Category: Satellite News

Italy’s Rai launches free OTT service 0

Italy’s Rai launches free OTT service

From http://advanced-television.com/2016/09/19/italys-rai-launches-free-ott-service/ Italian public broadcaster Rai has launched its new multimedia platform, with free access via app and PC, both online and offline. RaiPlay offers users a constantly updated catalogue of content. It includes...

Japan to build satellite for Vietnam’s climate observation 0

Japan to build satellite for Vietnam’s climate observation

From http://e.vnexpress.net/news/news/japan-to-build-satellite-for-vietnam-s-climate-observation-3470718.html Japan to build satellite for Vietnam’s climate observation A blueprint of the ASNARO-2 radar satellite to be built by Japan in 2017. Photo by space.skyrocket Two Japanese companies are slated to deliver...

MUOS-5 after slight orbit change with issue with 0

MUOS-5 after slight orbit change with issue with

From http://www.military-technologies.net/2016/09/20/muos-5-after-slight-orbit-change-with-issue-with-propulsion-still-unsolved/ MUOS-5 after slight orbit change with issue with propulsion still unsolved Well known problems with propulsion of United States Navy communication Satellite MUOS-5 are still not explained even after performing visual inspection...

Cornell team develops water-powered satellite for lunar orbit 0

Cornell team develops water-powered satellite for lunar orbit

From http://www.digitaljournal.com/tech-and-science/science/cornell-students-shoot-for-the-moon-with-water-propulsion/article/475310 A tiny satellite, about the size of a cereal box and powered by water, is in the running to become the first CubeSat to orbit the moon. A Cornell University student team...

Millennials forego pay-TV for SVOD 0

Millennials forego pay-TV for SVOD

From http://advanced-television.com/2016/09/21/millennials-forego-pay-tv-for-svod/ According to new research from The Diffusion Group, a majority of Millennial Cord-Nevers – adult broadband users between the ages of 20 and 35 that have never signed up for a legacy...

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...