Focus: Broadcasting

MultiChoice South Africa (MCSA), a DTH operator in south Africa, is teaming up with OpenTV as it prepares to roll out advanced digital television services on its DStv platform across...

Vision TV, a new direct-to-home (DTH) operator in the Ukraine, has signed a deal with NDS for conditional access and middleware services, the companies announced Aug. 13. NDS will provide...

DirecTV Group revenues improved 17 percent to $4.1 billion in the 2007 second quarter but profits fell slightly to $448 million, the company announced Aug. 9. A year ago, the...

Measat Satellite Systems is confident the launch of its new high-definition (HD) platform will give it an edge in the competitive market in Asia, Paul Brown-Kenyon, Measat’s COO, told Satellite...

Over the last few weeks, all the major satellite pay-TV operators in Europe and U.S. have announced their results. Here, in a special two-part article, we look at how well...

XM Satellite Radio, is bringing a new advanced satellite radio to the market, which features full-color split-screen display, 60-minute replay and song storage, the company announced August 13. XM claims...

WorldSpace, the satellite radio operator, is launching a new Internet radio service in collaboration with MSN India, the company announced August 13. It announced the launch of a pilot Internet...

Premiere CEO Georg Kofler, the man behind the German pay-TV operators’ renaissance, will step down at the end of the month, Premiere announced Aug.13. Kofler cited personal reasons behind the...

Just over a year ago, BSkyB launched key initiatives in the mobile and broadband arenas, giving its customers more access to Sky content than ever before. Its Anytime PC service...

BSkyB is planning to spend 125 million British pounds ($253.5 million) to acquire British set-top box vendor Amstrad, the operator announced July 31. Two days later, BSkyB reported that Sky...