Focus: Broadcasting

[Satellite Today – 4-8-08] Hughes Network Systems LLC has been issued $2.6 million in task orders by the U.S. Defense Information Systems Agency and other government agencies to provide digital compressed satellite services for the Government Education and Training Network (GETN), Hughes announced April 8.     Hughes will provide an audio and video communications network...

[Satellite Today – 4-8-08] Measat has signed a capacity deal with All Asia Multimedia Networks FZ-LXLC (AAMN) to distribute the Astro Aruna Channel on the Measat-3 satellite, Measat said April 8.     The deal with AAMN is the second major deal Measat has done for capacity on the Measat-3 satellite in the last few weeks....

[Satellite Today – 4-8-08] Arqiva will provide fiber connectivity and uplinking for the Rush high-definition (HD) channel for Voom HD Networks, Arqiva announced April 8. The channel was launched on BSkyB‘s digital satellite platform this week.     The signal for the channel is sent via fiber from Rainbow Network Communications Broadcasting & Technology Center in...

[Satellite Today ¬ 4-4-08] Belgian direct-to-home (DTH) operator TV Vlaanderen will launch high-definition (HD) services at the end of the month, the operator announced. April 3.     The DTH operator, which launched services in 2006, serves has around 55,000 subscribers and mainly targets the Flemish-speaking parts of the Belgian population.     TV Vlaanderen said it...

[Satellite Today – 4-4-08] Canalsat has signed a multiyear deal with Jetix Europe to continue carrying the Jetix channel in France, the companies announced April 3.     This new agreement signals a joint objective of strengthening their relationship in order to offer Jetix a prominent audience and position in France.     “Our aim is to...

[Satellite Today – 4-3-08] Cambodian DTV Network Ltd. is launching a new direct-to-home (DTH) service in Cambodia, Shin Satellite announced April 3.     The Shin Satellite subsidiary will launch Techo-DTV, which will be the first satellite television network service that provides DTH television programming to every household in Cambodia.     The viewers will be able...

[Satellite News – 4-3-08] Israel’s RRSat Global Communications Network Ltd. has completed a pair of acquisitions in the past two months that will give the company a strong position in both in the domestic market as well as boost its international aspirations, said CEO David Rivel.     In late March, RRSat announced that it would...

[Satellite Today – 4-2-08] SES Astra has seen a strong performance in the Austrian market in 2007, the company announced April 2.     SES Astra said it had increased the number of digital satellite TV homes in Austria by 470,000 to 1.4 million households, an increase of 48.4 percent. According to company research, Austria had...

[Satellite Today – 4-1-08] ProtoStar Ltd. has closed $245 million of debt and equity financing to complete the development and launch of its second satellite, the company announced April 1.       The satellite, ProtoStar 2, is scheduled for launch in early 2009 on an International Launch Services (ILS) Proton rocket.     “This is surely...

[Satellite News – 4-1-08] In July, SES Americom division IP-Prime launched a test of its digital video broadcast-handheld (DVB-H) mobile TV service to consumers in Las Vegas. The service, which was tested until the beginning of 2008 and is now available commercially, was “extremely successful,” said IP-Prime President Bill Squadron.     IP-Prime has signed agreements...