SeaLaunch successfully launches DIRECTV 11 satellite into the space on Wednesday, 19 March at 22.48 GMT from Odyssey Launch Platform. The satellite weighing 5,923kgs lifted off from an oceangoing platform as per schedule and will be positioned at 154 degrees West Longitude 22,236 miles from the Earth. DIRECTV-11, a Boeing 702 Satellite is the largest [...]
After Verizon claimed last November, that Verizon have completed a live 312-mile network route between Tampa, Fla., and Miami the first test of 100-gigabit-per-second optical transmission, Comcast also announced that they have conducted the same 100-Gps optical networking equipment which will carry live Internet traffic over a production fiber infrastructure, last week. Yes, this test [...]
DirecTV went on aggressive high-definition expansion last year from September 19, 2007 and almost ended the year with 90 high-definition channels without any competition from other Satellite television provider like Dish Network or from other Cable companies. During September of the same year the satcaster started delivering local high-definition programming with local HD in Honolulu [...]
Men’s Basketball head coach Ben Howland UCLA Bruins will be the official spokesperson of the DirecTV’s exclusive MEGA MARCH MADNESS package of 2008 with 37 National Collegiate Athletic Association(NCAA) tournament games in high-definition for the second year. This goes to show the DirecTV’s commitment of serving the customers with high-definition programming. DirecTV, which has entered [...]
Dish Network effort to compete with DirecTV in high-definition expansion failed last week as AMC-14, new satellite failed to reach the orbit. Dish Network was leasing The AMC-14 satellite to use it for the expansion of its high-definition offerings. This failure will have a huge impact on its 100 national high-definition channels by the end [...]
After reaching carriage agreement with Verizon FiOS TV and Charter Communications last month, the Smithsonian Channel has signed a carriage deal with RCN Corp. on 11th Match. RCN Corp will distribute the high-definition version of the channel, with this agreement the channel will be available to 22.5 million homes in The U.S. Earlier the channel [...]
ESPN will celebrate its 30th anniversary of its broadcasting by launching “30/30″ and its planning to utilze the expertise of Walt Disney’s to mark the anniversary. ESPN has hired many film makers to film documentaries to cover sports of thirty years on various topics. As many as 30 directors, which include Davis Guggenheim, Linklater [...]
Comcast is expected to add two high-definition channels of Disney’s namely ABC Family and Disney Channel in high-definition in Seattle area.Comcast spokeswoman Jenni Moyer spoke to TVPredictions.com last week that Comcast would add two new HD channels in Seattle area. But she was not clear, if Comcast would add these channels to other market areas. [...]
After Comcast’s launched TiVo service last year, Cox communications also about to launch the service in New England Area. Tom Rogers, TiVo president and CEO during a conference call last week said that Cox is trying the TiVo service and will launch the service very soon. Tom Rogers also said that Comcast has started marketing [...]
DirecTV, the leading satellite provider in the country is scheduled to launch its next satellite DIRECTV 11 on Monday, March 17. DIRECTV 11 is to be launched by the Sea Launch, a company based in Long Beach, California which has launched 25 rockets and has a success rate of more than 90%. Sea Launch, is [...]
