Focus: Broadcasting

[Satellite Today 12-08-08] Microspace Communications Corp. (Microspace), a distributor of digital cinema via satellite, delivered the 2009 season opening night performance of "Don Carlo" live in high definition from the La Scala opera house in Milan, Italy, on Dec. 7. The event marked the first live satellite-delivered opera from La Scala, considered one of the...

[Satellite Today 12-5-08] The digital video recorder (DVR) market is seeing significant growth as satellite pay-TV operators face stiffer competition from terrestrial alternatives, according to IMS Research.     The DVR market in Europe grew by 87 percent, reaching 6 million units shipped in 2007, according to “Worldwide Market for DVRs,” released Dec. 3. The Asia-Pacific...

[Satellite Today 12-5-08] BSkyB has launched Sky Player TV in the United Kingdom, the company announced Dec.4.     Sky Player TV is an online only subscription TV service offering live TV and video on demand. For the first time, consumers can access Sky’s pay TV content online without the need to subscribe to an existing...

[Satellite Today 12-5-08] Tandberg Television received contracts from South Korea’s KT and SK Broadband for equipment to support IPTV expansion, Tandberg announced Dec. 5.     KT, selected a Tandberg Television IPTV headend to support growth of its Mega TV IPTV service, which has more than 700,000 subscribers and provides interactive and pay-per-view services. KT will...

[Satellite Today 12-04-08] MySpace Mobile has entered the mobile video market with the launch of a beta version of a streaming video application for mobile phones, the company announced Dec. 4.     In November, Vodafone announced a deal with online social network Facebook for mobile phone activity. The platform is designed to make its social...

[Satellite Today 12-04-08] StarHub, a pay-TV operator in Singapore, is using digital delivery service SmartJog for its file-based workflow to receive content for its newly launched cable video-on-demand platform, StarHub announced Dec. 4.     The system allows the broadcaster to digitally receive U.S. studio content and distribute files into a local editing system to be...

[Satellite News 12-04-08] APT Satellite Satellite Holdings was formed in 1992 and provides satellite communication and TV broadcasting services to broadcasters and telecoms operators in the Asia-Pacific region, Europe and the United States via a fleet of five satellites.     Cheng Guangren, president of APT, discussed growth opportunities for the company, particularly in China, as...

[Satellite Today 12-03-08] Globecomm Systems completed a media processing center in New Delhi, India, providing program origination for Bharti Airtel‘s new DTH service, Globecomm announced Dec. 2.     The program acquisition and uplink center, which Globecomm began developing in March 2007, features two 11.3-meter Ku-band antennas, Globecomm’s AxxSys Orion monitor and control system, and 15...

[Satellite Today 12-03-08] Telenor Satellite Broadcasting (TSB) signed a 10-year deal with Vizada Networks to provide antenna, hosting and network management services from TSB’s largest teleport, Nittedal, the companies announced Dec. 3.     The agreement will provide Vizada Networks with C- and Ku-band ground segment services to support customers, including NATO and the World Health...

[Satellite Today 12-02-08] Grupo Abril launched MTV Brasil, its main TV channel for cable distribution in Brazil, on the NSS-806 satellite, SES New Skies said Dec. 2.     MTV Brasil is the third channel of Grupo Abril, one of the largest diversified media groups in Latin America, to launch on SES New Skies’ NSS-806 satellite....