Focus: Broadcasting

[Satellite News 09-09-08] Eutelsat Communications has seen its share of headlines in recent months, though not the type that the company normally seeks.     The operator has had issues with its W5 satellite, which suffered an anomaly to part of its power generator subsystem in June. The satellite lost the use of four transponders, and...

[Satellite Today 09-08-08] GlobeCast has acquired software company Netia, GlobeCast announced Sept. 8. Netia, which has offices in France, the United States, Italy and Australia, provides software solutions for audiovisual content management.      Netia will retain its identity and autonomy in terms of administrative functions as well as its personnel.     “We pride ourselves on...

[Satellite Today 09-08-08] SES New Skies signed a new capacity deal with Talia, a supplier of satellite Internet services for North Africa and the Middle East, SES New Skies said Sept. 8.     Talia has contracted multiple transponders on the NSS-12 satellite, which is scheduled for launch in the second half of 2009. NSS-12 will...

[Satellite Today 09-08-08] ViaSat has received a $50 million contract award from Skylogic, the broadband subsidiary of Eutelsat Communications, to provide ground infrastructure for the Ka-Sat satellite system, ViaSat announced Sept. 8.     According to ViaSat, the terms of the contract require the company to deliver and install broadband equipment for 10 Ka-Sat gateways in...

[Satellite Today 09-05-08] Südwestrundfunk (SWR), a German public broadcaster, has ordered a satellite news gathering vehicle with satellite uplink and TV production technology from ND SatCom, the company announced Sept. 5     The satellite uplink consists of a SkyRay Compact 1500plus antenna subsystem and is HD/SD-ready.     The vehicle is the first built by ND...

[Satellite Today 09-05-08] ProtoStar Ltd. confirmed that it signed an orbital location services agreement with Intersputnik International Organization of Space Communications (Intersputnik) of Russia, ProtoStar Ltd. announced Sept. 5.     Under the agreement, which has been filed with the International Telecommunications Union, ProtoStar will provide C- and Ku-band services in Asia using the ProtoStar 1...

[Satellite Today 09-04-08] The Cable & Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (CASBAA) said Sept 2., that reports of critical interference with TV broadcasts by broadband wireless systems in the satellite C-band frequency are on the rise.     CASBAA cited a recent example in Bahrain where hundreds of consumers, largely expatriates watching Indian-originated satellite TV via...

[Satellite Today 09-03-08] Nagravision, a Kudelski Group company, has been selected by China Satellite Mobile Broadcast Ltd. (CSM) as a conditional access provider for a nationwide mobile TV service, Nagravision announced Sept. 2.     For the program, launched prior to the Olympics, Nagravision is deploying a national conditional access system as well as 35 regional...

[Satellite Today 09-02-08] The proposed merger between Arqiva and National Grid Wireless was accepted by the U.K. Competition Commission, Arqiva announced Sept. 2.      The company said that the merger would result in a unified broadcast transmission infrastructure for the United Kingdom     Since the announcement of the acquisition in 2007, Arqiva and National Grid...

[Satellite Today 09-01-08] French DTH platform Canalsat reported 5.2 million subscribers at the end of June, parent company Vivendi announced Sept. 1.     Canalsat part of Vivendi’s Canal+ Group, is the largest satellite pay-TV operator in France. At the end of June, 80 percent of TPS subscribers have been transferred to the Canalsat platform confirming...