Focus: Broadcasting

[Via Satellite 06-15-2016] Spacecom and Hungaro DigiTel Kft (HDT) are broadcasting the activities surrounding the UEFA Euro 2016 Football Tournament to Hungary. Spacecom’s Amos 3 communications satellite is supporting the tournament by carrying live broadcasts, behind the scenes content, special interviews and more from France to Budapest from its orbital location at 4 degrees west....

[Via Satellite 06-15-2016] Commercial Persian-language television channel Manoto TV is launching tomorrow on the Eutelsat 7B satellite, the satellite operator announced today. The channel signed a capacity agreement with Eutelsat for exclusive broadcasting in HD from Eutelsat 7B to expand its audience in Iran and the Middle East. Based in London, Manoto TV broadcasts documentaries,...

[Via Satellite 06-14-2016] Al Jazeera Balkans has announced it is joining the TEAM:SAT TV platform operated by TEAM:MEDIA and will broadcast exclusively in High Definition, free-to-air from Eutelsat Communications’ Eutelsat 16A satellite. The channel will launch in HD on July 1. By integrating into this platform of more than 20 television channels, Al Jazeera Balkans...

[Via Satellite 06-08-2016] Two months ago Bangladesh got its first Direct-to-Home (DTH) satellite television service through Beximco Communications, a joint venture between Beximco Holdings and GS Group. Beximco Communications’ RealVU DTH service is active in three divisions of Bangladesh today and has plans to expand throughout the rest of the country. Dmitry Lapitskiy, CEO of Beximco Communications,...

[Via Satellite 06-08-2016] Pay-TV company beIN has chosen Es’hailSat to transmit live coverage of the UEFA Euro 2016 in 4K from the 26 degrees east orbital slot, which covers the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. The UEFA Euro 2016 will take place in France from June 10 to July 10, 2016. According to...

[Via Satellite 06-08-2016] Satellite communications provider IsoTropic Networks and Aterlo Networks, an Over-The-Top (OTT) streaming video specialist, have collaborated to deliver High Definition (HD) video using satellite IP multicast. According to the companies, multicasting greatly reduces bandwidth strain and costs that Internet Service Providers (ISP) experience when delivering video. “Unicasting, the current technology used, requires...

[Via Satellite 06-07-2016] QVC, a video and e-commerce retailer, has signed a capacity extension deal with SES, and decided to move a significant block of its regional shopping channel content to the center of the operator’s orbital arc over North America. The company plans to use the capacity to deliver a major portion of its...

[Via Satellite 06-06-2016] Satellite Telecommunications Network (STN) is using Elemental Technologies video processing to power a unified headend to deliver both broadcast and Over-the-Top (OTT) television content. Elemental is providing software-defined video solutions to boost operational efficiencies for the teleport operator. Based in Slovenia, STN has grown from a European to a global customer base,...

[Via Satellite 06-06-2016] International Datacasting Corporation (IDC) shareholders approved a merger with Novra Technologies on May 30. Shareholders of IDC will have more than 40 percent ownership of the combined company on a fully diluted basis. Approximately 53 percent of shareholders participated in a special meeting to decide on the merger. IDC has a strong presence...

[Via Satellite 06-03-2016] Arabsat and Algerian channel DTV have signed a contract today to broadcast the DTV channel over the Maghreb geographic region and Northwest Africa on the Badr 5 satellite. DTV is a general entertainment channel that includes many prominent West Algerian editors. Programming will also include entertainment, music, soap operas, and Arab and...