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Eutelsat’s KabelKiosk digital cable platforms makes its move to EUROBIRD™ 9A

Relevance Score: 3.883    2009-04-16 19:58:20

The KabelKiosk platform of digital channels initiates broadcasts from the EUROBIRD™ 9A satellite. Dual illumination of the platform will be carried for a three month period on EUROBIRD™ 9A and ATLANTIC BIRD™ 2. This will enable cable operators to complete the migration to Eutelsat’s 9 degrees East position and secure ...

TAS Launched About 50 TV Channels on NSS-11.

Relevance Score: 2.807    2009-06-16 17:16:16

SES AMERICOM-NEW SKIES, a division of SES S.A. (Paris:SESG)(LUxX:SESG), informed at CASBAA/CommunicAsia in Singapore) that it has reached a multi-year agreement with TAS (Teleport Access Services, Inc.) to provide three transponders on the NSS-11 satellite to distribute up to 50 Chinese television channels to cable housholds in Taiwan.   Teleport Access ...

EchoStar Europe Targets European Cable

Relevance Score: 2.777    2009-03-18 18:33:29

EchoStar Europe is targeting the European cable market with a new range of advanced set-top boxes, the company announced March 18.     EchoStar Europe said it aims to help cable operators as they compete against satellite and IPTV operators in Europe by launching its high-definition, HDC-600 series platform. Available with either ...

New VSAT Fiber Optic Link from Foxcom

Relevance Score: 2.572    2009-12-08 17:00:20

Foxcom announced the release of its new super low cost VSAT-Light line of products. The VSAT-Light solution allows standard VSAT terminals to deploy fiber optic cable rather than traditional high loss coaxial cable between the VSAT outdoor unit and indoor modem for less than US$2,000.   Foxcom’s new, fully-integrated VSAT-Light series of ...

What is Satellite Broadband?

Relevance Score: 2.564    2009-07-27 21:11:39

Satellite broadband is Internet connectivity provided by satellite, rather than dial-up, DSL (digital subscriber line) or cable service. Satellite broadband is linked to a dish network subscriber service and provides speeds similar to other broadband technologies.   Broadband service is the premiere way to connect to the Internet. Unfortunately, not everyone can ...

Voila! FRANCE 24 Via Genesis Networks.

Relevance Score: 2.355    2009-08-10 18:55:14

New Line TV Company, a telecommunication company headquartered in Miami, Florida, and serving cable systems in the United States, Canada, Central and South America, and Puerto Rico, has chosen Genesis Networks for the fiber backhaul and satellite distribution needs of FRANCE 24, a well known 24/7 international news channel. ...

Satellite vehicles and launch services

Relevance Score: 2.325    2000-04-06 15:00:41

Advent Launch Services AeroAstro Aerojet Corporation Aerospatiale Atmospheric Reentry Demonstrator Air Liquide AITECH Defense Systems Alaska Aerospace Development Corporation Alcatel ETCA Alcatel Space Switzerland Alenia Aerospazio Alliant Techsystems AlliedSignal Aerospace Altair Aerospace Corporation American Astronautics Anabond Analytical Graphics Andoya Rocket Range Andrews Space and Technology Andritz Actiengesellschaft APCO Technologies Applied ...

KabelKiosk Develops TV Offer.

Relevance Score: 2.303    2009-05-27 21:42:47

Eutelsat’s German direct-to-cable platform KabelKiosk wants to increase the functionalism of its FamilyXL package in mid June with 10 channels by adding 16 new channels.   The additions are Travel Channel, Animax, NICK Jr., VH1 Classic, America Unleashed, Total Hip Hop and Lust pur. Negotiations are taking place with three further ...

Cheaper Internet in Southern and Eastern Africa. Thanks to Seacom!

Relevance Score: 2.218    2009-04-20 22:39:08

Joseph Mwamunyange (one of the authors in http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke) claims that in June Seacom will install fibre cable in South and Eastern Africa. That means the Internet will be cheaper. Currently, says Mwamunyange, the use of satellites for data transfer costs about $300 per megabyte per second, while the use of ...

Mena Will Deliver 50m Multi-Channel Homes By 2014.

Relevance Score: 2.178    2009-07-02 22:54:22

Informa reported that around 70% of the Middle East and North Africa’s TV-owning households will be getting multi-channel satellite or cable television.   The research firm estimated that the Mena region had around 76 million TV’d up households at the end of 2008, with 59% of them using satellite at the ...

Arqiva Chooses Intelsat Capacity at 1º West for Eastern European Distribution

Relevance Score: 2.151    2008-09-14 22:50:51

Intelsat, Ltd., the world’s leading provider of commercial satellite services, announced that Arqiva Limited, a global specialist in satellite and media, signed a multi-year contract for Intelsat capacity at 1º West. Arqiva will use the capacity to distribute both DTH and cable programming throughout Europe as well as support new ...

All Manner Of Broadcasters Covered In Study.

Relevance Score: 2.055    2009-10-26 16:05:44

Research and Markets has added the AIB 2009 Global Broadcasting Sourcebook report to their offering. The Global Broadcasting Sourcebook is the definitive media directory for the international broadcasting industry — unique in that it covers TV, radio, cable, satellite, IPTV, and mobile worldwide in a single volume. The Global Broadcasting ...

iN DEMAND And SES AMERICOM-NEW SKIES Made ALong Term Sports Distribution Deal.

Relevance Score: 2.044    2009-06-02 01:06:03

With the NBA finals on the verge of tip-off and a new Major League Soccer season underway, SES AMERICOM-NEW SKIES, a division of SES S.A. (Paris:SESG) (LuxX:SESG), informed iN DEMAND Networks has signed a multiyear distribution agreement for delivery of its NBA League Pass and MLS Direct Kick programming packages ...

Zee Entertainment Chairman And Founder Will Keynote CASBAA Convention.

Relevance Score: 2.026    2009-10-02 22:35:45

The Cable & Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (CASBAA) has informed that Subhash Chandra, the Chairman and Founder of Zee Entertainment Enterprises in India, will be a keynote participant in the CASBAA Convention 2009 in Hong Kong on November 4th.   Chandra, a pioneer of India's booming pay-TV market, will be ...

A Serious Problem Of Charter Communications

Relevance Score: 2.021    2009-03-29 03:33:21

Charter Communications, one of the largest cable operator, has overestimated its financial possibilities which led it into serious debt. Charter, controlled by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, researched for new technologies trying to conquer the market of satellite television, phone companies offering extensive video and Internet. Capital expenditure required large amount ...

NTT Communications Corporation Completes Acquisition of Pacific Crossing Limited.

Relevance Score: 2.018    2009-11-10 17:20:14

Acquisition combines the PC-1 undersea cable network connecting Japan and the United States with NTT Com's strong global infrastructure and Asian reach.   Pacific Crossing Limited, the operator of the most reliable trans-Pacific undersea cable network, PC-1, informed that the acquisition of 100% of its shares by NTT Communications Corporation ...

OlympuSAT's Multiple and Top Linear Programming Reaches U.S. Cable, Satellite and Video Providers via Intelsat's

Relevance Score: 2.012    2008-09-14 22:52:25

Intelsat, Ltd., the world’s leading provider of commercial satellite services, announced that OlympuSAT, a multimedia company, turnkey service provider and distributor, signed a multi-year, multi-transponder deal with Intelsat to continue to distribute its bouquet of programming to millions of U.S. cable, satellite and other video providers.   Under the terms of the ...

Winning Ways For Verimatrix.

Relevance Score: 1.896    2009-10-02 22:43:39

Verimatrix, a content security technology firm that offers solutions for pay-TV networks, received the Best Content Protection Technology award for the Verimatrix Video Content Authority System (VCAS™) for DVB at this year’s Cable and Satellite International (CSI) Product of the Year Awards, informed at the IBC 2009 show currently taking ...

ESSEL GROUP INDIA CONTRACTS SES NEW SKIES TRANSPONDER CAPACITY FOR “HITS” DIGITAL PLATFORM

Relevance Score: 1.850    2008-09-15 21:30:50

SES NEW SKIES, an SES company (Euronext Paris and Luxembourg Stock Exchange: SESG), announced today a multi-year, multi-transponder agreement with the Essel Group for the provision of C-band satellite capacity to support the digitalization of India’s vast cable infrastructure comprising more than 70 million homes. The agreement is for capacity ...

ASTRA: Satellite Reception Boom Continues

Relevance Score: 1.850    2008-09-15 19:41:57

2007 another record year: 11 per cent growth in digital satellite receivers. CI receivers skyrocket by 45 per cent   The demand for digital television continues unabated. Current figures for 2007 issued by market research leaders GfK once again clearly demonstrate the penetration achieved by digital reception via satellite compared to other ...

Next generation of TV viewing taking over bit by bit

Relevance Score: 1.824    2009-07-20 22:32:26

ADELANTO • The next generation of television viewing and computer technology is taking its first baby steps with the help of a young computer designer and builder in Adelanto.   Jason Johnson, 21, is building custom made Media Center PCs that completely eliminate the need for DVR, DVD player, BluRay player, audio ...

Fiber Optic to Be Set Up in E Indonesia Palapa Ring Is A Government-Initiated Fiber Optic Backbone Mega-Project.

Relevance Score: 1.798    2009-10-15 15:12:24

PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia Tbk (Telkom) will soon engineer an optic fiber backbone in eastern Indonesia. The company will utilize some of the Palapa Ring configurations, passing through Mataram-Kupang, Manado-Sorong and Fakfak-Makassar.   For the first stage, along October 2009 Telkom will be providing 1041 sea km-long Mataram Kupang Cable System with ...

Veteran gets benefits of broadband network.

Relevance Score: 1.787    2009-06-03 00:20:13

AS THE Federal Government grapples with the reality of building its monumental $43 billion national broadband network, this man is probably the only person in Australia who experienced what does it mean to succeed. Jonathan Spring has lived and breathed fibre-to-the-home broadband for more than a decade and, as the architect ...

Internet Plan Targets Three Billion Users In Remote Locations.

Relevance Score: 1.747    2009-08-01 16:05:04

An ambitious $650 million undertaking by Internet giant Google and international bank HSBC will see Internet services extended to nearly three billion people in remote locations across the world.  The two companies hope to launch a 16 satellite systems within the next year that will deliver cheap Internet connectivity to users ...

Telenor Expands

Relevance Score: 1.739    2009-08-01 15:29:30

Telenor’s broadcasting division saw improved results in all of its key divisions in the period to June 30 despite a 17,000 fall in its DTH subs numbers.   Pay-TV division Canal Digital Group, for instance, saw subs fall 17,000 but the number of cable TV subs grow by 12,000 during this ...

Satellite Leads European Digitalisation

Relevance Score: 1.737    2008-09-15 19:38:05

-  83 per cent of European satellite TV households are digital   - Satellite more than four times more digitalized than cable   - Satellite most popular digital reception mode with a 58 per cent share of total digital market   - SES ASTRA and SES SIRIUS satellites reach 117.2 million homes in 35 countries   London/ Betzdorf ...

EchoStar On TV Market.

Relevance Score: 1.723    2009-05-31 18:49:21

TECHNOLOGY providers and television enthusiasts want all their TV on the Web, and they are tired of waiting for Internet companies and content owners to make it happen.   Charles Ergen, a chairman of EchoStar is a owner of Sling Media and its technologies.  The Slingbox Pro-HD, top, and the Sling-Loaded ViP ...

Entropic and Sigma Announce MoCA Enabled Set-Top Box Collaboration

Relevance Score: 1.673    2009-07-31 11:35:21

On a mission to accelerate IP-Cable and IPTV deployments worldwide, Entropic Communications, Inc.   (Nasdaq:ENTR), a leading provider of silicon and software solutions to enable connected home entertainment and Sigma Designs (Nasdaq:SIGM), a leader in digital media processing system-on-a-chip (SoC) solutions for consumer electronics, today announced their cooperative relationship to develop high ...

HD Platform From NHK To Beam Out Via Intelsat Properties.

Relevance Score: 1.656    2009-09-23 23:53:30

Intelsat, Ltd. informed NHK Global Media Services, Inc. (G-Media), a subsidiary of NHK Japan Broadcasting Corporation, has signed a multi-transponder, multi-year renewal and expansion contract with Intelsat. NHK will use G-Media's backbone capacity on three Intelsat satellites, program turnaround services at three Intelsat teleports, and Intelsat's video fiber network to ...

HD Platform From NHK To Beam Out Via Intelsat Properties.

Relevance Score: 1.652    2009-09-22 22:42:28

Intelsat, Ltd. informed NHK Global Media Services, Inc. (G-Media), a subsidiary of NHK Japan Broadcasting Corporation, has signed a multi-transponder, multi-year renewal and expansion contract with Intelsat. NHK will use G-Media's backbone capacity on three Intelsat satellites, program turnaround services at three Intelsat teleports, and Intelsat's video fiber network to ...

 

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