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Entertainment Studios has selected electronic media services provider Crawford Communications, Inc. for its transmission of six H) television networks, initially launching on Verizon’s FiOS TV.
Read MoreHarris Corporation [NYSE:HRS] will provide an integrated large-scale broadcast solution to the Iraqi Media Network (IMN) as part of a major facility upgrade that includes automation, servers, core processing, multiviewers, test and measurement, branding and routers.
Read MoreWohler Technologies Inc. has announced that Tata Sky, a joint venture between the TATA Group and STAR, is using a range of Wohler monitoring systems to support DTH satellite television service that delivers 170 channels to more than three million connections across India.
Read MoreVT iDirect, Inc. (iDirect), a subsidiary of VT Systems Inc (VT Systems),has announced that Jordan-based Smartlink Communications, a newly established satellite network operator, has chosen iDirect’s Intelligent Platform to launch a satellite broadband service covering the Middle East, North Africa and Eastern Europe based on the DVB-S2 standard with Adaptive Coding and Modulation (ACM).
Read MoreThuraya Telecommunications, is sharing their latest accomplishment at this week’s CABSAT MENA 2009, where it is showcasing the world’s first satellite solution offering streaming speeds of up to 384kbps.
Read MoreGlobeCast announced that its African DTH platform has successfully started transmissions on SES ASTRA’s Astra 4A (Sirius 4) satellite resulting in African broadcaster VoxAfrica becoming one of the first channels to sign up for the new platform that provides sub-Saharan widest and most powerful coverage in Africa.
Read MoreO3b Networks, the developer of a new fibre quality, satellite-based, global Internet backbone, announced today that Satconsult, Ltd. of Ghana has signed a multi-year, multi-million dollar contract for high speed, low latency IP trunking from O3b Networks.
Read MoreIntelsat Ltd. has announced that Detecon Al Saudia Co. Ltd. (DETASAD) signed a multi-year contract for Ku-band capacity on Intelsat’s new satellite, IS-15, which will be located at 85 degrees East when launched later this year.
Read MoreSpacenet Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. (Nasdaq: GILT), has signed a contract to provide an upgraded data network to approximately 500 Cumberland Farms locations across the United States.
Read MoreI-Movix is a Belgian company with market-leading technology in the domain of extreme slow motion. The company's debut product, SprintCam Live, was launched at IBC2007. SprintCam Live, which is now in its second version, is the first true full broadcast integration solution for extreme slow motion, offering the unprecedented combination of up to 10,000 frames per second and instant replay.
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