Trilithic has announced the availability of a next gen Emergency Alert System (EAS) solution that gives cable, IPTV and broadcast systems everything they need to comply with the new Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) guidelines and deliver emergency alerts from the Integrated Public Alert and Warning System (IPAWS). A next-generation, CAP-compliant EAS platform, the new EASyCAP […]
Miranda Technologies, a worldwide provider of production, playout and delivery systems has revealed that ITV, the UK’s largest commercial television network, will streamline its distribution chain using highly integrated IT-based content delivery, based on Miranda’s iTX solution. ITV’s move to an IT-based system will begin with its new Red Button interactive video services, which are […]
ScheduALL has announced a partnership with Encompass Digital Media, the rapidly expanding global digital media services expert. Encompass has selected ScheduALL’s technologies to manage its comprehensive transmission distribution services in the US and abroad. Encompass will utilise ScheduLINK, the advanced transmission management solution, and a suite of operational modules to manage its global feeds, uplinks, […]
Ericsson is bringing the 2012 London Olympic Games to a global audience of almost five billion after supplying the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) with solutions for the delivery of coverage of the event, and other future sporting occasions, to broadcasters around the world. This premium global sports content will be distributed to EBU members and […]
Red Bee Media, the media management company, has confirmed a multi-year deal to provide broadcast services for the new PBS channel which launches in the UK on November 1st. Under the terms of the agreement, Red Bee Media will provide media management, playout and continuity services for the channel, which will be available initially in […]
International Launch Services (ILS), using a Proton rocket with its Briz-M booster stage, successfully launched SES’s QuetzSat-1 satellite late on Sept 30 from the Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Some nine hours into the flight, the satellite was flawlessly separated from the rocket into its geostationary transfer orbit. ILS has now launched 19 SES satellites using the Proton […]
Luxembourg-based SES has been involved in a dispute with Lockheed Martin Space Systems involving millions of dollars, and specifically involving one of Lockheed’s A2100 satellites. While details are of the dispute are sketchy, SES bought two satellites from Lockheed, (SES Astra’s 1KR craft, and Astra 1L) and the argument involved the performance of a satellite […]
Eutelsat’s Atlantic Bird 7 has been successfully delivered into orbit by a Zenit-3SL rocket operated by Sea Launch AG from the ocean-based Odyssey Launch Platform in international waters of the Pacific Ocean. Lift-off of the rocket carrying the Astrium-built 4.6 tonne satellite took place on Saturday 24 September at 20:18 GMT (22:18 CET). After a […]
RRsat Global Communications Network, a provider of comprehensive content management and global distribution services to the television and radio broadcasting industries, has announced that it signed an agreement with Spacecom, the operator of the AMOS satellite fleet, for monitoring, backup and disaster recovery services. As part of the agreement, RRsat will act as Spacecom’s remote […]
After a 48-hour delay caused by local technicians going on strike, the Arianespace mission to launch Arabsat 5C and SES-2 was successfully carried out late on the night of September 21/22. The flight was the 5th launch this year for the giant Ariane 5 rocket, and its two passengers were successfully placed into a geostationary […]