MUMBAI: Tandberg Television is looking to build on its business and technology lead in the Asian IPTV video head-end market. It demonstrated its full suite of...
MUMBAI: Malayalam channel Asianet’s music talent hunt show Star Singer has reached its final phase. The shortlisted 10 contestants will now fight it out in front...
MUMBAI: The Mumbai-based production house PMI India will be launching a sequel to its popular soap Sooryapthry on Malayalam channel Asianet. The new version, titled Swantham...
MUMBAI: Astro All Asia Networks Plc has identified India and China as its potential high-growth markets. And the route it wants to take is equity participation...
BANGALORE:The Failure Analysis Committee (FAC), constituted for investigating the failure of ISRO’s Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle, GSLV-F02 mission from Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC SHAR) Sriharikota,...
MUMBAI: Asian satellite operator Asiasat and Brinei’s pubcaster Radio Television Brunei (RTB) gave signed a lease agreement. This is for the use of C-band capacity on...
MUMBAI: US satellite radio service provider XM Satellite Radio has more than seven million subscribers. XM Satellite Radio CEO Hugh Panero says, “With more than seven...
MUMBAI: As part of its upcoming ambitious fleet renewal and expansion program for the next 3 years, Satcom operator Arabsat has selected Arianespace for the launch...
MUMBAI: FGlobal Satellite operator Eutelsat has reported revenues for the year and fourth quarter ended 30 June, 2006. Revenues for the year stand at 791.1 million...
MUMBAI: Kerala’s Indiavision Satellite Communications Ltd, which runs the news channel Indiavision, is gearing up to launch an entertainment channel in the Malayalam television market. The...
BANGALORE: Following the unsuccessful launch of Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV-F02) with INSAT-4C on board from Satish Dhawan Space Centre SHAR (SDSC-SHAR), Sriharikota on 10 July,...
MUMBAI: A day after the unfortunate failure of the GSLV-F02 launch rocket carrying the Insat-4C communication satellite, it is not just India’s space establishment that has...
MUMBAI: The countdown is on for the launch of GSLV-F02, which will be carrying the state-of-the-art communication satellite Insat-4C into space. The launch is expected to...
MUMBAI: Leading satellite service provider Intelsat today announced the completion of its $ 6.4 billion acquisition of rival PanAmSat. The addition of PanAmSat’s video market expertise,...
MUMBAI: French satellite launch service provider Arianespace will launch in 2008 the Vinasat-1 satellite for Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Corporation (VNPT). Vinasat-1 will be built by...
MUMBAI: The Hot Bird 8 broadcasting satellite built by EADS Astrium for Eutelsat Communications has arrived at the Baikonur Cosmodrome for launch on a Proton M...
MUMBAI: The 2006 Casbaa Satellite Industry Forum which was held a few days ago featured calls for governments to lower regulatory barriers to the provision of...
MUMBAI: 10 to 15 July 2006. That’s the launch window that the Indian Space Research Organisation has set aside for the launch of DTH services satellite...
MUMBAI: Leading satellite service provider Intelsat today announced the completion of its $ 6.4 billion acquisition of rival PanAmSat. The addition of PanAmSat’s video market expertise,...
MUMBAI: Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) is targeting to launch Insat -4C in the second week of July, the latest in the Insat 4 series. The...
MUMBAI: Thomson, the provider in digital video technologies, has entered into an agreement with Astro, the satellite TV operator in Malaysia to provide a new set-top...
SINGAPORE: We’ve recently seen it happening to Sony Entertainment Television (SET) India during the telecast of a popular film awards ceremony. Star India, too, has faced...
MUMBAI: European satellite launch firm Arianespace has announced that exactly 25 years ago (19 June 1981), Europe’s Ariane launcher orbited the Indian experimental satellite Apple, built...
MUMBAI: Satellite provider PanAmSat has launched its Galaxy 16 satellite in the US. Launched into orbit by Sea Launch, Galaxy 16 is the 24th satellite in...
MUMBAI: Soccer fans in the US can hear live radio broadcasts of the 2006 Fifa World Cup tournament in English and Spanish on XM Satellite Radio....
MUMBAI: Worldspace Satellite Radio has announced that subscribers in India can get the inside track on the world’s most popular sporting event as its channel Play!...
MUMBAI: Worldspace Satellite Radio has signed an agreement with Sama Communications Company Limited (Samacom) to commission a new satellite uplink facility in Dubai. Worldspace expects the...
BANGALORE: Worldspace Satellite Radio has launched a new satellite radio receiver – the Diva II. The company promises enhanced sound quality and features to ensure a...
MUMBAI: PanAmSat has received a top honour from Telecom Asia magazine. The publication awarded PanAmSat with the “Best Satellite Carrier” award at the 2006 Telecom Asia...
MUMBAI: Global satellite services provider Panamsat and On Call Communications have developed a new satellite-based communications solution to enable the coverage of breaking news and live...
BANGALORE: Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) has responded positively to the increasing demand for satellite space. Speaking at the launch of the Satellite Integration and Testing...
BANGALORE: Finding the current facility too small and congested, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has come up with a brand new facility spread over 100 acres...
MUMBAI: All indications point to the second half of the year being when we will see some fresh action on the direct-to-home (DTH) television services front....
MUMBAI: Satellite operator Intelsat has introduced Ampiage. This is a new satellite-based, open-architecture, content delivery and management service for US multiple system operators (MSOs) seeking to...
NEW DELHI: It is not only the television broadcasters that are grappling with the issue of distribution and competition. Private radio broadcasters too have started sampling...
Intersputnik’s Express-6A satellite was launched successfully on 12 March (Moscow Time). The satelllite to be located at 80 degrees East, is positioned as a bird that...
MUMBAI: US sports broadcaster ESPN has struck a deal with GlobeCast, a global content management and delivery company, to deliver ESPN Classic, the company’s first UK-dedicated...
Arianespace and the Indian Space Research Organisation successfuly lifted the first in the third generation of Insat satellites on 22 March at 04:58 Indian time. The...
MUMBAI: China is slated to launch nine satellites including its first direct broadcasting satellite (DBS) satellite — SinoSat-2 satellite by the end of this year. SinoSat-2...
MUMBAI: Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) is designing a new generation satellite with unfurlable antenna for mobile television services. “Satellite design is going on. It requires...
BANGALORE: Europe’s satellite system specialist EADS Astrium and Antrix, the commercial arm of Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro), today formally signed a contract to provide a...
MUMBAI: European satellite operator Eutelsat has reported results for the first half ended 31 December, 2005. Revenue was up 6.4 per cent at 395 million euros...
MUMBAI: Indias satellite broadcasting and telecommunications industries gave renewed support to optimising regulations for satellite services within India. A meeting attended by members of the VSAT...
MUMBAI: After stating that it would be reissuing the Revenue Management Company tender, the Indian cricket board today scrapped the whole thing altogether and announced that...
MUMBAI: Satellite communications company Intelsat announced that it will provide transport services for Qualcomm’s MediaFLO USA mobile broadcast television network. Intelsat will offer satellite bandwidth to...
MUMBAI: Eutelsat Communications has selected a consortium of the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) and EADS Astrium to build its new telecommunications satellite W2M. This is...
MUMBAI: Delphi has begun producing satellite radios for the Canadian market, company officials said at the 2006 International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. The Canadian...
MUMBAI: XM Satellite Radio, the satellite radio company, will broadcast select XM music channels in ‘5.1 surround sound.’ This will be the first time that a...
MUMBAI / BANGALORE: Doordarshan has shifted all its channels from Insat 2E to Insat 3A and Insat 3C. This follows a request from the Indian Space...
MUMBAI / BANGALORE: Doordarshan has shifted all its channels from Insat 2E to Insat 3A and Insat 3C. This follows a request from the Indian Space...