Over the next decade, 1,800 new satellites will enter orbit9 March 2015 [+] In the development of the mini and nano satellite industry we would find one of the strong points for the development of the sector with...
DVB will promote a patent pool for DVB-S2X24 February 2015 [+] This new standard will improve channel coding and modulation systems for broadcasting, interactive services, news gathering and other broadband applications...
The failure in the Amazonas 4A drags down Hispasat's income19 February 2015 [+] The Spanish operator consolidates its total income with 202.1 million euros in a difficult year. Revenue in America increased in 2014 in...
Globecast undertakes a profound reorganization17 February 2015 [+] With this restructuring, Globecast intends to take a step further in its position as a teleport and satellite services. The French Globecast has undertaken a...
Aragón awards Quantis the transport of the signal of its regional radio and television16 February 2015 [+] Quantis wins over Abertis in the competition for transport, via satellite, of the Aragón TV signal, Aragón 2 HD, Aragón Radio, Aragón...
Deutsche Welle to launch 24-hour channel in English16 February 2015 [+] With a budget of 290 million euros, its programming will consist of news programs, magazines and documentaries. The German Deutsche Welle will launch the next...
Broadcasting and satellite: a couple for the future11 February 2015 [+] The CEO of Hispasat, Carlos Espídos, analyzes in this Tribune the future of broadcasting taking into account the emergence of IPTV, ...
The new Inmarsat-5 F2 takes a new step towards global access to high-speed broadband4 February 2015 [+] The Inmarsat-5 F2 was built by Boeing with a budget of $1.6 billion. Last Sunday a Russian Proton Breeze M rocket...
Hispasat extends the deadline for submitting works for its 25th anniversary award19 December 2014 [+] Faced with the demand of some companies and research groups, Hispasat has decided to accept works submitted until February 28...
DirecTV, the first platform in the world to offer 4K UHDTV directly to its customers17 November 2014 [+] DirecTV already offers a commercial offer with a catalog with a hundred films and nature documentaries in 4K. DirecTV has become...
Who is who in the new Abertis?31 October 2014 [+] Tobías Martínez will continue to lead Abertis Telecom, while Carlos Espídos will continue to lead the satellite operator Hispasat, whose shareholding is controlled by...
Hispasat celebrates 25 years of success23 October 2014 [+] Felipe VI presides at the Royal Theater in Madrid over the central event commemorating the founding of the Spanish satellite operator, the main...
Argentina launches Arsat-1, the first geostationary satellite built in Latin America20 October 2014 [+] Stabilized in its orbit, it will offer TV and Internet services to Argentina, Chile, Uruguay and Paraguay. Argentina became this weekend...
Hispasat announces the Award for the Best Innovation Project for Satellites17 October 2014 [+] The Spanish operator, coinciding with its 25th anniversary, announces this award that will reward innovative projects in any field related to satellite communications: ...
Eutelsat and Cisco show satellite cloud video using SmartLNB technology16 September 2014 [+] Smart LNB is a low-cost device that hosts DTH reception of television channels with satellite broadband channel return...
Intelsat turns half a century25 August 2014 [+] Intelsat commemorates fifty years of history as a provider of telecommunications and video distribution infrastructure to companies, organizations and governments around the...
Satellite TV revenues to reach $100 billion23 July 2014 [+] The Global Satellite TV Forecasts study estimates that Asia-Pacific and Latin America show strong growth. Satellite television revenues, according to...
O3b launches four new satellites and gives access to the Information Society to three billion people15 July 2014 [+] With 8 of the company's satellites in orbit, the inhabitants of the planet without time or resources to break the digital divide can now access...
Eutelsat and ViaSat will connect their high-capacity satellite networks in Ka band7 July 2014 [+] These two Ka-band networks represent well over half of the world's in-orbit Ka-band capacity and...
SSL will build the new Hispasat 1F satellite2 July 2014 [+] The new 1F will serve as a replacement for Hispasat 1D and will provide the satellite operator with additional capacity in America, Europe and North Africa. It will be...
VII Meeting on Space Telecommunications at the UIMP30 June 2014 [+] More than 30 speakers, from the main companies in the aerospace and telecommunications sector from around the world, debate in Santander about...
Hispasat obtained a net profit of 54.3 million in 201326 June 2014 [+] The satellite operator's net profit increases by 5.5% compared to 2012. The General Shareholders' Meeting of Hispasat has...
Media Networks organized the IV DTH Technical Workshop for clients18 June 2014 [+] The meeting, which took place over two days in Lima, brought together pay TV operators from all over Latin America (customers of the wholesale service of...
First transmission in Ultra High Definition 4K under the DVB-S2X standard11 June 2014 [+] Coinciding with CommunicAsia in Singapore, Measat, Newtec and Ericsson technology will make it possible to broadcast Ultra High Definition signals through...
BBC will broadcast three World Cup matches in Ultra HD6 June 2014 [+] The signal in 4K resolution will only be available in the British broadcaster's research and development facilities as a testing laboratory. The public broadcaster...
Google will invest $1 billion in a fleet of satellites3 June 2014 [+] This fleet, in low orbits, would provide Internet access service to remote areas, while offering other possibilities such as IP links...
Dish Network approves Televes' watermarking solution for its Clear QAM encoders27 May 2014 [+] One of the main satellite television operators in the United States adopts Televés' digital watermarking solution. Televes has...
Sapec compression technology, present at the BIT Broadcast workshops22 May 2014 [+] The path to 4K is being much faster than expected a few years ago and, as has become clear...