Eurosport has secured the exclusive TV and digital rights to the FIA Formula One World Championship in Portugal from 2016 to 2018. The deal with Formula One Management (FOM) covers all races, qualifying and practice sessions of the premier motorsports event for the next three seasons. Eurosport will have access to multiple live feeds including […]
Hispasat Group has signed a contract with Empresa Brasil de Comunicação (EBC) through their Brazilian subsidiary Hispamar Satélites to supply them with C-band capacity, which will be used for contribution services for the events and news broadcasting of TV Brasil and NBR, networks operated by the Brazilian firm. Hispamar, whose control centre is located in […]
Eutelsat has reported that its 115 West B craft, its first all-electric satellite, has completed its steady ascent to its target geostationary orbit a month ahead of the original schedule. It will now undertake a couple of weeks of on-orbit testing and enter commercial service in mid-October. Originally ordered as ‘SatMex-8’, Eutelsat Americas 115 West […]
Satellite services provider Intelsat has confirmed that African communications network specialist Sentech has extended its contract for multiple years. Sentech will continue to leverage Ku-band capacity on Intelsat 20 at 68.5˚E to expand and enhance cost-effectively its Direct-to-Home (DTH) and Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) services in Africa. The Intelsat 20 satellite will provide Sentech with […]
The crisis facing America’s satellite construction industry seems to be growing ever-more serious. Both Boeing and Lockheed Martin claim to have lost direct orders for new satellites because of their inability to obtain supporting finance from the US Export-Import Bank. The bank has had its operations curtailed by the US government. Now Washington-based Orbital ATK […]
Intelsat has had a terrible week, with its share price tumbling 5.5 per cent on September 22, but having collapsed from $9.83 to just $7.91 over the past five trading days. Intelsat shares are down by 54 per cent since the start of the year. Now the Financial Times is reporting that the company is […]
Despite economic growth concerns, pay-TV subscriptions for Asia Pacific’s top 68 operators will increase by 74 per cent from a collective 376 million in 2014 to 535 million by 2020, according to a new report from Digital TV Research. These operators from 20 countries will climb from 75 per cent of Asia Pacific pay TV […]
OneWeb is a $3 billion project to circle the Earth with about 700 small satellites and beaming broadband connectivity to underserved communities. It is backed, in part, by Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic, and telco giant Qualcomm. The problem is that the satellites operate at just 1200 kms in space, and well below their bigger […]
Arabsat’s 6A satellite will be launched by SpaceX in 2018. The contract was signed in Paris last week during the Euroconsult Space Business Week conference. Arabsat 6A is a heavyweight satellite which will be located at 30.5 degrees East, and when in position will take Arabsat’s fleet to 10 operational satellites. Lockheed Martin is building […]
Satellite operators SES and Avanti have long been at loggerheads over certain frequencies at the orbital spot of 31.5 degrees East. SES claimed it has rights certain frequencies at the position, which London-based Avanti also claim is theirs. The two operators also have satellites at the position. Back in November 2012, the influential International Telecommunications […]