Focus: Broadcasting

[Satellite Today 10-13-08] Arqiva used its content delivery network to distribute a full-length digital cinema feature via the Intelsat 905 satellite to Circuit George Raymond (CGR), one of France’s largest movie theatre chains, the company announced Oct. 13.     Working in partnership with Arts Alliance Media, Arqiva said it delivered the content directly to the...

[Satellite Today 10-09-08] Glowlink has been awarded a contract by an unnamed major U.S. broadcast network to provide a carrier management system, Glowlink Oct. 9.     Glowlink’s Model 1000 carrier management system provides real-time management and problem solving tools to help insure a network meets viewer demand. The system also features Glowlink’s WebAccess, allowing the...

[Satellite News 10-09-08] Premiere, Germany’s leading satellite pay-TV operator, is in a state of flux, mired in a scandal over bloated subscriber figures which already has claimed the company’s CFO and chief marketing and sales officer.     Premiere announced Oct. 2 that it expects its 2008 earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) to...

[Satellite Today 10-08-08] Viasat Broadcasting, a subsidiary of the Modern Times Group (MTG) has launched MTV’s HD channel, MTVHD, on its pay-TV satellite platform in the Nordic region, Viasat announced Oct. 6.     The channel will be available to subscribers in Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland. Viasat launched its HDTV offering in January.     Viasat...

[Satellite Today 10-08-08] The Special Broadcasting Service (SBS), Australia’s multicultural and multilingual public broadcaster, has selected Tandberg Television’s Internet protocol-based iSIS 8000 headend architecture for its digital terrestrial television network, Tandberg announced Oct. 8.     Tandberg is supplying standard-definition and high-definition television encoders, dense multiplexing, and embedded single frequency network adaptation, all based around its...

[Satellite Today 10-08-08] Telesat‘s Nimiq 4 satellite completed in-orbit tests and has been placed at the 82 degrees West orbital slot, manufacturer EADS Astrium announced Oct. 8.     Nimiq 4 will be used to offer high-definition TV, specialty television and foreign language programming in North America. The satellite carries 32 Ku-band and eight Ka-band transponders....

[Satellite Today 10-07-08] Bharti Airtel, an Indian telco, will launch its DTH service, Airtel Digital TV, in India before the end of the week, the company said Oct. 7.     Airtel Digital TV will be available in 62 cities in India in the first phase of rollout. The company has more than 60 million cellular...

[Satellite Today 10-07-08] Dish Network signed national content and hardware distribution agreements with Pace International and the newly formed Pace CSO Inc., Dish Network announced Oct. 7.      According to the agreement, Pace will expand its operations to offer Dish Network content, set-top boxes and hardware, system design, marketing, technical support, customer support and billing...

[Satellite News 10-06-08] Serbia Broadband is the largest pay-TV operator in Serbia and one of a growing number of operators offerings services on multiple infrastructures. The operator started life as a cable provider and launched pay-TV services via satellite within the last year.     “We saw many synergies between cable and satellite,” said Serbia Broadband...

[Satellite Today 10-06-08] The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), which serves 356 public television stations in the United States, has transitioned its complete programming lineup to the AMC-21 satellite, SES Americom announced Oct. 6.     AMC-21, placed in orbit in August, also is a key element of PBS’s Next Generation Interconnection System, the distribution infrastructure platform...