Focus: Broadcasting

Allen and Overy has reached a financial close with Mubadala Development Co. and Al Yah Satellite Communications Co. (Yahsat) on the Yahsat satellite project, Allen and Overy announced Mar. 5.     The $1.8 billion project now has $1.2 billion in senior debt financing.     The project includes the two hybrid communications satellites (Yahsat 1A and...

Al Baghdadia TV has ordered three 1.2-meter Advent Newswift vehicle-mounted satellite antennas from Vislink’s news and entertainment business unit, Vislink announced.     The Advent Newswifts are HD capable and will enable Al Baghdadia to upgrade to high-definition. The dishes will operate on Ku-band.     This is Al Baghdadia’s second major purchase of Vislink equipment in...

Abu Dhabi Media Co.’s wholly-owned broadcast subsidiary, LIVE, has won the award for technology implementation of the year at the 2009 Digital Studio Industry Leadership Awards, Abu Dhabi Media Co. announced Mar. 5.     The Digital Studio Industry Leadership Award acknowledges the efforts of individuals and companies that have contributed to the growth of the...

Abu Dhabi Media Co.’s wholly-owned broadcast subsidiary, LIVE, has won the award for technology implementation of the year at the 2009 Digital Studio Industry Leadership Awards, Abu Dhabi Media Co. announced Mar. 5.     The Digital Studio Industry Leadership Award acknowledges the efforts of individuals and companies that have contributed to the growth of the...

[Satellite Today 03-05-09] GlobeCast has launched a new fiber and satellite link to Dubai in the United Arab Emirates and is finalizing plans for a connection to Jordan Media City (JMC) in Amman, which is expected to go live in April, GlobeCast announced Mar. 4.     The new link will help facilitate joint ventures between...

[Satellite Today 03-05-09] Megahertz (MHz), an independent systems integrator, has launched a partnership with Greenland International Enterprises, a trading company based in Doha, Qatar, providing Megahertz with an established broadcast facility in the Gulf, the company announced Mar. 4.     Megahertz said the move was made to address the needs of the expanding regional market...

SmartSat is set to make a decision in the next three months on who will manufacture its satellite, Khaled Derbas, chairman of SmartSat, told the CABSAT e-Daily. The shortlist has now been whittled down to three manufacturers: Thales Alenia Space, Orbital Sciences and Space Systems/Loral (SS/L), and SmartSat is in negotiations with all three players....

The two biggest booths on the Satellite MENA 2009 show floor belonged to SmartSat and YahSat, two satellite operators without any hardware in orbit. Normally that strikes me as a warning sign: The company with the flashiest booth is trying to draw attention away from the fact that they don’t actually have anything to offer...

Al Yah Satellite Communications Co. (Yahsat) has one of the most ambitious business plans of any new satellite operator around the globe. The company signed deals in August 2007 with EADS Astrium and Thales Alenia Space for the buildout of a dual satellite communications system valued at more $1.6 billion. The two satellites are scheduled...

XipLink has added Dubai-based Prologix to its global network of value-added distributors, XipLink announced Mar. 4.     Prologix will provide delivery and logistics support for XipLink’s XA series of appliances and the XipStick portable optimizer, unveiled Mar. 3, throughout the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) territory.     “We can use XipLink technology in traditional...