Focus: Broadcasting

[11-27-07 – Satellite Today]  IPTV has chosen Arqiva to distribute content into the European market, IPTV announced Nov. 27.     In April, Arqiva completed its acquisition of BT Satellite Broadband...

[11-27-07 – Satellite Today] Mobile TV and DTV transmission company TeamCast will provide its Flo modulation equipment to Axcera, a provider of equipment and systems for the television broadcast, mobile...

[11-27-07 – Satellite Today] CNN entered into a strategic alliance with Thuraya to provide mobile satellite customers access to breaking news in English and Arabic beginning Nov. 27, Thuraya announced.   ...

[11-26-07 – Satellite Today] Israel’s direct-to-home operators Yes plans to launch high-definition TV (HDTV) services in December, according to press reports. The package will cost 39.90 Israeli shekels ($10.14) per...

[11-21-07 – Satellite Today] Communications regulator Ofcom outlined plans Nov. 21 for a significant upgrade of digial terrestrial television (DTT) services in the United Kingdom that offers potentially good news...

[11-21-07 – Satellite News] Satellite pay-TV operators DirecTV and EchoStar continued to post subscriber gains in the 2007 third quarter, even as new competition from alternative pay-TV sources begins to...

[11-20-07 – Satellite Today] CVG Inc. has won $1.3 million in contracts to provide the Florida Army National Guard with satellite-based communications equipment, the company announced Nov. 20.     CVG...

[11-20-07 – Satellite Today] GlobeCast will originate and control a pair of Ion Media Networks channels, GlobeCast announced Nov. 20.     GlobeCast receives Ion’s Network feed at the Sunrise Broadcast...

[11-20-07 – Satellite Today] Arabsat signed a contract from Melody Entertainment  to distribute a series of channels across the Middle East, Arabsat announced Nov. 19.     Melody Entertainment will launch...

[11-19-07 – Satellite Today] ProtoStar Ltd. and Antrix, the commercial arm of the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), will jointly provide 216 megahertz of interim satellite capacity to support direct-to-home...