Focus: Broadcasting

[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...

[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...

[Satellite Today 01-22-09] Canal Plus Group and Arabsat have launched a French-speaking channel package in Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia, Arabsat announced Jan. 21.      Arabsat partnered with Canal Overseas, an...

[Satellite Today 01-21-09] Eutelsat signed a contract with Telespazio for capacity at the 13 degrees East Hot Bird video neighborhood, Eutelsat announced Jan. 20.     The contract leases two transponders...

[Satellite News 01-21-09] EchoStar Corp. hopes it can become a force in the Mexican pay-TV market after signing a deal in late 2008 with MVS Multivision to form a joint...

[Satellite Today 01-21-09] Mexico is largely an untapped market when it comes to pay TV services, with less than 30 percent of the households subscribing, Steve Schaver, president of EchoStar...

[Satellite Today 01-19-09] GlobeCast signed a distribution deal with BBC World Service for the launch of a Persian TV channel, the company announced Jan. 16.     GlobeCast will be the...

[Satellite News 01-16-09] Tandberg Television kicked off 2009 with a content delivery deal with Starz Entertainment intended to promote Tandberg’s next-generation MediaPath system as a non-linear distribution platform, Tandberg Vice...

[Satellite Today 01-16-09] RRSat been chosen to distribute two additional Russian-speaking channels, Smile of Child and Bridge TV, via Gascom‘s Yamal 201 satellite, RRSat announced Jan. 15.     RRsat already...

[Satellite Today 01-16-09] Canadian Satellite Radio Holdingsvreported a 2009 first quarter net loss of $25.2 million, compared to a loss of $12.9 million in the first three months of 2008,...