The Streaming Video Alliance, an industry forum that aims to improve the video experience, announced Google as its newest member during an event hosted by principal member Viacom. Other alliance members also attended the event at the company’s headquarters in the heart of Times Square in New York city. “Viacom is pleased to host the Streaming...

It has not been a good week for Dish Network. The satellite TV company’s shares plunged after it reported losing 94,000 Pay TV subscribers in its first financial quarter of 2018 and falling $222 million short of its revenue mark during the same period in 2017. Beyond the losses, what really stood out from Dish’s...

Eutelsat Communications and TVN, a broadcaster in Poland and part of Discovery, have signed a multi-year, multi-transponder agreement, renewing capacity at the Hotbird position. This renewed capacity will support TVN’s expansion into digital content, promoting an improved image quality and customer experience. The contract consolidates TVN’s resources on Hotbird, underpinning a relationship established more than...

APT Satellite successfully launched the Apstar-6C into orbit with the Long March-3B (LM-3B) launch vehicle today from Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan province of China. Both the satellite and the rocket were developed by the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CALT). Apstar-6C is the 12th satellite placed in-orbit under a contract between China...

Thaicom and We Are IT (WIT) Philippines, a satellite broadband service provider in the Philippines, have signed a multi-year capacity wholesale agreement aimed at providing connectivity for the rollout of nationwide enterprise and government broadband projects. According to the terms of the agreement, WIT will use the entire Ipstar capacity of both spot and broadcast...