According to BBC Wales, pubs in Cardiff and Swansea suspected of showing English Premier League football matches illegally using foreign satellites face prosecution. A private investigation firm acting on behalf of the Premier League’s has visited nearly 200 pubs in south Wales, it is understood. 2013/14 marks the first EPL season that both Cardiff and […]
The Radio Frequency Interference – End Users Initiative (RFI-EUI) and the Satellite Interference Reduction Group (IRG) have announced a merger, helping the two groups to better serve the industry and combat satellite interference together. The merger sees IRG creating an umbrella over RFI-EUI, forming two advisory committees/working groups. The first will be the EUI, covering […]
Reports out of New York and Ottawa suggest that Canada-based satellite operator Telesat – itself majority owned by Loral Space & Communications – is looking for a sale. Telesat is the world’s fourth-largest satellite operator. Loral, whose biggest shareholder is reportedly hedge fund investor Mark Rachesky’s MHR Fund Management LLC, is working with Credit Suisse […]
Measat Satellite Systems and Telered Technologies & Services have announced today an agreement for capacity on the Measat-3a satellite. Under the terms of the agreement, Telered will utilise Measat-3a for the distribution of the Viva TV and Pinoy Box Office (PBO) channels across the Philippines. The agreement also contains on option for additional capacity to […]
Pay-TV revenues in the Middle East and North Africa will grow by more than 83 per cent between 2010 and 2020 to $5.60 billion, according to a report from Digital TV Research. The Digital TV Middle East & North Africa Forecasts report states that Turkey and Israel are expected to contribute 52 per cent of […]
Four months before its start, ANGA COM, the European Exhibition and Congress for Broadband, Cable & Satellite, reports binding exhibitor registrations have been received for already 80 per cent of the available floor space. ANGA COM’s key topics for 2014 are Next Generation Networks, Content Delivery, Smart TV, Multiscreen, Video on Demand and Connected Home. […]
The recent Thailand anti-government protests have led to a spate of satellite jamming on the Thaicom satellite. Some channels, especially the pro-government Bluesky TV, to be badly affected. Thaicom says that the interference was made by a mobile upload unit, which attacked the transponder hosting the Bluesky channel both on Thaicom-5 and Thaicom-6 satellites. The […]
SES has concluded an agreement with SIS Live to provide Ka-band capacity on the Astra 1L satellite located at 19.2 degrees East. This long-term deal will enable SIS Live to deliver satellite newsgathering (SNG) services to the UK’s premier news and content providers – ITN and ITV. SIS Live, which owns and operates the largest […]
In the Oscar-nominated Hollywood movie ‘Gravity’ the orbiting International Space Station (ISS) is smashed to smithereens by orbiting debris. While in 2012 the whole ISS was gently moved four times because of the dangers from orbiting debris, last year was calmer despite a growing threat from all-too-real debris. NASA says that 2013 was a relatively […]
According to data released by research firm The Diffusion Group, nearly nine in ten adult broadband users in the US subscribe to an incumbent pay-TV service such as cable, satellite, or IPTV. The use of such services is greatest among adults 35 and older and less among younger adults. “The notion that we’re on the […]