Focus: Broadcasting

ProtoStar hopes to make an impact in the promising DTH markets in Asia by providing capacity aboard its ProtoStar 1 satellite. The spacecraft, placed in orbit in July, carries 16...

While the satellite sector generally remains in good health, a financial crisis that has cast a huge shadow over the globe also threatens the necessary funding that many companies will...

[Satellite Today 11-26-08] Pace has delivered a next-generation hybrid satellite/IP set-top box to Canal+ Group in France, Pace announced Nov. 26.     The set-top box, dubbed +Le Cube, is the...

[Satellite Today 11-26-08] SES won a multi-year satellite capacity deal with EchoStar, as the DTH provider looks to expand into the Mexican pay-TV market, SES announced Nov. 26.      Capacity...

[Satellite News 11-25-08] The failure of the Nigcomsat-1 satellite is a significant blow to the nascent African fixed satellite services (FSS) industry, according to analysts.     Nigcomsat, which already was...

[Satellite Today 11-25-08] T-Home SatTV, Hungary’s newest DTH service, has commenced operations using the Amos-3 satellite, operator Spacecom announced Nov. 25.     Magyar Telecom, the largest telco in Hungary, is...

[Satellite Today 11-25-08] AtlanTecRF launched a new series of Ka-band loop test translators in support of the next generation of ground based transmit and receive stations, the company announced Nov....

[Satellite Today 11-25-08] MVS Comunicaciones, a Mexican telecommunications conglomerate, and EchoStar Corp. have formed a joint venture, Dish Mexico, that will launch Dish satellite TV service across Mexico, the companies...

[Satellite Today 11-24-08] UDcast has rolled out with WANcompress for its UDgateway security and performance solution, the company announced Nov. 24.      UDgateway offers bandwidth optimization to reduce the high...

[Satellite Today 11-24-08] Polish DTH operator Cyfrowy Polsat has deployed an advanced high-definition set-top box, EchoStar Europe announced Oct. 24.     The launch of the DBS-7100HD product is intended to...