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Broadcasting News 19 June 2025 - 31 August 2025

The Next-Gen Robo-Camera Pedestal Shaking Up Studios – MRMC’s RPS‑LT Revealed

The Next-Gen Robo-Camera Pedestal Shaking Up Studios – MRMC’s RPS‑LT Revealed

MRMC RPS‑LT: Roaming Pedestal + Robotic Arm for Unparalleled Shots Mark Roberts Motion Control (MRMC) – a company known for Hollywood-grade motion control rigs like the Bolt high-speed cinebot – has aimed its expertise at live broadcast with the RPS series. The latest RPS-LT variant grafts MRMC’s compact StudioBot LT robotic arm onto a mobile pedestal, creating a hybrid system capable of both moving around the studio floor and executing complex arm movements. It’s essentially a camera rover and a jib/crane arm in one unit. At its core, the RPS-LT consists of a stout base on wheels and an attached
31 August 2025
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Satellite Radio Revolution: 14 Things You Need to Know About Its History, Technology, and Future

Satellite Radio Revolution: 14 Things You Need to Know About Its History, Technology, and Future

WorldSpace, founded in 1990, launched the first satellite radio broadcasts in October 1999 over Africa and the Middle East, with India accounting for 90% of its subscribers before filing for bankruptcy in 2008 and ceasing broadcasts in 2009. XM Satellite Radio launched its first satellite in March 2001 and began broadcasting to U.S. customers on September 25, 2001. Sirius Satellite Radio rolled out in February 2002 in select U.S. cities and reached nationwide service by July 2002. Sirius signed Howard Stern in 2004 in what it described as “the most important deal in radio history.” XM secured a $650 million
20 June 2025
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Satellite TV Secrets Unveiled: From Space-Age Origins to the Future of Television

Satellite TV Secrets Unveiled: From Space-Age Origins to the Future of Television

Telstar 1 (NASA) transmitted the first live television signals via satellite in 1962, linking Europe and North America. Syncom 2 became the first geosynchronous satellite in 1963, and Syncom 3 in 1964 broadcast the Tokyo Olympics to the United States. Intelsat I (Early Bird) was launched in 1965 as the world’s first commercial communications satellite carrying regular transoceanic TV service. Astra 1A, launched in 1988, used Ku-band to enable small 90 cm dishes and sparked a European satellite TV boom. In 1979 the FCC ruled that anyone could install a home satellite earth station without a federal license, accelerating consumer
19 June 2025
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