Eutelsat and Samsung used the giant IFA electronics show to announce a dedicated 4K/Ultra HDTV channel, and Eutelsat’s 3rd ‘test 4K channel to go on air. The idea is for this channel to show a rolling loop of high-quality video for Samsung-equipped retail outlets. Samsung unveiled a 98” 4K set at IFA (along with a […]
ViaSat is a satellite broadband supplier serving consumers over North America. It already has an action running against Space Systems/ Loral, a satellite builder, alleging that SS/L has misused patents granted to ViaSat for its High Throughput broadband satellite – which SS/L built. Now ViaSat is alleging additional patent infringements against SS/L. The new action […]
Eutelsat Communications has confirmed the appointment of Jean-Hubert Lenotte as the Group’s Director of Strategy. He succeeds Yohann Leroy who has been appointed Deputy Chief Technical Officer and Director of Engineering. Lenotte began his career at Bouygues where he was notably part of the project team that created Bouygues Telecom in 1994. He joined McKinsey […]
According to the most recent report from media research specialist SNL Kagan, there is no spoiler alert needed for the second-quarter US multichannel subscriber movement. The seasonally soft period followed the script of a mature industry that is concurrently struggling to make gains while still holding a significant but not absolute share of the US […]
Al Jazeera says that Egypt is deliberately jamming its signals, and that the jamming is emanating from four specific sites in and around Cairo. Al Jazeera announced on September 3 that independent experts had determined on the basis of extensive investigation where the jamming was coming from and were confident about both the locations and who is responsible. Trackers […]
Venezuela is well-placed to launch satellites. It is an equatorial nation with an Easterly-facing expanse of water to cope with any falling debris, and plenty of jungle ready to absorb a new launch facility. Satellites will be launched into space from Venezuela “sooner rather than later,” President Nicolas Maduro said at a hand-over ceremony where […]
RRsat Global Communications Network, a provider of digital content management and global content distribution service, has confirmed the acquisition of JCA, a London-based provider of content management services. The acquisition is expected to be accretive to RRsat’s earnings within the first full operational quarter post acquisition. RRsat is acquiring 100 per cent of TVP Group […]
NSR’s Global Assessment of Satellite Supply & Demand, 10th Edition report, projects commercial satellite operator revenues from transponder and bandwidth leasing will top $18.8 billion in the coming ten years, up from $11.2 billion in 2012. This strong growth comes from a mix of C, Ku and widebeam Ka-band transponder leasing gains in such diverse […]
AMOS-4, built by Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) for Spacecom, was successfully launched lon August 31st from Baikonur, Kazakhstan, aboard a ZENIT 3SLB launcher. On the morning of September 1st the satellite separated from the launcher’s last stage and has started communicating with the ground control station and mission control. IAI engineers have started Transfer Orbit […]
Es’Hail-1, a joint-venture satellite with Eutelsat, has successfully launched from French Guiana towards its orbital position at 25.5 degree East. Eutelsat’s portion of the satellite will be operated as Eutelsat 25B. The massive 6.3 tonnes satellite – built by Space Systems/Loral – was launched on time at 8.30pm UTC and the craft’s solar panel deployed […]