SES Broadband Services has signed an agreement with German Internet Service Provider Orbitcom to market its Astra Connect service. Provided via Ka-band capacity on the recently launched SES’s satellite Astra 2E, Astra Connect delivers high-speed broadband across Europe. Orbitcom will provide the service to households in under-served areas in Germany where current broadband speeds are […]
Arqiva has concluded a long-term contract with Eutelsat for satellite capacity optimised to serve the UK DTH broadcasting market. Arqiva has booked multiple transponders of capacity commercialised by Eutelsat at the 28.2/5 degrees East video neighbourhood that provides premium reach across the UK and Ireland. The capacity will expand Arqiva’s extensive digital multiplex offering within […]
LAMAC, the entity that represents 49 pay-TV channels, has published a report showing significant growth in Argentina’s pay-TV market during the past year, and for the penetration percentage in households that have access to pay-TV throughout the country, ratifying its strength as a national medium. The numbers released by LAMAC signal to Pay TV’s sustained […]
The Spanish pay-TV market seems to be recovering with Q4 2013 seeing a slight growth in subscribers. The Spanish pay-TV market ended the year with 3.774 million pay-TV subs, up from 3.740 million in Q3 but down from 4.077 million a year earlier, according to figures from the regulator CMNC. Telefonica’s Movistar TV service is […]
The rights to show Ligue 1 football in France between 2016 and 2020 have been bought for a record sum of €726.5 million by pay-TV companies Canal+ and beIN SPORTS. The sum represents a significant increase on the €607 million paid for the TV rights for the French top flight up to 2016, and puts […]
Last week saw Romain Bausch attend his final Board meeting as CEO at SES after some 19 years in the hot seat. He will remain on the company’s BoD but his departure prompted Berenberg Bank’s team to take a close look at what Sarah Simon described as a “new beginning” for the company. Simon admits […]
SatLink Communications, a global teleport, content management and HD playout services provider, has confirmed the launch of a new DVB-S2 platform on Eutelsat’s Hot Bird satellite. In coordination with Sky Italia, an Italian digital satellite television platform, the cost effective service has been developed to meet the growing demand for HD content on a premium […]
Romain Bausch stepped down from his president/CEO position at SES at the satellite operator’s April 3rd Board Meeting. But the same meeting saw him appointed as Chairman-elect of the Board of Directors. He will take over when current chairman Rene Steichen steps down at the end of this year. As announced in June 2013, and […]
UPC DTH, a satellite television provider in Central and Eastern Europe, has confirmed the launch of CNBC, the business and financial news network. UPC DTH’s customers can now watch CNBC as part of their Light package in Hungary, the Czech Republic & Slovakia and as part of their HD package in Romania. “We are pleased […]
Intelsat has signed a new multi-year agreement with RRsat under which RRsat will utilise Intelsat capacity to facilitate and further enhance RRsat’s penetration in the North American DTH market. RRsat will use the power of the Galaxy 19 video neighbourhood. Located at 97°W, Galaxy 19 serves as the premier US neighbourhood for free-to-air multicultural programming, […]