The long-festering argument between satellite operators SES and arch-rival Eutelsat has been resolved. The dispute centres over access to 500 MHz of frequencies at the 28.5 degrees East orbital position. A Eutelsat craft was occupying the position. Back on September 16th last year, following the decision of a French Chamber of Commerce arbitration, SES announced […]
BSkyB’s latest results, for the quarter and half-year to December 31st, showed improvements in all sectors and in some case were well ahead of expectations. For example, the number of TV ‘paid for’ subscribers grew 77,000 in the three months to December 31st. HDTV subs grew 112,000 in the three months, while the broadcaster’s ‘Sky […]
Spain’s media group Prisa is finding it difficult to sell its 56 per cent stake in the digital DTH platform Canal Plus for the expected €1billion. None of the financial proposals have met its expectations and the company has decided to extend the initial January 31 deadline for binding offers to February 24. Several groups have […]
Egypt, despite the political unrest, has long been a supporter of tougher regulation for broadcasters who do not follow a balanced approach to their transmissions. On January 28th Egypt’s Investment Minister Usamah Salih said that an amendment will be made on the law on satellite channels whereby any violator will be forced to pay a […]
Eutelsat Communications and the Afghanistan Ministry of Communications & Information Technology (MCIT) have signed an MOU giving Afghanistan satellite resources that will enhance deployment of its national broadcasting and telecommunications infrastructure as well as its international connectivity. Under the multi-year agreement, Eutelsat will deploy an in-orbit satellite from February 2014 to 48° East to deliver […]
Eutelsat Communications has confirmed the signature of long-term capacity agreements on the Eutelsat 16A satellite with three of Romania’s flagship channels, Kanal D, B1 TV and Trinitas TV. By joining Eutelsat 16A, the three channels can benefit from immediate and privileged access to hundreds of regional cable networks and all DTH satellite operators serving Romanian […]
GS Group, the multi-industry high-tech holding of Russian origin, has published research into Pakistani pay-TV market. The results show high demand for quality digital TV both among mass and elite sectors of the country’s market. At the same time it unveiled the major problems influencing the quality of TV services. According to the data
India’s largest DTH player, Dish TV, is enjoying subscriptions success. Subs revenues rose 11.9 per cent in Q3 (y-o-y). Subhash Chandra, chairman, Dish TV India, said the Indian television distribution sector is not completely out of the woods yet. “With more than 14 months passed post the roll-out of Phase I of mandatory digitisation, billing […]
Georgian telco and DTH operator Magticom says it has topped 100,000 subscribers to its MagtiSat operation. MagtiSat transmits using Astra 1G at 31.5 degrees East. A year ago the claimed number of subscribers stood at 40,000. The DTH platform launched two years ago, and recently added 3 new film channels. It now transmits more than […]
ABI Research’s latest Pay TV ARPU and Revenues Market Data report has found that worldwide pay-TV market reached 903.3 million subscribers in 2013, generating $249.8 billion in service revenue. IPTV operators enjoyed significant growth (18.5 per cent YoY) in 2013 to 92 million subscribers with a total of $37.2 billion in service revenue. “Increasing FTTH […]