Focus: Broadcasting

[Satellite News 08-11-08] AsiaSat appointed Zhang Hai Ming general manager for China, the company said Aug. 8.     Zhang will oversee AsiaSat’s marketing, sales and customer relations activities in the mainland China market.     Zhang has more than 20 years of experience in the satellite industry, previously working with Echostar, Lockheed Martin, Skywave TV (an...

[Satellite News 08-11-08] The European Commission (EC) unveiled Aug. 7 the selection procedure for operators seeking a license to provide pan-European mobile satellite services. Satellite operators will for the first time be able to offer services such as high-speed data, mobile TV, disaster relief and remote medical services under a single European selection procedure instead...

[Satellite News 08-11-08] The European Commission (EC) unveiled Aug. 7 the selection procedure for operators seeking a license to provide pan-European mobile satellite services. Satellite operators will for the first time be able to offer services such as high-speed data, mobile TV, disaster relief and remote medical services under a single European selection procedure instead...

[Satellite News 08-11-08] Glocal Media Networks Inc. named Theodore “Ted” McFarland to the company’s board, Glocal announced Aug. 11.     Glocal, based in Los Angeles, operates five ethnic language pay-TV channels in the United States, Canada, and Japan and is expanding into Australia, Taiwan and France. McFarland will assist on new market and fund raising...

[Satellite News [08-07-08] TrueVisions UBC, the main direct-to-home (DTH) platform in Thailand, plans to launch high-definition (HD) services in 2009, Ongard Prapakamol, the company’s chief commercial officer, told Satellite News.     “I think we are likely to launch services in the first half of next year,” he said. “The content in Asia and the economies...

[Satellite News [08-07-08] TrueVisions UBC, the main direct-to-home (DTH) platform in Thailand, plans to launch high-definition (HD) services in 2009, Ongard Prapakamol, the company’s chief commercial officer, told Satellite News.     “I think we are likely to launch services in the first half of next year,” he said. “The content in Asia and the economies...

[Satellite News 08-06-08] Conditional access and middleware vendor NDS is set to go private, the company confirmed Aug. 5.     An independent committee of NDS’ board has reached an agreement in principle with News Corp. and two subsidiaries of funds advised by Permira Advisers LLP on a price at which News Corp. and the Permira...

[Satellite Today 08-05-08] Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS) received distribution deal for the Olympic Games, , the company said August 5.     Eurovision, a distributor of sports and news content for the world’s top broadcast and media platforms, will use a pair of C-band transponders on the ABS-1 satellite for Eurovision’s live transmissions from Beijing throughout...

[Satellite News 08-04-08] Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS) has signed a long-term capacity agreement with the World Fashion Channel (WFC), the company said August 1. WFC has entered into a long-term agreement for capacity on the ABS-1 satellite to improve and extend the channel’s distribution in Asia.     WFC has launched two customized versions of their...

[Satellite Today 08-01-08] NDS has won a new middleware contract with one of the emerging satellite pay-TV operators in Africa, the company announced July 31. Gateway Broadcast Services (GBS), already an NDS customer, has selected MediaHighway middleware and Electronic Program Guide (EPG) products from NDS to enhance its pay-TV satellite service for sub-Saharan Africa.    ...