Focus: Broadcasting

Between the launch of a new communications satellite this month, ChinaSat 9A, and researchers’ refinement of satellite quantum teleportation, all eyes are on China’s satellite and space industry right now. In this 2008 interview, China DB Sat’s general manager laid out his predictions on where satcom in China would be today. This article was originally...

Shant TV, an Armenian commercial broadcaster, announced that on July 15 it will launch its new international multi-channel platform from the Hotbird video neighborhood operated by Eutelsat Communications. Shant TV has signed a multi-year contract with Eutelsat to support its new all-High Definition (HD) venture. Broadcasting through Hotbird for almost 10 years, Shant TV is...

SES announced that, together with its long-term partner Telekom Serbia, it will carry six TV channels and one radio station for Serbian public broadcaster RTS across Europe. The six RTS channels, RTS Satelit, RTS Zivot, RTS Drama, RTS Kolo, RTS Trezor, RTS Muzika and one radio station, Radio Beograd, will be transmitted to cable network...

Arabsat has announced the launch of its new Free-To-Air (FTA) Digital Video Broadcasting-Satellite-Second Generation (DVB-S2 platform), which carries exclusive High Definition (HD) international channels. Arabsat will broadcast the platform across the Middle East, North Africa and Europe via the Arabsat Badr 4 satellite. According to the company, viewers across the Middle East, North Africa and...

TeamCast announced it has significantly contributed to the progress of definition and validation of Ultra-HD Phase 2 through the 4Ever 2 project. As a follow-on from the collaborative 4Ever Project, which worked on Ultra-HD TV Phase 1 — i.e. 4K Ultra-HD images, High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) encoding and end-to-end production, from 2012 to 2015...

Russia Satellite Communications Company (RSCC) has completed compression equipment upgrades at its Shabolovka Technical Center in Moscow. The compression system is part of the RSCC’s own technology platform, enabling the company to provide a one-stop shop service to broadcasters. The platform comprises satellite capacity, radio-electronic facilities of space communication centers, a program package generation complex,...

Deutsche Telekom is working with Zenterio, a TV technology and services provider, to modernize the TV subscriber experience in Germany with one of the market’s largest deployments of IPTV set top boxes. International rollouts are currently ongoing in Greece, Romania and Croatia. Powered by Zenterio OS, this deployment is part of a new Deutsche Telekom offer for...

Yahlive announced that it will broadcast the region’s most popular children’s TV channel, Cartoon Network Arabic, on its Middle East and North Africa (MENA) beam. The new deal extends the long-term partnership with Turner Broadcasting Systems beyond the CNN flagship news channel, which has been with Yahlive since 2014. Viewers across the Middle East and...

Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS) has signed an agreement with Prime Telecom of Brazil for Occasional Use (OU) capacity on the ABS 3A satellite for the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup games for Television Nacional de Chile (TVN). The 10th FIFA Confederations Cup is a soccer tournament organized by the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA), held in Russia...

ABS and Telcom Satellites TV (TSTV) signed a multi-transponder agreement to deliver a Direct-to-Home (DTH) broadcast service into Nigeria on the ABS 3A satellite. The new platform is scheduled to launch on July 25 and will be distributed on the ABS 3A Africa beam, located at 3 degrees west. The service will air more than 100...