Focus: Broadcasting

[Via Satellite 09-11-2014] Newtec has created a full portfolio of Digital Video Broadcasting–Satellite Second Generation X (DVB-S2X) based modulators, modems, demodulators, hubs and Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) boards. Through a software...

[Via Satellite 09-10-2014] Broadcom, a provider of semiconductor solutions for wired and wireless communications, announced its family of eight new hybrid satellite and terrestrial System-on-a-Chip (SoC) broadcast devices for Set-Top...

[Via Satellite 09-09-2014] Eutelsat, in partnership with MStar Semiconductor, Aston and Quadrille Ingénierie, are working together to validate push Video-On-Demand (VOD) using the Hybrid Broadcast Broadband TV (HbbTV) 2.0 standard....

[Via Satellite 9-8-2014] DTH operators across Russia are still unsure about the prospects of satellite broadband and whether it is worth getting involved in this market. Russia, with a population...

[Via Satellite 09-05-2014] Alterna’TV, a subsidiary of Eutelsat Americas based in Miami, has appointed Aymeric Genty, former Eutelsat VP of sales for France and French-speaking markets, as its new CEO....

[Via Satellite 09-05-2014] NovelSat has announce a new solution that will allow Direct-to-Home (DTH) TV service providers and teleports who provide DTH communication services to maximize the use of their...

[Via Satellite 09-03-2014] StarTimes has implemented Entropic’s EN5288 Channel Stacking Switch (CSS) in the company’s new single-cable Low Noise Block (LN) down-converter and Multi-switch support for Digital Video Recorders (DVRs)....

[Via Satellite 08-28-2014] Satellite pay-TV provider Dish Network has filed a petition to the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) against the proposed $45.2 billion merger of Comcast and Time Warner...

In a time when trends, fads and “viral” topics take the spotlight, it is easy to wonder if 4K would become more than another buzzword. 4K leaves impressions on consumers that last longer than the few

Intelsat's teleport in Fuchsstadt, Germany. Photo courtesy of Intelsat. Intelsat top executives (from left to right): Stephen Spengler, president and CCO, Thierry Guillemin, EVP and CTO, and David McGlade