Satellite services provider and Azercosmos OJSCo, the national satellite operator of Azerbaijan, have signed a strategic agreement at the 45 degrees East orbital position. The two companies will closely collaborate on the design of the Azerspace-2/Intelsat 38 satellite and leverage their respective strengths and capabilities during the manufacturing and operational phases of development. The new […]
Satellite operator SES is buying three satellites in a series of orders that will cost around $1 billion in total to build and launch. One new craft, the hybrid SES-14, will replace and expand the role undertaken by NSS-806 at 47.5/48 degrees West, and add capacity to the location including backing up and providing extra […]
It has been confirmed that Hispasat’s Amazonas-4A is operating with only about 50 per cent of its designed capacity. The satellite was launched almost a year ago on March 22nd by an Ariane rocket, and it was feared suffered a power-subsystem malfunction shortly after launch. Hispasat president Elena Pisonero has now officially confirmed the loss […]
Thai satellite operator Thaicom enjoyed record revenues in the year to December 31st, and up 26.7 per cent on 2013, to a total Thai Baht 10 billion, and generating a normalised net profit of TB 1.83 billion. This is an increase of 62.4 per cent on the previous year (and a cash improvement of TB […]
Telenor Satellite Broadcasting’s giant Thor-7 satellite is being shipped from its Space Systems/Loral production facility in the next few days and flown to the European Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. There it will go through final testing, and fuelling, ahead of a launch by an Arianespace rocket. Thor-7 was designed with up to 25 simultaneously […]
Satellite operator SES is now broadcasting a 4K/Ultra High Definition channel over the UK and Ireland from 28.2 degrees East. The new channel is simulcasting the UHD demonstration channel that is currently at SES’s primary European orbital position of 19.2 degrees East. The channel’s 4K clips features a mix of colourful and extremely detailed scenes […]
Eutelsat has issued its first half-year results and reported that “positive dynamics” in the Latino market had helped the satellite operator turn in some appealing numbers. Video revenues were up 3.5 per cent to €452.4 million, helped by good performance at Satmex (now renamed Eutelsat Americas, and a renewed 7-transponder deal with Poland’s nc+. Eutelsat […]
Satellite rocket launch company SpaceX has received a $900 million investment from Google, in order to “support continued innovation in areas of space transport, reusability and satellite manufacturing”. The amount emerged in a February 9th SEC filing in the US. SpaceX had earlier reported that it had received a $1 billion cash injection but that […]
The Premier League has concluded the sales process for the seven packages of UK live broadcasting rights for the three seasons 2016/17-2018/19, with existing rights-holders Sky and BT once again emerging successful and the sums reaching new record highs. The seven packages – five of 28 matches and two of 14 matches – totalling 168 […]
The massive increase in Sky’s investment in Premier League football rights indicates the pay-TV platform’s determination to retain leadership of the premium sports space in the UK, according to TV Analyst Tim Westcott of IHS Technology, who suggests the question is where it will raise the additional money it will need to fund the contract. […]