The almost brand new ABS-2 satellite has suffered an “anomaly” on its Russian Ku-beam and which according to ABS is affecting a limited number of transponders. We first reported this on July 29. An ABS spokesperson now says: “This resulted in an interruption of services which we are working to restore with Space Systems/Loral. No […]
AsiaSat-8 is due to be launched on August 5th from the SpaceX facility at Cape Canaveral, Florida. It will be a late-night launch, often the most spectacular, at 1.25am Florida-time (and 1.25pm in the afternoon Hong Kong time). AsiaSat-8 has been built by Space Systems/Loral and has 24 Ku-band transponders as well as a Ka-band […]
Measat Satellite Systems has agreed a deal with Pilipinas Global Network Limited (PGN) for capacity on Measat-3. Under the terms of the agreement, PGN will use Measat -3’s global beam to distribute the Aksyon TV International and Kapatid TV5 channels to over 120 countries across Asia Pacific, Australia, the Middle East and Eastern Africa. Kapatid […]
Five years after its launch, Italian DTH platform TivùSat has exceeded the figure of 2.2 million active smart cards. TivùSat launched on July 31st 2009 and, with a steady growth over the years, has now reached 2,201,708 active smartcards, equivalent to 1.83 million households, more than 7 per cent of Italian families. The regions with […]
One valuable measure of success for any satellite operator is the amount of contracted ‘backlog’, that is the value of that future business that the operator has tied up for years down the line. This past 12 months has seen Eutelsat increase that backlog by 19.9 per cent, from €5.37 billion to €6.44 billion. Eutelsat’s […]
DTH satellite pay-TV customers in Asia are expected to grow from 56.3 million in 2013 to more than 110 million by 2018, a strong CAGR of 14 per cent, according to new projections from leading industry analysts Media Partners Asia (MPA). Longer-term, DTH’s share of the total pay-TV market will almost double to 24 per […]
Eutelsat Communications and MultiChoice Africa, one of Africa’s most prominent media companies, have signed an agreement that will ensure the continuing expansion of the DStv pay-TV platform over the coming 15 years. The multi-transponder contract also further anchors Eutelsat’s neighbourhood of high-power satellites at 36° East as the point of reference for broadcasting in sub-Saharan […]
India’s DTH satellite pay-TV sector remains a growth oriented industry with significant potential for strategic and financial investors, according to a report published by Media Partners Asia (MPA). The report forecasts that India’s DTH pay-TV sector will generate revenues of
France’s Orange has reported 6.77 million IPTV and satellite customers in the first quarter of the year, an increase of 9.8 per cent year-on-year. Within France it had 5.78 million IPTV and satellite subscribers in France in Q2, up 8.5 per cent year-on-year from 5.32 million in Q2 2013. Its Polish IPTV and satellite customer […]
BBC Monitoring is reporting that an Israeli aircraft on July 28th had shelled the headquarters of the Al-Aqsa television channel in Gaza, which supports Hamas in the region. The channel has been on air since January 2006 and is available on satellite over the whole MENA region.