Focus: Broadcasting

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[Satellite Today 01-29-09] Voom HD Networks signed a deal with DLA for the distribution of its Voom HD feed in Latin America, the company announced Jan. 28.     The distribution deal gives Voom HD a footprint throughout Latin America and access to all digital platforms in the region. DLA is the exclusive distributor of Voom...

[Satellite Today 01-29-09] BSkyB now has more than 9.2 million DTH customers in the United Kingdom and Ireland, with more than 50 percent of its subscriber base now taking either its HD service, Sky+HD, or its personal video recorder service, Sky+, the company announced Jan. 28.     For the fourth quarter, BSkyB had net subscriber...

[Satellite Today 01-27-09] Airfield Media Group has launched TéléSAT, a French language satellite pay-TV service, Airfield announced Jan. 23.     The service will target the French speaking parts of Belgium with a 60 channel offering for less than 10 euros ($13) a month. Airfield already runs the Dutch language satellite pay-TV service, TV Vlaanderen, with...

[Satellite Today 01-27-09] Newtec, Arabsat and the Arab States Broadcasting Union (ASBU) have launched the Multimedia Exchange Network over Satellite (MENOS) in the Middle East, Newtec announced Jan. 26.     MENOS allows ASBU’s 28 members to fully automate an exchange of television, radio and data with a full IP satellite-based service that can support all...

[Satellite Today 01-26-09] Voom HD Networks has expanded a high-definition (HD) content deal with BSkyB, the company announced Jan. 23.     The expanded deal with BSkyB will see Voom bring its Rush HD content to Go!View, a subscription based video-on-demand offering from BSkyB for PlayStation Portable users. Rush HD is a linear HD channel devoted...

[Satellite News 01-23-09] IPTV Americas (IPTVA) searching for outside investment as it looks to go to the next level of its growth strategy, CEO Alvaro Gazzolo told Satellite News.     “We will need further funding going forward. Unfortunately, the financial crisis hit right in the middle of our private placement for financing,” said Gazzolo. “We...

[Satellite Today 01-23-09] IPTV Americas (IPTVA) CEO Alvaro Gazzolo believes the company can play a key role in helping smaller cable players and telcos flourish in Latin America and the Caribbean. In an exclusive interview with Satellite News, Gazzolo boasted his company’s thrifty spending, low service costs and growth plans in order to attract outside...

[Satellite Today 01-23-09] Junjiang Bai, has been appointed as local representative of DEV Systemtechnik in China, effective immediately, DEV announced Jan. 22.    The Beijing-based consultant said he aims to develop the Chinese market with more than 100 TV stations, 30 large CATV operators, satellite communication and defense facilities for DEV’s RF transmission products. Bai...

[Satellite News 01-22-09]  Despite the force of Sirius XM Radio’s push to capitalize on the most popular U.S. television event of the year, the NFL Super Bowl, some market analysts are calling the move “desperate” — coming at a time when the satellite radio provider, buried in debt and paralyzed by expensive talent contracts, needs...