Focus: Broadcasting

By Peter Brown More than 800 emergency response and technical support personnel along with two dozen or so satellite-equipped vehicles descended on San Diego in late August for the Strong...

Systems By Greg Berlocher Since their inception, network management systems have made the metamorphic change from basic monitoring aids to feature-rich management tools. Built on powerful and robust computing platforms,...

With the market for mobile TV "finally gaining momentum," IMS Research is predicting strong growth for the sector throughout the next several years. IMS forecasts that by the end of...

Pay-TV operator Canalsat hopes to make a strong impact in the mobile TV market in France, as the company seeks to boost its revenues outside of its core direct-to-home (DTH)...

The Middle East potentially is one of the must lucrative markets in the world for satellite TV. With television being one of the main forms of entertainment, the opportunities for...

A joint venture between DirecTV Group and Echostar Communications Inc. held the early lead in an auction of public wireless spectrum being conducted by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC)...

Romania Cable Systems (RCS), the media company which launched direct-to-home (DTH) services in Romania in 2005, is looking to launch new DTH platforms in other countries and build an Eastern-European...

With civil space initiatives being pushed with significant momentum, many projects have passed milestones that are making some industry executives re-evaluate this sector. Recently, Boeing Co. successfully tested a key...

BSkyB has seen an impressive increase in its number of subscribers. In its latest results, the operator announced it added close to 80,000 subscribers to the end of June. In...

With a population of more than 1 billion people, India has been targeted as one of the largest potential markets for satellite services, but the Indian Space Research Organization‘s (ISRO)...