Focus: Broadcasting

[Satellite Today – 06-04-08] Scopus Video Networks Ltd., a provider of digital video networking solutions, appointed Dan Ambauen vice president of sales and support for North America, the company said June 4.     Ambauen will be responsible for all sales and customer support activities within the United States and Canada.

[Satellite Today – 06-03-08] Thales Alenia Space won a contract from Nilesat to build the Nilesat-201 satellite and provide associated services and ground stations, Thales said June 3.     Based on a Spacebus 4000B2 platform, Nilesat-201 will carry 24 Ku-band transponders and 4 Ka-band channels. The satellite will enable digital direct-to-the-home TV and radio broadcasting...

[Satellite Today – 6-3-08] Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company Ltd. (AsiaSat) signed a new capacity deal with Ayur Group‘s broadcast arm Vintage Studio Pvt. Ltd., the companies said June 2.     The deal is for C-band capacity on AsiaSat 2 for the launch of Vintage’s new television channel throughout India and the Asia-Pacific region. Ayur Living...

[Satellite Today – 6-3-08] Intelsat Ltd. and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) jointly announced June 2 that the FAO’s forthcoming World Food Security Summit in Rome to be held June 3-5 will be broadcast globally via the Intelsat satellite network.     The proceedings will be accessible in real time from...

Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS) is one of the new breed of satellite operators trying to make an impact in Asia. The company, founded less than two years ago, was established to meet the growing demands of broadcast and telecommunications operators in the Indian Ocean Region. ABS founders Thomas Choi and Gregg Daffner took a quicker...

Asia offers many strong dynamics that provide satellite players the opportunity to be successful, with large populations in countries such as China and India eager to receive more communications services as well as a number of other territories which seem perfectly suited for satellite. But despite the obvious potential, regulatory and economic issues have meant...

 

 

[Satellite News – 5-22-08] The satellite market was well represented at the ANGA Cable trade show in Cologne this week with various representatives from Eutelsat, SES Astra and Premiere speaking on a number of industry panels covering the market. Despite the presence of some of the strongest cable infrastructure anywhere in Europe, as well as...