Sevis Systems, a developer of intelligent backhaul optimisation technology, has successfully validated its highly effective and flexible platform for backhaul services on the KA-SAT satellite operated by Eutelsat Communications. The new solution offers a more affordable and optimised satellite backhaul service to specialised satellite service providers delivering end-to-end backhaul bandwidth to Mobile Network Operators (MNOs). […]
French media giant Vivendi is said to be considering a bid to acquire all of the Sky-branded European pay-TV broadcasters. Reuters have reported ‘early stage discussions’ and analysts at investment bank Exane BNPO-Paribas state that the rumour has been bouncing around for a few weeks. Exane has run some numbers and – assuming a 25 […]
The State of Illinois in the US is contemplating levying a 5 per cent tax on satellite dishes as a method to fund more public works. Lisa McCabe, senior director of the national Satellite Broadcasting & Communications Association, said that while they had not yet seen the details of the proposed tax, any tax on […]
It seems there are problems ahead for Europe’s planned Ariane-6 rocket, and its development costs. Trade mag Space News is saying that there is a near-€1 billion gap between the ‘contract’ that the European Space Agency has in place with the rocket’s builders Airbus-Safran Launchers. Ariane-6 is on a ‘fast track’ design and build programme […]
The annual report from India’s Telecom Regulatory Authority (TRAI) praises the nation’s subscription TV business, stating that its latest data shows that India is now the world’s third-largest TV market after China and the US. According to TRAI of some 270
Bharti Airtel’s DTH pay-TV division (Airtel Digital TV) is reporting that its Indian subscribers have topped the 10 million mark, and this has been achieved within 6 years of the division’s start up. Shashi Arora, CEO – Airtel Digital TV said, “At Airtel Digital TV, we strive to empower our customers with superior television viewing […]
India’s giant DTH and cable market is seeing a “sustained” increase in ARPU levels, says accountancy firm KPMG in its latest FICCI-KPMG study on the Indian media market. Last year DTH operators saw ARPU growth of between 12-15 per cent, and this followed on from 2013’s growth rates of about 8-9 per cent. The overall […]
Four extra local Azerbaijani regional TV channels have just been added to the nation’s first telecoms satellite, Azerspace-1, and taking the craft’s total to more than 80 television and radio channels from 46 degrees East. BBC Monitoring, which reported the news, says the Azeri’s plan on launching a second such satellite in 2016. The new […]
Despite the incessant gloomy economic and political news from the region, pay-TV revenues in Eastern Europe will be 45 per cent higher in 2020 ($7,269 million) than in 2010 ($5,029 million), according to Digital TV Research. However, the fifth edition of the Digital TV Eastern Europe Forecasts report states that increase will only be 17 […]
Bangladesh has started the tender process to buy and launch its own DTH broadcast satellite. The specification calls for a 40-transponder craft (26 in Ku and 14 in C-band) with the satellite maker to also take responsibility for procuring a launch rocket, and supplying the satellite into orbit. Bangladesh says the launch should take place […]