Luxembourg – Global satellite communications provider Pactel has broadened its partnership with SES via a multi-year capacity deal on NSS-6. Under the new capacity expansion deal, Pactel will utilise multi-transponder capacity on two SES satellites -- NSS-9 at 183 degrees East and NSS-6 at 95 degrees East. Pactel, a longstanding SES customer, will use the additional capacity to expand its voice and data service offerings within the Pacific region, enabling it to provide remote businesses … [Read more...] about SES and Pactel sign additional capacity deal for Pacific region
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Failed Russian launch for Indonesian Telkom-3 satellite
The Russian Space Agency Roskosmo declared that a failure has occurred on the most recent ascent mission of a Briz-M Vehicle carrying two communications satellites to geostationary orbit after successfully being launched by a Proton-M launch Vehicle at 19:31 GMT on August 6, 2012. One of the satellites, the Telkom-3 satellite — a $200 million communications satellite built by Russia for Telekomunikasi Indonesia, went missing from its planned orbit shortly after taking off from the Russian … [Read more...] about Failed Russian launch for Indonesian Telkom-3 satellite
Arabic channels Dubai TV and Dubai Sports join AsiaSat 5
Hong Kong – Asia Satellite Telecommunications Co. Ltd. (AsiaSat) announced that Dubai Media Incorporated (DMI) has signed a contract to broadcast two free-to-air satellite channels, Dubai TV and Dubai Sports, throughout the Asia-Pacific region on AsiaSat 5. Dubai TV, the state TV channel of the Emirate of Dubai, broadcasts events and activities taking place in Dubai and in the UAE along with local news, financial programmes and Arabic family dramas to a wide global audience. The Dubai … [Read more...] about Arabic channels Dubai TV and Dubai Sports join AsiaSat 5
News REwire
There are two overarching trends in the future of news. Firstly, consumers are accessing news from an ever-broader range of devices. These devices provide access to content on-demand, anywhere and they provide much greater scope for interactivity, enabling the global consumption of news (and feedback to news providers) on an unprecedented scale. Secondly, the concept of what constitutes news is widening and new services that are less reliant on “professional” newsgathering are … [Read more...] about News REwire
Homeland Security
Q: When it comes to issues of digital rights management (DRM), what kind of conversations did you have with Astro, and were channels or broadcasters involved in those conversations? A: Delivering content specifi cally to mobile devices requires a different approach to content security, because these are open devices – they are not controlled by the operator. With Astro, we implemented a Microsoft player DRM. But in order to get the various content owners’ approval, the … [Read more...] about Homeland Security
Left to your own Devices
Changing the landscape A conventional satellite TV reception system converts the received satellite signals and distributes them via coaxial cables to satellite tuners and demodulators in set-top boxes (STBs). To make available satellite TV programmes to more TV screens in the house would require more decoders and coaxial cabling. However, the continuing growth of the “third” and “fourth” screens—the smartphones and tablets—is changing the playing field when … [Read more...] about Left to your own Devices