Focus: Broadcasting

SES is launching a new internet-based streaming service in Germany later this year, the company announced Nov. 9. The service, HD+ IP, a will provide subscribers with access to 50...

Measat Satellite Systems has signed a new capacity deal with Rock Entertainment Holdings. The company announced Nov. 2 that it will distribute Global Trekker HD via its Measat-3a satellite. The...

Ukrainian broadcaster Zeonbud has signed an agreement with Eutelsat Communications for capacity on the EUTELSAT 9B satellite for broadcast distribution.  The long-term contract was announced Monday. Eutelsat capacity will power...

Leading Polish broadcaster TVN has contracted additional capacity from Eutelsat Communications in its HOTBIRD video neighborhood. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, but the companies said Wednesday that...

SES has signed a new capacity deal with a Direct-t0-Home (DTH) broadcaster in Asia, the company announced Oct. 5. Sirius TV, a brand of Smart Digital International, has signed a...

USSI Global has selected ST Engineering iDirect as a technology partner in its C-band transition, the companies announced Sept. 28. ST Engineering iDirect will be providing broadcast equipment including M6100...

SES is seeing encouraging take-up of its cloud-based services. The operator announced Sept. 15 that since the first quarter of this year, more than 60 channels have adopted SES’s cloud...

Faced with a steady decline in the price of their basic commodity, satellite operators have turned to vertical integration to drive efficiency savings and create new business models which capture...

The Russian Satellite Communications Company (RSCC) is now serving the Brazilian TV market for the first time. Russia’s state-owned satellite operator announced Aug. 25 that it had signed a contract...

SiriusXM has ordered another Geostationary Orbit (GEO) satellite from Maxar Technologies, after the SXM-9 satellite order announced earlier this month. SXM-10, a high-powered digital audio radio satellite, will be built...