Chris Forrester is one of the most experienced and highly regarded journalists in the field. His insight and analysis, particularly in the satellite and pay-TV arena, is highly prized. He has written for all the major business journals in the sector as well as several national newspapers.
India’s Central Bureau of Investigations (CBI) has already brought criminal actions against a number of former ISRO/Antrix staff in connection with alleged corruption between ISRO and Antrix. Antrix was the commercial arm of India’s State Research Organisation which supplies and controls all satellite active over India. In 2005 Bangalore-based Devas Multimedia quite legitimately entered into […]
Eutelsat’s CEO Rodolphe Belmer, speaking to analysts following its results announcement, said there was – as yet – no agreement between the C-Band Alliance (CBA) partners as to how – or how much – cash could be “donated” to the US Treasury as part of the bargaining over the FCC’s decision to permit reallocation of […]
Research institute Fraunhofer HHI is heading up a new EU consortium of businesses and academic partners for a three-year project, ELIoT (Enhance Lighting for the Internet of Things), aimed at developing mass market Internet of Things (IoT) solutions using LiFi, a next generation wireless communications network, travelling over light instead of radio waves. The consortium […]
A report in The Sunday Telegraph newspaper examined Sir Richard Branson’s much-delayed promises to take people – and satellites – into space. Branson’s latest commitment is to start human flights in 2020, taking fare-paying passengers beyond the nominal Karman Line which indicates the start of ‘Space’ at 62 miles (100 kms) above the Earth. However, […]
Analyst Craig Moffett (of MoffettNathanson) summed up the position on the huge merger between T-Mobile and Sprint, and where Dish Network fits into the picture, saying: “The deal is Done! (Just kidding…No it isn’t)”.Charlie Ergen, who heads up Dish (and Echostar) is very supportive, saying: “These developments are the fulfilment of more than two decades’ […]
SES enjoyed a very pleasant 6 per cent rise in its share price to €14.40 (and at one stage €14.52) as the market responded to the operator’s half-year numbers. The market was reassured by (CEO) Steve Collar’s full-year outlook with guidance supplied that the addition of SES-12 and its new Video revenues and Network business […]
Speedcast is not a name on everyone’s lips given that it operates very much in the wholesale arena, but the Australian-based satellite facility business is very much suffering as it reports it is experiencing “a perfect storm” of tough headwinds. Speedcast’s core business is in satellite-based communications. A recent profits warning talked of a significantly […]
Eutelsat put out a note late on July 19th and including a – seemingly unambiguous – statement from the Ethiopian Broadcasting Corp (EBC). SES announced July 9th a matching contract, saying that the Ethiopian channels are “migrating” to its 57 degrees East NSS-12 satellite. The July 19th statement said: “Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation reaffirms its commitment […]
Back on February 12th Eutelsat announced it had signed a multi-year contract with the Ethiopian Broadcasting Corp and the Association of Ethiopian Broadcasters for video capacity on its Eutelsat 8 West B satellite. So far so straightforward. But then last week SES announced a multi-year capacity deal with the Ethiopian Broadcasting Corp and the Association […]
The European Space Agency (ESA) is working on a new spacecraft which can ‘surf’ past space debris. There is a considerable need for ‘intelligent’ satellites that have the ability to move whilst in orbit and so avoid collision with orbital debris. The threat is very real. This debris is in the form of spacecraft abandoned […]
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