Focus: Broadcasting

A major U.S. broadcasting network in a top 10 Designated Market Area (DMA) has selected ETL Systems to upgrade its satellite infrastructure, according to the company. ETL will provide two of its 64 by 64 Vortex L-band matrix systems and six of its 16-port Low Noise Block Power Supply (LNB PSU) solutions for the contract,...

Intelsat announced that as a result of its partnership with Encompass Digital Media, NASA TV became the first linear Ultra-High Definition (UHD) channel available on Intelsat’s system for Latin American cable operators. NASA TV provides coverage of NASA missions, launches, news conferences and special events. NASA TV, already using Galaxy 13 for North America distribution,...

Macom Technology Solutions announced a new family of high-performance, asynchronous, fully non-blocking crosspoint switches to support 4K and 8K Ultra High-Definition (UHD) TV. As video content evolves beyond high definition, MACOM’s family of crosspoints support the bandwidth required to transport these higher resolutions. Macom’s new MAXP-23008, MAXP-23012 and MAXP-23016 support switch matrix densities of 8...

Global Eagle Entertainment (GEE) has appointed Ron Steger to its board of directors. Steger’s appointment commenced on April 17, and he will also join the board’s audit committee. Steger has served on the boards of directors of Overseas Shipholding Group since August 2014 and International Seaways since November 2016, and currently serves on the audit...

Ooyala’s recent State of the Broadcast Industry report proclaims “Go OTT or Go Home.” For traditional DTH operators, this is food for thought. Whilst their businesses are still in a fairly strong position, there are significant changes happening within the broadcast industry. How they deal with this, will be the key to their long-term survival…

NSSLGlobal has launched CrewVision, a new on-board video-based entertainment system. This follows NSSLGlobal’s recent acquisition of Norwegian Internet Protocol TV (IPTV) company snap.tv to develop new entertainment products and enhance crew welfare. CrewVision provides a range of new and classic Hollywood movies, box sets, documentaries, worldwide news, and sports summaries for crews. Maritime companies choose...

Global Eagle Entertainment (GEE) announced the appointment of Paul Rainey as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Rainey will also assume the responsibilities of principal financial officer, which Jeff Leddy, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of GEE, previously held on an interim basis. Rainy commenced employment on April 3. Rainey most recently served as CFO of Harris CapRock...

Ooyala’s recent State of the Broadcast Industry report proclaims “Go OTT or Go Home.” For traditional DTH operators, this is food for thought. Whilst their businesses are still in a fairly strong position, there are significant changes happening within the broadcast industry. How they deal with this, will be the key to their long-term survival...

Russian pay-TV platform NTV-Plus, has consolidated its coverage across Siberia and extended broadcasting into the country’s Far East following the conclusion of two contracts on two satellites with longstanding partner Eutelsat Communications. With the launch of new services on April 1, NTV-Plus is achieving its objective of full coverage of the Russian Federation, enabling viewers...

Kuwait TV, the official Kuwaiti state broadcaster and part of the Kuwaiti Ministry of Information, announced that the new Al-Qurain TV channel has launched in its Free-to-Air (FTA) HD platform hosted on the Eutelsat 8 West B satellite. Gulfsat, Eutelsat’s long-term partner, provides the capacity used by Kuwait TV. Launched one month ago, Al-Qurain TV...