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AFN introduces DigitalGlue’s new MPEG-4 HD STBs

December 4, 2017 13.17 Europe/London By Robert Briel

Inview Technology and systems integrator DigitalGluehave announced the launch of DigitalGlue’s new MPEG-4 HD set-top boxes used by the American Forces Network (AFN).

Filed Under: Newsline, Set-Top Boxes, Tech Tagged With: AFN, DigitalGlue, DVB-S2, Inview, MPEG-4 Edited: 4 December 2017 13:17

Medi-1 TV HD joins Arabsat DVB-S2 platform

July 31, 2017 17.56 Europe/London By Robert Briel

Arabsat has added Medi-1 TV HD to the its Free-To-Air DVB-S2 platform.

Filed Under: DTH, HDTV, Newsline, Satellite, TV Tagged With: Arabsat, DVB-S2, Hassan Khiyar, Khalid Balkheyour, Medi-1 TV HD Edited: 31 July 2017 17:58

Media Broadcast launches DVB-S2 platform on Hispasat

September 13, 2016 11.53 Europe/London By Robert Briel

Media Broadcast Satellite extends its platform services launching a new DVB-S2 platform on Hispasat 30 degrees West.

Filed Under: IBC Special, Newsline, Satellite Tagged With: DVB-S2, Hispasat, Media Broadcast Satellite Edited: 13 September 2016 11:53

SRG Switzerland makes HD move on Hot Bird

February 8, 2016 09.33 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

The countdown has started: Swiss public broadcaster SRG SSR will switch off the SD versions of its TV channels for DTH satellite households on Eutelsat Hot Bird (13° East) and […]

Filed Under: Distribution, DTH, HDTV, Newsline, Satellite, TV Tagged With: DVB-S2, Eutelsat, HbbTV, HDTV, Hot Bird, SRF info HD, SRF+, SRG SSR Edited: 8 February 2016 11:42

Sky Deutschland to move to DVB-S2 on Astra

July 16, 2015 22.03 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

German pay-TV broadcaster Sky Deutschland wants to optimise the usage of its transponder capacities on the Astra satellite system at 19.2° East to create more space for new channels.

Filed Under: Distribution, Newsline, Satellite, Standards, Tech, TV Tagged With: Astra, DVB-S2, MPEG-4, satellite, Sky Deutschland Edited: 16 July 2015 22:03

SatLink launches new Hot Bird DVB-S2 platform

April 10, 2014 21.13 Europe/London By Robert Briel

MIPTV 2014 – CANNES. SatLink Communications has announced the launch of a new DVB-S2 platform on Eutelsat’s Hot Bird satellite.

Filed Under: MIP TV, Newsline, Satellite Tagged With: DVB-S2, ERTA, Ethiopian Radio and Television Agency, Eurelsat Hot Bird, MIPTV 2014, SatLink Edited: 11 April 2014 11:10

30% improvement for next stage DVB-S2

March 12, 2013 13.23 Europe/London By Julian Clover

DVB WORLD 2013 – MADRID Proprietary systems that have appeared on the market over the last two years have outperformed the DVB-S2 standard quite significantly, according to Thomas Wrede, vice […]

Filed Under: DVB World, Newsline, Top Story Tagged With: DVB-S2 Edited: 14 March 2013 07:47

BBC HD in DVB-S2 move

June 2, 2011 20.09 Europe/London By Julian Clover

The BBC is to switch the transmission system for its satellite HD broadcasts from 28 degrees East from DVB-S to DVB-S2.

Filed Under: Editor's Choice, Newsline, Satellite Tagged With: BBC HD, DVB-S2 Edited: 6 June 2011 09:47

Swiss pubcaster plans HD channels

August 26, 2009 10.30 Europe/London By Robert Briel

The Swiss public broadcaster SRG SSR plan to have six HD channels on air by 2012, according to local news reports. To this end, it will lease additional transponder capacity […]

Filed Under: HDTV, Newsline Tagged With: DVB-S2, SRG SSR Edited: 27 August 2009 07:58

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