Focus: Broadcasting

[Via Satellite 01-08-2016] SiTune Corporation, developer of semiconductor tuners, transceivers, and wireless radios, announced the STN6528, a tuner capable of supporting the new Advanced Wide Band Digital Satellite Broadcasting Standard (ARIB STD-B44) for broadcasting 8K digital television via satellite. STN6528 availability is targeted to support NHK’s initial test broadcasts of 8K Super Hi-Vision (SHV) content...

[Via Satellite 01-06-2016] MaxLinear is shipping its MxL5x2 Full-Spectrum Capture satellite front-end receiver in Sky’s new Sky Q set-top box. Sky Q is a family of advanced, wirelessly connected products aiming to create a new ecosystem that makes it easier for customers to access all their favorite TV content. It will allow customers to watch...

[Via Satellite 01-04-201] Nagra, a digital TV division of the Kudelski Group, has unveiled intuiTV, a new “all-in-one” TV experience, at the 2016 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nev. The solution delivers the best of television and Internet TV to pay-TV subscribers through an intuitive and immersive viewing experience in 4K Ultra-HD and...

[Via Satellite 12-30-2015] Rovi Corporation, a digital entertainment technology provider, has expanded its entertainment discovery patent license agreement with Shaw Communications, a major Canadian cable and satellite service provider serving 2.6 million video customers across Canada. The deal expands the scope of usage under Shaw’s existing long-term license agreement to Rovi’s intellectual property. Rovi’s guides,...

[Via Satellite 12-21-2015] TCC, a leading pay-TV services provider in Uruguay, is evolving its approach to the market as trends in video continue to transform. The company, which started as a content distributor solely through cable, made the decision not to be tied to any specific method of distribution. Today, TCC offers content through cable,...

[Via Satellite 12-18-2015] Mexican multimedia company Televisa has contracted capacity on SES’s AMC 9 satellite to broadcast content to millions of households across Mexico. The multiyear agreement secures three C-band transponders for the premium channels Canal 2, Canal 5 and Canal 9. Televisa is also renewing a separate transponder to support a video contribution and...

[Via Satellite 12-17-2015] Modern Times Group’s (MTG) pay-TV operator and satellite broadcaster Viasat has agreed to extend its partnership with SES for the transmission of its approximately 230 channels in the Nordic and Baltic countries. Viasat operates free-TV and pay-TV channels in SD and in HD. SES will continue to transmit all existing Viasat channels...

[Via Satellite 12-11-2015] Spanish satellite operator Hispasat is in charge of distributing “Cara a Cara 2015,” the Spanish presidential debate between Mariano Rajoy and Pedro Sanchez through Telefonica Servicios Audiovisuales. The debate, produced by the Spanish Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, is scheduled for Monday evening, Dec. 14. The Hispasat 1E satellite will enable...

[Via Satellite 12-09-2015] U.K.-based Arqiva has entered a multi-year commitment with Eutelsat Communications for a 15th transponder at the 28 degrees east video neighborhood to serve the country’s Direct-to-Home (DTH) broadcasting market. The additional transponder will support the significant growth in HD channels operating on the Sky and Freesat platforms in the U.K. So far...

[Via Satellite 12-08-2015] Eutelsat Americas has received a multiyear contract from StarTV, the commercial platform of Stargroup, for capacity on Eutelsat 117 West A and Eutelsat 117 West B. Stargroup purchased the capacity to support the launch of its new Direct-to-Home (DTH) pay-TV service in Mexico. The new platform will start later this month in...