The long-delayed return to flight of SpaceX’s Falcon rockets is likely to happen in December, according to Lee Rosen, SpaceX’s VP/mission and launch operations, speaking in Jerusalem this week. The SpaceX Falcon-9 rocket exploded moments after lift-off on June 28th and has been identified as being caused by a failed strut on a high-pressure Helium […]
Sky delivers its Q1 results for its 2015-2016 financial year on October 21st, and there are anxieties that Sky’s UK DTH base might be in decline. The concerns were highlighted by equity analysts at Jefferies in a report to investors on October 15th. Despite these concerns the overall news is positive. The report expects Sky […]
Spanish telco Hispasat, has signed an agreement to assign space capacity and terminals in order to restore communications in cases of natural disasters or emergencies and thus help with the tasks of rescue and reconstruction carried out by the Office for the coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) , the United Nations agency responsible for the […]
Eutelsat 115 West B, the first all-electric satellite of the Eutelsat Communications fleet has been fully powered up and is now providing services to customers across the Americas. The satellite has extended Eutelsat’s coverage of the Americas to Alaska and Canada in the North, Easter Island in the West and to Patagonia in the South, […]
India’s Tata-Sky DTH pay-TV broadcaster has issued an ultimatum to Discovery Communications India over the failure to renew a carriage agreement which expired on August 1st. Discovery, and Tata-Sky’s viewers, has been warned that most of Discovery’s portfolio of channels will go dark within 21 days unless the two re-agree terms. Evidently the warning does […]
In a statement from Jersey-based satellite operator O3b (reaching the ‘other three billion’ under-connected consumers) says that in its first year of operation it has become “the fastest growing in satellite history.” The operator says it has contracted more capacity in the inaugural year of operation than any other satellite operator with a foothold in […]
@IBC Advanced Television talks to Altech’s Bartolomeo Caputo about the South African company’s portfolio including end-to-end solutions and integration services and its main markets in Africa, Middle East and APAC. [bitsontherun BhSOLFrt-ni7dlelE]
@IBC Advanced Television talks to ADB CEO Peter Balchin about the completion of the company’s transition to a multi-screen, multi-network, multi-service company. [bitsontherun 8M4qhBxw-ni7dlelE]
International Launch Services (ILS), which handles sales of the Russian Proton rocket system to ‘western’ clients, is ready to launch the Turksat-4B communications satellite. The satellite has an expected ‘on station’ life of 30 years. The launch plan expects lift-off on October 17th at 02.40am (Kazakhstan time)/20.40pm GMT on October 16th. ILS will use a […]
Denver-based Dish Network has once again been at the heart of a bitter carriage dispute. This time it was with Tegna Broadcasting, perhaps better known as the Washington DC-based Gannett portfolio of local stations. The stations were dark over the past weekend, although the two companies struck a multi-year carriage agreement which saw broadcasts resume […]