Satellite operator SES’s new CEO, Karim Michel Sabbagh, in a major speech at the CASBAA Satellite Industry Forum in Singapore, said that despite pay-TV DTH being challenged in some markets by IP-based and OTT supply of programming, there remained many reasons to be optimistic (about satellite). “The consumer is jumping into 4K,” he said. “Simulcasting […]
Tom Mockridge, formerly CEO at Sky Italia and BSkyB’s deputy chairman from 2012 to early 2013, has called Sky’s broadband offering “lousy”. Mockridge, a blunt-speaking New Zealander, is now running cable company Virgin Media for John Malone. BSkyB is offering subscribers ‘free’ broadband for two years if they sign up to Sky Sports. Mockridge, in […]
Today (June 17) will see the US House Judiciary Committee start its hearings into the proposed take-over by AT&T of satellite broadcaster DirecTV. AT&T is looking to pay $67 billion to acquire the pay-TV operator. If the plan receives regulatory approval, then it will combine the USA’s second-largest cellular operator with the largest satellite TV […]
CASBAA – the association for digital multichannel TV, content, platforms, advertising and video delivery across geographic markets throughout the Asia-Pacific – has welcomed the first authoritative study of the extent to which satellite C-band services provide socio-economic benefits to countries in the Asia-Pacific region. The study found that “C-band is extensively used for communication networks, […]
Satellite operator MEASAT is teaming up with test and measurement specialist Aviindos, communications service provider Maxis Communications and audiovisual technologist Village Island to showcase multimedia services over MEASAT-5. Under the co-operation, IP multicast technology is being utilised to demonstrate multimedia distribution via the MEASAT-5 satellite. A live demonstration of the new service can be viewed […]
Satellite operator SES has confirmed that Eurovision – the European Broadcasting Union’s (EBU) distributor of premium sports and news events – is broadcasting the 2014 FIFA World Cup to audiences throughout North America, Latin America, Europe and Asia in Ultra-HD and HD via SES satellites. Eurovision is distributing matches live in Ultra HD to its […]
A series of unrelated but worrying problems is further exacerbating anxieties for many satellite operators. On June 15th, SpaceX had to again cancel its already much delayed launch of 6 small Orbcomm satellites on one of its Falcon-9 rockets. The Orbcomm craft are designed to work in Low Earth Orbit. Orbcomm said that it wanted […]
ST Teleport, one of Asia’s leading full-service satellite, fibre and IP communications solutions provider, and Eutelsat Communications one of the global satellite operator, are combining their expertise to respond to high user demand for connectivity solutions for data and video services in Asia. The two companies have completed the installation of a new gateway at […]
Eutelsat Communications working in partnership with ST Teleport, one of Asia’s leading full-service satellite, fibre and IP communications solutions providers, will be introducing its 4k TV channel on the Eutelsat 70B satellite that reaches across Southeast Asia and Australia. The content displayed by Eutelsat’s new 4k channel is encoded in HEVC by ATEME and Thomson […]
Intelsat is to build and launch a new satellite (Intelsat 36) for South Africa’s Multichoice pay-TV giant. The craft will take 3 years to build and when launched will be placed with Intelsat 20 at 68.5 degrees East, Intelsat’s ‘hot spot’ for Africa. Multichoice, according to an SEC filing made June 11, will pre-pay its […]