Eutelsat Communications has sealed a ten-year contract with Crystal TV, Ghana’s leading commercial broadcaster, for capacity connected to the African service area of the Eutelsat 16A satellite. The capacity enables Crystal TV to benefit from countrywide coverage of Ghana for its digital platform of pay-TV and free-to-air channels. Access to Eutelsat 16A transforms Crystal TV […]
Nigeria is embracing digital TV. It is committed to meeting the July 31st 2015 deadline for ending analogue TV, and in the process its citizens will spend “not less than N700 billion” ($4.2bn) on decoders or set-top boxes to allow them to receive digital TV. Computer Warehouse Group (CWG) is a Nigerian media powerhouse, and […]
Muvi TV, the Zambian commercial broadcaster and one of Africa’s fastest-growing satellite TV platforms, is poised for a new phase of expansion. The company has renewed and expanded its satellite capacity requirements from Stellar, a German play-out centre and satellite uplink facility, that leases high-power capacity on the Eutelsat 7B satellite operated by Eutelsat Communications […]
An interesting stat emerged from the recent SES analysts’ conference which followed on from its results announcement on October 31st. Someone at SES has been number-crunching and with help from the Lyngsat web-site, counted the number of satellite TV channels on air around the world. The end result is that – at September 30th – […]
MEASAT Satellite Systems has announced that customers on the AFRICASAT-1a satellite will now be able to benefit from additional cost savings given the successful test of 64APSKmodulation on the satellite’s high-powered pan-African beam. The tests were conducted with the NovelSat NS3000 Professional High-Data Rate Satellite Modem running NovelSat NS3 technology. The use of NovelSat NS3 […]
Two orbital slots controlled by Mexico have failed to find buyers. Mexico’s Federal Telecoms Institute (IFT) was auctioning the two orbital positions which could have been used by satellite operators for communications craft. The deadline for bids actually expired on September 26th. IFT had hoped to realise $18 million – $20 million from the tender. […]
Arabsat is holding a board meeting in Dubai this week, but ahead of the rendezvous, Arabsat says it hopes the Board will give its approval to Arabsat’s plans for 4 new satellites. The plan is for two to go to the Hellas-Sat orbital position (39 degrees East) to replace existing capacity and add new transponders […]
According to findings from consulting and analyst firm Euroconsult, High Throughput Satellites (HTS) continue to proliferate in 2014 in terms of supply additions (+109 Gbps), system investments (nine new orders) and demand take-up (+40 Gbps). This trend should accelerate considering the 100+ projected new HTS system (payload and satellite) launches over the next decade. As […]
Satellite operator SES, reporting its Q3 figures, says it has delivered strong growth in Western Europe and International markets, with revenue of €1.4066 billion for the year to date, up 4.7 per cent over the prior year. It says it remains well placed to deliver long-term growth, expanding its core DTH business by securing rights […]
This is satellite results season with Intelsat declaring its numbers on October 30, and Eutelsat following on late in the evening. Luxembourg-based SES unveils its numbers early on October 31st. Eutelsat’s Q1 results (to September 30, were “in line with objectives” said CEO Michel de Rosen. Overall revenues on like-for-like sales grew 4.2 per cent […]