Focus: Broadcasting

[Via Satellite 07-21-2016] AT&T executives touted the company’s DirecTV acquisition as a success in the company’s July 22 second-quarter conference call, noting the next step for the company’s satellite acquisition...

[Via Satellite 07-22-2016] Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN) has renewed its contract through the end of Intelsat’s Galaxy 14 satellite’s life to distribute High Definition (HD) and Standard Definition (SD) programming...

[Via Satellite 07-21-2016] Canadian telecommunications company Telus has initiated 4K Ultra-HD broadcasting for British Columbians and Albertans with the launch of 4K on the company’s Optik TV platform. At launch,...

[Via Satellite 07-20-2016] Arabsat has launched a Mauritanian TV bouquet on its Badr 4 satellite for audiences in Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa (EMENA). The channels have launched...

[Via Satellite 07-18-2016] Freesat, the ITV and BBC subscription-free satellite TV joint venture, has signed a distribution agreement with the Bike Channel to reach viewers across the U.K. Through the...

[Via Satellite 07-15-2016] Pay-TV operator Sky is launching an Ultra-HD service for U.K. customers on Sky Q Silver, available starting August 13. The service will include a line up of...

[Via Satellite -7-14-2016] Japan International Broadcasting (JIB), the official distributor of NHK World TV for Japanese public broadcaster NHK, has signed a long-term agreement with SES to broadcast the 24/7...

[Via Satellite 07-14-2016] Hispasat is broadcasting Vincenzo Bellini’s opera “I Puritani” live from the stage of the Teatro Real in high definition to audiences in Europe and Latin America. The satellite broadcast...

[Via Satellite 07-08-2016] Beximco Communications, a joint venture of Beximco Holdings and GS Group has revealed its content strategy for RealVU, its recently established DTH platform. RealVU is the first...

[Via Satellite 07-07-2016] StarTimes, one of the fastest-growing operators of digital TV networks in Africa, has renewed capacity contracts on two Eutelsat satellites as well as agreements for uplinking services...