Focus: Broadcasting

Zee Telefilms continues to see huge growth for its direct-to-home (DTH) platform, DishTV in India, and Chairman Subhash Chandra sees predictss another strong year in 2006. "In the last year...

SIRI, XMSR With the Howard Stern sales blitz history and the companies reporting their 2005 performance, Wall Street is offering projections for the stock performance of Sirius Satellite Radio and...

One of the biggest threats that satellite pay-TV operators face is the threat of piracy. People accessing content through an illegal smart card and not paying the operator for the...

Sirius Reports Record Revenue, Subscriber Growth In 2005 Sirius Satellite Radio recorded revenue of $242.2 million in 2005, compared to revenue of $66.9 million in 2004, the company reported Feb....

Bellsouth extended its marketing alliance with DirecTV Inc. but also has made moves toward expanding its Internet protocol (IP) TV services going forward. As part of its longstanding deal with...

Direct-to-home (DTH) operators must continue to look away from their satellite roots as they strive for business expansion and increased revenues. With new platforms such as Internet protocol (IP) TV...

Serbia Broadband (SBB), Serbia’s largest cable operator, is targeting 100,000 subscribers for its new direct-to-home (DTH) service within the next two years. SBB announced it was launching a DTH service...

The advent of Internet protocol (IP) TV promises more choices for consumers in terms of both content and convenience and more business for satellite operators, industry officials said. The advent...

DirecTV Group Inc. earned $336 million in 2005 as revenues improved 16 percent to 13.2 billion, the company reported Feb. 8. In 2004, DirecTV lost $1.9 billion on revenues $11.3...

As broadcasters rush to introduce new ways for people to access the world’s fast-growing supply of video content, they are depending heavily on satellite-television and cable providers to pave the...