Focus: Broadcasting

[Satellite Today 09-25-08] Gateway Communications signed an agreement with Measat to lease multiple C-band transponders on Africasat-1, Measat announced Sept. 25.     The lease, which will commence in October, opens up voice, data and Internet access to Gateway’s corporate customers across 40 countries on the African continent.     “Because Gateway designs and develops services specifically...

[Satellite News 09-25-08] With demands for broadband services increasing in many regions around the globe, VSAT players see opportunities in markets such as Pakistan, Brazil and Africa, according to attendees at the Comsys VSAT 2008 show in London Sept. 24.     Heinrich Nothnagel, general manager, MWEB/Afsat, Africa, a communications solutions provider, said while other technologies...

[Satellite Today 09-24-08] GlobeCast signed a five-year deal with Showtime Arabia to provide content management and delivery services for 13 of its global channels, GlobeCast announced Sept. 24.     The deal includes GlobeCast providing services ranging from multiplexing, uplink and aggregation to playout from its technical operations center in London. The feeds for the 13...

[Satellite News 09-2208] The Americas region, driven principally by the United States, continues to lead the globe in terms of demand for high-definition (HD) TV services, while Japanese consumers are leading uptake of the service in the Asia-Pacific region, according to a study by IMS Research.     “The Americas region leads the world in demand...

[Satellite Today 09-22-08] International Launch Services launched the Nimiq 4 satellite for Telesat, the companies announced Sept. 22.     The satellite, which will be located at 82 degrees West, is equipped with 32 active Ku-band and eight Ka-band transponders. Nimiq 4 is fully leased to Bell TV, which will use the capacity to expand its...

[Satellite Today 09-22-08] United Service Source Inc. (USSI), a communications service provider, has acquired Ascent Media’s Palm Bay satellite systems engineering and field business unit, USSI announced Sept. 22.     Palm Bay will now be recognized as USSI Broadcast and Network Services and will continue to provide engineering, project management, equipment procurement, installation, integration and...

GlobeCast, which provides content management and worldwide transmission services, announced during IBC that it was acquiring French software company Netia, which offers software solutions for audiovisual content management. IBC e-Daily spoke with GlobeCast Chairman and CEO Christian Pinon about the acquisition and its expected impact on GlobeCast. IBC E-daily: What will the Netia acquisition allow...

Harmonic Inc. will supply additional encoders to DirecTV Inc. that will be used to expand the DTH operators high-definition (HD) national channel service, Harmonic announced.      Harmonic will supply DiviCom Electra 7000 HD H.264 encoders and ProStream 1000 stream processing platform with DiviTrackIP statistical multiplexing solution. The one rack-unit platform delivers up to four full-resolution...

SES New Skies has signed a capacity deal with CETel for transponder space on the NSS-12 satellite, SES News Skies announced.     CETel will use a Ku-band transponder on the satellite to provide service in the growing market in the Middle East and Africa for VSAT services and corporate networks.      NSS-12 satellite is scheduled...

Tam Tam TV, an entertainment channel in the Ivory Coast, has chosen GlobeCast to provide a broadcast solution that combines remote broadcast delivery via Internet with satellite distribution, GlobeCast announced.     The system provided to Tam Tam TV allows the channel to have complete control of its content from its control room in Abidjan.    ...