Focus: Broadcasting

[Via Satellite 11-11-2014] Eutelsat has added the Video-on-Demand (VOD) service MYTF1VOD to its French satellite TV platform Fransat. The company broadcasts 25 French Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) channels, France 3’s...

[Via Satellite 11-11-2014] Media Networks, a wholesale satellite pay TV and broadband service provider, and Cable & Wireless Panama, a major telecommunications company in Panama, have reached an agreement whereby...

[Via Satellite 11-10-2014] Crystal TV, a leading commercial broadcaster in Ghana, has signed a 10-year contract with Eutelsat for capacity on the Eutelsat 16A satellite. Until now, Crystal TV conducted...

[Via Satellite 11-10-2014] Russian Satellite Communications Company (RSCC) and Germany-based Romantis have partnered to create a new Direct-to-Home (DTH) TV platform for coverage in Africa. Current and new broadcasters will...

[Via Satellite 11-07-2014] Muvi TV, a commercial broadcaster and satellite TV platform in Zambia, is set to expand its business throughout the African continent. The company has renewed and expanded...

[Via Satellite 10-26-2014] The number of pay-TV subscribers is expected to reach 1.1 billion worldwide by 2019, according to ABI Research. Growth in this sector has not been easy as...

[Via Satellite 10-28-2014] Foxtel has entered a new five-year agreement with Australia-based Optus Satellite for capacity on the Optus D3 satellite. The company will broadcast nine new High Definition (HD)...

[Via Satellite 10-20-2014] CMMB Vision is getting ready to offer satellite based mobile multimedia services in China. During the 2008 Beijing Olympics China began using the China Mobile Multimedia Broadcast...

[Via Satellite 10-16-2014] OUTtv has selected Spanish satellite operator Hispasat to expand its broadcast range throughout Europe. The channel is currently present in the Netherlands, Belgium and Sweden, however demand...

[Via Satellite 10-10-2014] South Africa-based Telemedia and Russia’s Gazprom Space Systems (GSS) have begun broadcasting two television channels for Televisão Publica De Angola (TPA), an Angola government TV organization. The...