Monthly Archive: September 2016

Millennial viewers favour piracy over linear TV 0

Millennial viewers favour piracy over linear TV

From http://advanced-television.com/2016/09/20/millennial-viewers-favour-piracy-over-linear-tv/ Following industry reports that indicate millennials spend 54 per cent of their TV viewing time streaming content rather than watching traditional live programming, the 2016 Millennials at the Gate report from creative...

Tata readies Sky for UHD F1 2017 0

Tata readies Sky for UHD F1 2017

From http://advanced-television.com/2016/09/21/tata-readies-sky-for-f1-uhd/ Tata Communications, Formula One Management and Sky have tested in action live Ultra HD broadcasting at the 2016 F1 Singapore Grand Prix. Following this first ever end-to-end broadcast of an F1 race...

New Zealand takes step closer to satellite supported air traffic control 0

New Zealand takes step closer to satellite supported air traffic control

From http://www.airport-world.com/news/general-news/5829-new-zealand-takes-step-closer-to-satellite-supported-air-traffic-control.html A new satellite-supported system designed to replace radar as New Zealand’s main aircraft tracking technology is a step closer today. Airways New Zealand has secured a supplier of ground infrastructure for its...

India to launch 8 satellites in 2 different orbits on Sep 26 0

India to launch 8 satellites in 2 different orbits on Sep 26

From http://www.thestatesman.com/news/india/india-to-launch-8-satellites-in-2-different-orbits-on-sep-26/166608.html India on Sep 26 morning will launch its weather satellite SCATSAT-1 and seven other satellites – five foreign and two domestic – with its Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) rocket, said an...

Hackers targeting satellites could cause ‘catastrophic  damage 0

Hackers targeting satellites could cause ‘catastrophic damage

From http://www.wired.co.uk/article/satellites-vulnerable-hacking-chatham-house A report from Chatham House says that satellites and space infrastructure are easy targets for hackers Satellites and other space communications technology are at significant risk from hackers and cyber attacks, a...

Fiji TV records $9m profit 0

Fiji TV records $9m profit

Fiji TV records $9m profit DESPITE a consolidated group net loss after tax of $668,000 compared with a profit of $1.63 million for the previous year, Fiji Television Ltd still recorded an overall net...

New Biss key Feed 0

New Biss key Feed

Basic Interoperable Scrambling System, usually known as Biss, is a satellite signal scrambling system developed by the European Broadcasting Union and a consortium of hardware manufacturers. Mobile equipment to send news over a satellite...