Three major DTH operators in India’s giant pay-TV market are in talks to form a joint-venture, according to local reports. The plan is to see content and programming costs trimmed and see increased carriage fees coming from India’s broadcasters. The three companies are: Dish TV, Videocon d2h and Airtel Digital TV, and are in discussions […]
SES is about to see two satellites launched within a few days of each other. The first is the much re-scheduled launch of SES-8 on a Falcon-9 rocket from Cape Canaveral, now expected on November 22nd. The second launch is Astra 5B which is scheduled for December 6th from Kourou in French Guiana. The Falcon-9 […]
Satellite operator SES unveils its latest Q3 numbers on November 8th, and there are worries amongst the investment community as to currently how profitable SES is. The problem is that if its Q3 numbers grow by about four per cent , a perfectly healthy number when compared with some of its rivals. However, if SES […]
DirecTV added 139,000 US subscribers in the third quarter, against a year-ago gain of 67,000 as the satellite TV giant exceeded expectations for its latest financials The company ended September with 20.16 million US customers. It also added 260,000 net subscribers in Latin America, down from 543,000 in the year-ago period. DirecTV, led by chairman […]
Eutelsat and Azam Media have agreed a long-term contract for capacity on the Eutelsat 7A satellite. Azam Media will use 108 MHz of capacity connected to the satellite’s African footprint as the platform to broadcast its new TV venture, AzamTV, into sub-Saharan Africa, starting in East Africa, from its base in Tanzania. Azam Media is in […]
ViewSat, a global satellite transmission company, is poised to continue a successful period of growth with capacity secured across North America, reaching 7 million people. Currently enjoying considerable coverage in Africa, Asia, Europe and the MENA region, ViewSat now looks to further increase the reach of the 100+ television and radio channels it supports, providing […]
According to a study from Paris-based Euroconsult, around 115 new satellites will be launched annually over the next 10 years. Some of these will be for telephony, data and GPS-type systems. The others will expand the portfolio of direct broadcasting satellites for extra TV channels. Some satellites will replace craft which reach the end of […]
HD+, SES Astra’s German DTH platform, has reported 1,280,783 paying homes as of September 30th 2013, a growth of 35 per cent for the year. The total number of homes receiving the HD+ service has now reached 2.68 million, although 1.4 million are still in a free 1-year trial period. HD+ added 87,899 subscribers in […]
Sky has revealed that September saw more home-grown Sky shows appearing in the broadcaster’s list of the top ten most popular programmes than ever before. Writing in the Sky Views blog, Stuart Murphy, Director, Entertainment Channels, reports that in total, eight of the top ten shows across Sky’s entertainment channels were British shows commissioned by […]
Korea Telecom has sold two valuable satellites for a bargain price of $4.24 million, according to a statement made in South Korea’s parliament. The sales, to Europe*Star and to Hong Kong-based Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS) could also be illegal, claimed opposition parliamentarians. The two satellites cost around $400 million to construct. The two satellites (Mugungwha […]