Advanced Television

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ANGA COM 2014: 50% already sold

Nearly 6 months before its start, ANGA COM, the European exhibition and congress for broadband, cable and satellite, has received exhibitor registrations for over 50 per cent of the available floor space. In 2013 the trade show attracted 450 exhibitors and 17,000 visitors – 50 per cent of them international. ANGA COM 2014 will feature […]

December 2, 2013

TV Asahi to screen Formula E

Japanese television network TV Asahi has acquired the exclusive Japanese broadcasting rights for the FIA Formula E Championship, the electric single-seater car race series inaugurated by motorsport’s governing body. The multi-year agreement will see the Japanese network show live coverage of all Formula E races – together with extensive coverage of the practice and qualifying […]

December 2, 2013By Colin Mann

Moaning of Life top-ranked Sky1 show

Analysis of Sky’s October viewing figures reveals that Karl Pilkington, The Moaning of Life, is Sky 1 HD’s biggest show of the year so far. The series launched with a total audience of nearly 2.5 million, with around 200,000 watching through Sky Go. Writing in the Sky Views blog, Stuart Murphy, Director, Entertainment Channels, said […]

December 2, 2013By Colin Mann

Brazil orders $400m satellite

French aerospace company Thales Alania has won a contract to supply a new secure communications satellite for Brazil. A joint-venture of telco Telebras and local company Embraer is placing the order, and French rocket company Arianespace will take care of the launch during the later part of 2016. Telebras will then take care of the […]

December 2, 2013By Chris Forrester

Glitch halts SES-8 launch

A last-minute technical problem halted the launch of SES-8 by a SpaceX Falcon-9 rocket late on November 25th (scheduled for 22.37 GMT). The launch was halted just 4 minutes prior to launch, and cannot now happen much before November 28th. Bad weather at Cape Canaveral might delay the launch even further. However, despite this last-minute […]

November 26, 2013By Chris Forrester

Rostelcom looks to satellite pay-TV

Russian telco Rostelcom says it is looking to buy a satellite pay-TV operator. News agency Itar-TASS quotes Rostelcom as saying that it wishes to expand its current pay-TV subscriber base (6.6 million as at December 2012) by moving into the satellite-based pay-TV business and the fastest way to do this would be to acquire a […]

November 25, 2013By Chris Forrester

Intelsat ups debt re-financing to $3.1bn

Intelsat is reported to have increased the amount it is looking to refinance certain existing debt. It was seeking $1.75 billion for $3.2 billion-worth of debt that’s due to be repaid in 2018, and is now said to be seeking to borrow $3.1 billion. Bank of America is reportedly arraigning the new financing. Additional to […]

November 25, 2013By Chris Forrester

Kazakhstan wants $85m for rocket disaster

A failed Proton-M rocket which exploded seconds after lift-off caused $85 million of damage, say Kazakh officials at the Baikonur launch site.  A bill has been submitted to the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), said the Kazakhstan Ministry of the Environment & Water in a statement. The rocket was carrying 600 tons of highly toxic […]

November 25, 2013By Chris Forrester

Crunch launch for SpaceX, and Elon Musk

A SpaceX rocket from Cape Canaveral’s Pad 40 will launch SES-8 into orbit using rocket company’s Falcon-9 craft on November 25th. Unashamedly named after the Millennium Falcon in the Star Wars movie sagas, the already delayed launch is crucial for billionaire Elon Musk who wants to capture a slice of the lucrative commercial launch business. […]

November 25, 2013By Chris Forrester

SES looking to buy Asia rivals

SES’ CEO Romain Bausch presented the SES satellite story at the Barcelona TMT conference organised by Morgan Stanley, and explained that SES had a solid outlook as far as its video business was concerned (70-75 per cent of sales), and also elaborated on how he saw the balance of its revenues shaping up.  But the […]

November 22, 2013By Chris Forrester