Moscow-based CTV, which is affiliated with telco holding company Sistema, is applying for a licence to use a batch of DTH frequencies on the ABS-2 satellite, and wants to launch a pay-TV service over Russia. Russia’s federal telecommunications regulator Roslomnadzor made the announcement, and says that CTV/Sistema is the only company making an application. The […]
SES has selected Airbus Defence and Space to build a new hybrid communications satellite, SES-12, to serve the fast growing DTH, Data, Mobility and Government markets in Asia. The new satellite will expand SES’s capabilities to provide direct-to-home (DTH) broadcasting, VSAT, Mobility and High Throughput Satellite (HTS) data connectivity services in the Asia-Pacific region, including […]
Satellite TV provider Sky Italia heads the Italian TV market in revenue terms, ending 2013 with a turnover of €2.6 billion, a drop of 3.5 per cent on the previous year, according to the annual report of the Communications Authority (AgCom). The bulk of Sky Italia’s revenue came from pay-TV (€2.3 billion), accounting for a […]
The European Audiovisual Observatory has published the second volume of the 2013 edition of its Yearbook. This is the 19th edition of this reference publication and provides figures and analyses on the position of the European audiovisual industry on the global market, on the developments of distribution platforms, television services and on-demand audiovisual services and […]
Egypt reports that three satellite channels are advertising medical products not registered with its Ministry of Health, and will be prosecuted. The channels, Cairo Drama, Cinema 1 and Panorama film channel, are said by the country’s Consumer Protection Agency to have advertised products that were a danger to public health and included drugs and cosmetics. […]
MCS TV (part of Altice Group, a leading multinational cable and telecommunications company) and Newslux have selected the Eutelsat 70B satellite operated by Eutelsat Communications to support the expansion into Southeast Asia of two flagship channels, i24News and MCS International. Both channels can now benefit from the exceptional features of the Eutelsat 70B satellite that […]
The former Asia Broadcast Satellite, now preferring to be called ABS, has sold a portion of its transponder capacity on its new ABS- 3A craft which is due to be launched this coming winter. The buyer is Arabsat which will take a “multi-transponder lifetime Ku-band payload” on ABS at 3 degrees West. The Ku-band payload […]
ABS and Arab Satellite Communication Organization (ARABSAT) announced today that they have signed a strategic commercial agreement for a multi-transponder lifetime Ku-band payload on the new ABS-3A satellite planned for launch in late 2014/ early2015. This Ku-band payload deal will provide ARABSAT with additional growth opportunities to serve their customers over the Middle East and […]
US Senator Al Franken (D-Minn.) has urged key federal regulators to take a close look at AT&T’s proposed acquisition of DirecTV and determine if the deal is in consumers’ best interests. In a letter to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the Department of Justice (DOJ), Franken asked the regulators to examine AT&T’s commitment to […]
A failed Russian satellite is creating major headaches for its neighbouring satellite operators. Yamal 201, operated by Gazprom, failed in June and according to local reports is now tumbling in its orbit and slowly drifting westwards from its 90 degrees East position. The next satellites in its path include are a Thaicom craft, Indian and […]