Focus: Broadcasting

IKO Media Group (iKOMG), an end-to-end service provider for broadcasters and content owners, announced it has signed a distribution agreement with Russian Television International (RTVi), a Russian-language television network whose primary audiences are the Russian-speaking communities of the United States, Europe, Israel, Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and the Middle East. The partnership will complement...

Harmonic announced that Almatel Kazakhstan, operating under the brand name Alma TV, has augmented its cable television service with the launch of a Direct-to-Home (DTH) satellite television platform using Harmonic’s High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) video compression solution. Harmonic’s Electra X media processing platform allows Alma TV to deliver Standard Definition (SD), High Definition (HD)...

Intelsat announced that Dalkom Somalia signed an agreement for satellite services that will expand its broadband enterprise and Direct-to-Home (DTH) services in East and Central Africa and the Middle East. Under a multi-year agreement, Dalkom, a privately owned operator based in Somalia, will incorporate Ku-band satellite services provided by Intelsat 17 to extend services currently...

North American satellite operator Global IP has awarded SkyVision Global Networks a contract to supply 11 Ka-band gateway stations for the company’s future GiSat 1 satellite network. The partnership represents a major milestone for SkyVision CEO Ori Watermann, who has worked to restructure the company over the last three years to better serve the African...

SES and MultiTV announced a multi-year capacity agreement which will enable MultiTV’s Internet Service Provider (ISP) customers to deliver TV content to their subscribers via Internet Protocol (IP). MultiTV, a Brazilian communications company that specializes in providing video services to smaller regional ISPs, will use C-band capacity on SES 6 to transmit a mix of approximately 60 Standard Definition...

Eutelsat Communications announced a multi-year agreement for satellite capacity with Societe Burkinabe de Telediffusion (SBT), the public agency deploying Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) channels across Burkina Faso. According to SBT, the new contract is a major step in the drive to accelerate analogue switch-off in the country. Capacity leased on Eutelsat 3B already delivers approximately...

Media Broadcast Satellite announced it will provide uplink services for all transponders on Eutelsat 9B at 9 degrees east for the European pay TV provider M7 Group starting in July 2017. M7 uses this satellite position to distribute local, thematic and international TV packages to cable and Internet Protocol TV (IPTV) networks in the German...

Newtec announced that M7 Group has selected its broadcast equipment for the company’s new European Direct-to-Home (DTH) transmission sites. Newtec’s MCX7000 Multi-Carrier Satellite Gateway comes with the latest transmission standard Digital Video Broadcasting-Satellite-Second Generation Extension (DVB-S2X) on board, as well as Newtec’s own efficiency improvement technologies, allowing M7 Group to save bandwidth. According to M7 Group,...

Arabsat announced the launch of Euronews’ new frequency on its wide coverage satellite BADR 4. Euronews joins other tier-one regional and international news channels run on Arabsat’s news frequency at 11996 MHz. Euronews’ original frequency will remain active until the end of May, while Arabsat viewers will be informed about the change via Arabsat’s linear and...

Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS) and The Solar Group, one of the largest content providers in the Philippines, have formed a joint venture partnership to launch the first nationwide free-to-view Direct-to-Home (DTH) television services in the Philippines. The new service will be available on C-band via the ABS 6 satellite covering the Philippines. Unlike most Ku-band DTH...