Focus: Broadcasting

[12-13-07 – Satellite News] Satellite players targeting the United Kingdom likely will get the opportunity to participate in a variety of spectrum auctions in 2008, as the U.K. communications regulator steps up plans to release spectrum.     The U.K. Office of Communications (Ofcom) plans to auction of three separate areas of spectrum, including the 10-40...

[12-13-07 – Satellite Today] Luxe.TV will use GlobeCast to transmit its signal to a U.K. audience, GlobeCast announced Dec. 13.     GlobeCast receives the channel’s high-definition feed at its London/Brookmans Park teleport where it is re-encoded for uplink to Sky’s bouquet on Eutelsat’s Eurobird satellite. GlobeCast also is duplicating the feed and converting it into...

[12-12-07 – Satellite Today] Siano Mobile Silicon has signed agreements with CMB Satellite and Huaqi to provide advanced solutions for CMMB, China’s planned mobile TV service, Siano announced Dec. 11.     CMMB technology was developed in China and selected by the State Administration for Radio, Film and Television as the main platform for delivering TV...

 [12-12-07 – Satellite Today] SED Systems will expand its satellite control center in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, to provide tracking, telemetry and control operations for the Ciel-2 satellite, Ciel Satellite Group announced Dec. 11.     Ciel-2, manufactured by Alcatel Alenia Space, will be the first satellite for Ciel. The Ku-band spacecraft, which will provide communications services throughout...

[12-11-07 – Satellite Today] EuroNews, one of the leading news channel providers, is going Arabic in 2008, the company said Dec. 10. The company said it had won the European Union’s call for tenders to extend its offering to include Arabic. This new addition will be the eighth language version broadcast by EuroNews. The Arabic...

[12-10-07 – Satellite News] Vision TV will launch commercial direct-to-home (DTH) services in Ukraine in the first quarter of 2008, as it looks to tap into one of Eastern Europe’s biggest markets for pay-TV services. “The growth potential is enormous,” Richard Caproni, general director of Vision, told Satellite News. “You have over 17 million households...

[10-10-07 – Satellite Today] In a major boost for satellite radio in the United Kingdom, the U.K. communications regulator, Ofcom has revealed it will be releasing spectrum for mobile television and satellite radio, the organisation announced Dec. 10. It plans to auction radio spectrum early next year.     Ofcom said, a number of possible uses...

[12-07-07 – Satellite Today] Ondas Media has issued an authorization to proceed to Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) for a satellite to provide radio services across Europe, Ondas announced Dec. 7.     The agreement enables SS/L to begin work on developing an S-band satellite infrastructure while allowing the teams to refine the final contract parameters.     “Space...

[12-07-07 – Satellite Today] Innova S. de R.L. de C.V. and Sky Brasil Serviços Ltda. have reached an agreement with Intelsat Corp. to build and launch a 24-transponder satellite, Innova announced Dec. 5.     The satellite will provide backup services for both Sky Mexico Innova and Sky Brasil, and will also double Sky Mexico’s current...

 [12-07-07 – Satellite News] While most of the satellite industry focused on C-band at the World Radiocommunications Conference (WRC-07), a pair of companies planning to launch satellite radio services in Europe were focused on an entirely different issue.     Both Ondas Media and WorldSpace are preparing to launch commercial satellite radio services in Europe. Delegates...