Focus: Broadcasting

The mobile satellite services (MSS) market in Europe was given a significant shot in the arm in August when the European Commission (EC) announced there would be a new pan-European licensing procedure for these services to make things easier for satellite operators. Operators who are successful in gaining a license will be able to offer...

[Satellite Today 01-08-09] Software developer ViewCast Corp. released an IP video streaming appliance, Niagara 2100, the company announced Jan. 7.     This addition to ViewCast’s Niagara streaming video line targets government agencies, business enterprises and others who want to stream video over IP and mobile networks.     The continuing additions of new streaming technologies are...

[Satellite Today 01-08-09] Tandberg Television won a content delivery deal with Starz Entertainment, the company announced Jan. 7.     Starz, which operates 16 movie channels including the Starz and Encore brands with about 17.4 million and 31.6 million subscribers, respectively, will use Tandberg’s next-generation MediaPath secure content delivery system for its on demand services. The...

[Satellite Today 01-08-09] SES Astra and GlobeCast signed a distribution and capacity deal with France Telecom to broadcast Orange TV, targeting French homes with no TV coverage over ADSL, the companies announced Jan. 7.         Orange TV is part of a triple-play offer (TV, telephone, Internet) and will be broadcast by the Astra satellite...

[Satellite Today 01-08-09] Venezuela will make its first satellite radio and television transmission Jan. 10, Venezuelan Minister of Science and Technology Nuris Orihuela told Venezuelan press officials Jan. 6.     The transmission will be done on the Venesat-1 satellite launched from China in October.     According to Orihuela, Venesat-1, also known as Simon Bolivar, will...

[Satellite News 01-07-09] While 2009 may present economic challenges to the satellite industry, a majority of executives are excited about taking advantage of the opportunities that often present themselves in a crisis. Satellite executives gave Satellite News their predictions for the new year and explained what excites them the most about the challenges ahead.    ...

[Satellite News 01-07-09] BSkyB hopes its Sky Player online TV service, which launched late last year, will find a strong niche among new customers in the United Kingdom.     Sky Player TV offers live TV and video-on-demand and builds on the back of the Sky Player service, which launched in January 2006 as a legal...

[Satellite Today 01-07-08] Emerging Markets Communications (EMC) signed Yahsat and Arabsat capacity contracts totaling $200 million, EMC announced Jan. 6.     Based on long-term agreements, EMC will lease C-band capacity on both satellite fleets, adding it to its contracts with Intelsat, Telesat, Gascom and other customers.     “It is no secret that getting satellite capacity...

What’s eating the European Commission about observing international radio regulations of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU)? And how much authority will the Commission be given in pending legislative changes to select satellite operators for services that cross European boundaries? Ever since the Commission released proposals in November 2007 to amend the European Union’s electronic communications...

Every revolution has a defining moment, and in the modern world of telecommunications there may be none more important than the development of Internet Protocol (IP). Even with its early shortcomings, IP solved ongoing conundrums of interconnectivity, driving everyone in the same direction, and international standards committees have included new capabilities in their specifications that...