Punit Goenka CEO, Zee Entertainment Enterprises
With a population of more than 1 billion people, India is one of the world’s biggest and most dynamic broadcast markets. The country continues to expand the size of its potential DTH subscriber base,...
View ArticleJohn McCoskey CTO, Public Broadcasting Service
The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is a private, non-profit corporation whose members are America’s public TV stations — non-commercial, educational licensees that operate more than 350 PBS member...
View ArticleCompression Technology In the Next Generation Broadcast Environment
The evolution toward more advanced video compression codecs is creating new opportunities and challenges for content providers. The transition from MPEG-2 to MPEG-4 has helped to shrink the bandwidth...
View ArticleDavid Lyle CEO, National Geographic Channels U.S.
National Geographic is a powerful brand with broadcasting channels that can be found around the world, which make valuable editions to any pay-TV platform. However, like most broadcasters, it is faced...
View ArticleMartial Arts TV Joins MEASAT’s HD Lineup
MEASAT Satellite Systems has announced an agreement with Martial Arts Networks to distribute the Martial Arts TV HD channel via the MEASAT-3a satellite....
View ArticleMeasat Signs Deal to Upgrade Setanta Sports Channel to HD
[Satellite TODAY 05-10-13] MEASAT Satellite Systems has announced an agreement with Level 3 Communications to upgrade the Setanta Sports channel on the MEASAT-3/3a video platform...
View ArticleMeasat and Ericsson Test UHDTV Satellite Contribution
Ericsson and MEASAT are demonstrating a live solution at Broadcast Asia 2013, Asia’s largest show for the pro-audio, film and TV industries....
View ArticleOmniAccess Partners with iDirect to Offer High-Bandwidth Service
OmniAccess is the first iDirect customer to launch a commercial service based on iDX 3.2 and X7...
View ArticleEncompass Digital Media Asia Selects AsiaSat to Distribute Edge Sport HD
Encompass Digital Media Asia has selected AsiaSat’s DVB-S2 MCPC to distribute Edge Sport HD...
View ArticleIntelsat and Ericsson Successfully Demonstrate Ultra-HD Transmission via...
Intelsat and Ericsson announced the successful demonstration of a true 4K Ultra High Definition (Ultra-HD), end-to-end video transmission over satellite to Turner Broadcasting's facilities in Atlanta,...
View ArticleFashion TV Extends Reach to Asia via AsiaSat 5
Fashion TV (FTV), has selected SatLink Communications, a global teleport, content management and HD playout services provider, to playout, uplink and stream its HD channel onto AsiaSat 5....
View ArticleESPN Exec: No Plans for Separate Ultra-HD Channel
While the excitement around Ultra High Definition Television (UHDTV) continues to grow, the scars left by the failure of 3-D TV are causing the broadcasting industry to proceed with extreme caution...
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