Focus: Broadcasting

[Satellite Today – 1-16-08] Viasat Broadcasting has launched HD services via satellite in the Nordic region, the operator announced Jan. 15.     Viasat, a Modern Times Group (MTG) subsidiary, has around 800,000 DTH subscribers in the region and competes against the Telenor-owned Canal Digital, in one of the few markets/regions where there is strong competition...

[Satellite Today – 1-15-08] GlobeCast will launch its direct-to-home satellite brand, WorldTV, in Canada via NeuLion‘s  IPTV platform, GlobeCast announced Jan. 14.     WorldTV Broadband has been launched initially with five Bosnian TV and radio channels and is accessible to anyone in Canada with a broadband Internet connection and the NeuLion set-top box.     GlobeCast...

[Satellite Today – 1-14-08] Orbcomm will be taking advantage of new regulatory approvals and begin offering low earth orbit satellite services in El Salvador, Guatemala and Panama, the company announced Jan. 11. Orbcomm has already received regulatory authorizations in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela.  “Latin America is a very...

[Satellite Today – 1-14-08] Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS) has signed a multiyear capacity deal with Supreme Master Television, the company announced Jan. 14. ABS will broadcast Supreme Master Television on the Asia-wide Direct to Home bouquet of channels on the ABS-1 Ku-band platform. Supreme Master Television is a new satellite channel broadcasting 24 hours a...

[Satellite Today – 1-14-08] Boeing Co. has been awarded a contract to build a commercial direct-to-home satellite television satellite for ProtoStar Ltd., Boeing announced Jan. 14.     The 601 HP-model spacecraft, which will also deliver broadband Internet access, will feature high-powered capacity and expand ProtoStar’s capacity throughout the Asia-Pacific region.     "With the addition of...

[Satellite Today – 1-11-08] OpenTV has signed a middleware deal with TrueVisions UBC, one of Asia leading pay-TV operators, the company announced Jan. 10.         TrueVisions UBC offers digital pay-TV services via cable and satellite in Thailand. The operator has selected OpenTV’s middleware solution to enable and power their new personal video recorder services....

[Satellite Today – 1-9-08] PBLSat has confirmed capacity contracts with Eutelsat Communications, PBLSat announced Jan. 10.     PBLSat has renewed its contract for an additional three years on Eutelsat’s W2 satellite, which provides coverage of Europe, North Africa and the Middle East, as well as purchasing 36 MHz of capacity for three years on the...

[Satellite Today – 1-10-08] Fueling of the Proton Breeze M launch vehicle has begun, putting the spacecraft on schedule for its first launch of 2008, the Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center announced Jan. 10.     The mission, scheduled for Jan. 28,  will carry Russia’s Express AM-33 communications satellite, which was designed and manufactured...

[Satellite Today – 1-9-08] PBLSat has confirmed capacity contracts with Eutelsat Communications, PBLSat announced Jan. 10.     PBLSat has renewed its contract for an additional three years on Eutelsat’s W2 satellite, which provides coverage of Europe, North Africa and the Middle East, as well as purchasing 36 MHz of capacity for three years on the...

[Satellite Today – 1-9-08] PBLSat has confirmed capacity contracts with Eutelsat Communications, PBLSat announced Jan. 10.     PBLSat has renewed its contract for an additional three years on Eutelsat’s W2 satellite, which provides coverage of Europe, North Africa and the Middle East, as well as purchasing 36 MHz of capacity for three years on the...