Focus: Broadcasting

[Satellite Today – 1-25-08] NSR believes strong demands for capacity from the video market will be the main growth driver for satellite operators over the next few years     NSR projects that worldwide carriage of new standard-definition and high-definition channels for all categories of television services will account for between 75 percent and 85 percent...

[Satellite Today – 1-25-08] Globecomm Systems Inc. has received a multi-year contract to support the Smithsonian Channel on Showtime Networks Inc., Globecomm Systems announced Jan. 25.       The contract, awarded to Globecomm’s wholly owned subsidiary Globecomm Network Services Corp., supports the origination and broadcasting of a new high-definition Smithsonian Channel as part of the...

[Satellite Today – 1-24-08] Eutelsat has signed a deal with Melody Zen to use the Eurobird 9 satellite to deliver its signal across Europe, the companies announced Jan. 24.     The channel, which will be delivered in both standard- and high-definition formats, is uplinked to Eurobird 9 from Eutelsat’s teleport in Rambouillet, near Paris.    ...

[Satellite Today – 1-23-08] Arqiva signed a five-year contract to provide distribution services for Urban TV, Arqiva announced Jan. 22.     Arqiva will provide uplinking and space on the Eurobird satellite as well as fully managed playout services. The contract comes after Arqiva helped the channel launch on BSkyB in late 2007.

[Satellite Today – 1-22-08] TVMax, a multiple service operator based in Texas, has purchased a headend solution from Scopus Video Networks Ltd. to support TVMax’s migration to an all-digital network, the company announced Jan. 22.     TVMax, which has about 100,000 passings, provides cable services to multiple dwelling unit housing communities in the greater Houston...

[Satellite News – 1-22-08] Irdeto Access believes Asia will be a strong market for its conditional access and middleware services. Such is its determination to drive revenues from Asia, CEO Graham Kill relocated to the company’s Beijing office in December.      “This is our Asia-Pacific focal point,” Kill said. “We want to create a dual...

[Satellite News – 1-18-08] DirecTV, which has nearly 17 million subscribers to its satellite broadband service, hopes to improve that number greatly within the next few months as the company’s deal with Current Group takes effect. DirecTV signed a wholesale distribution deal with Current in August, which will enable DirecTV to offer its customers Current’s...

[Satellite Today – 1-17-08] Arqiva signed a three-year deal with Gala Limited to provide uplinking services for its live interactive bingo channel, Gala announced Jan. 16.     Gala TV, launched in 2006, is available around the clock on BSkyB.     “Working with Gala Limited indirectly over the years put us in a good position to...

[Satellite Today – 1-16-08] Wegener Corp. has been granted a U.S. patent for a technique designed to improve the operation of standard definition (SD) satellite media receivers, the company announced Jan. 16.     The new patent, entitled: "Re-inserting VBI Data using OSD Apparatus and Method," was awarded Dec. 25. According to the company, during the...

[Satellite Today – 1-16-08] Ondas Media‘s plans to develop the satellite radio market in Europe have been boosted by a significant commercial deal with a leading car manufacturer, the company announced Jan. 15.     Ondas has entered into a commercial volume agreement to install satellite radio receivers in Nissan and Infiniti vehicles across Europe. As...