Reports from Russian sources say that the Proton satellite launching rocket will return to flight at the end of August. The delays have been caused by an embarrassing rocket failure on May 16th which prompted dismissals amongst senior staff – and hints of criminal charges. Russian news agency TASS is reporting that an Inmarsat-5F3 satellite […]
Eutelsat Communications is becoming a partner of Starburst Accelerator, a start-up accelerator that stimulates innovation in the aerospace industry. Starburst Accelerator was set up in 2013 to propel innovation in the aerospace sector by closing the gap separating new ventures from established companies, public organisations and venture capital firms. It provides young start-ups with a […]
Sky’s ground-breaking ‘Project Ethan’ set-top box is ready to be announced shortly, according to widespread media reports over the weekend. The UK’s Sunday Telegraph said the unit, now dubbed the SkyQ box, will enable users to record four channels at the same time and – at long last – permit subscribers to transfer some programming […]
US telco AT&T has completed its $48.5 billion (€44.2bn) acquisition of pay-TV provider DirecTV following the Federal Communications Commission’s approval – with conditions – of the deal. The FCC determined that granting the merger application was in the public interest. The newly-combined company will become the largest pay-TV provider in the United States and the […]
If the general comment that a ‘rising tide raises all boats’ is accepted then the opposite is also true, and on July 24th the tide absolutely went out for the world’s three major satellite stocks. SES had a terrible day, with its share price tumbling 8.16 per cent (€2.54) to €28.60, not helped by poor […]
Ka-Sat, once thought to be something of a €400 million ‘ugly duckling’ on the Eutelsat fleet, is fast turning into a rather attractive swan. Although Eutelsat has – to date – never broken out the revenue or profit margins on Ka-Sat perhaps more will be learnt this coming July 30th, when it unveils its end […]
Ultra HD programming is expected to see strong take-up rates globally, with failure to invest now will mean a failure to tap into its growing premium revenues, according to Alan Crisp, Analyst at satellite industry market research and consulting services firm NSR. Writing in NSR’s ‘Bottom Line’ Blog, Crisp says
SES has signed agreements for a further three UHD channels to be launched by the end of the year, and these are in addition to the 4K service already announced for Sky Deutschland and a shopping channel (pearl.tv) scheduled to launch in September. CEO Karim Michel Sabbagh, in the SES half-year financial statement, said that […]
It seems investor confidence in satellite operator Intelsat is evaporating. There has been a steady fall in the company’s Common stock share price, and Thursday (July 23rd) was no better with a fall of 3.34 per cent to an all-time historic low point of just $7.82. A week ago it stood at $8.70. On October […]
Motive Television has amended the Service Level Agreement (SLA) with long-standing customer Digiturk to upgrade and extend the Content Express platform. The platform is used by Digiturk to support the delivery of Ultra-HD content. Digiturk, the largest satellite broadcaster in Turkey with over 2.5 million subscribers, commercially launched their Motive technology enabled, on-demand services in […]