Fashion One, the international television network for fashion, entertainment and lifestyle, has selected Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS) to provide broadcast services. This exciting SD channel launched its demo broadcast services to Asia and Europe via the ABS-1 satellite C-band and Ku-band video platforms. Local feed of Fashion One is received in Europe and uplinked from […]
Italian DTH platform Tivùsat has added the HD versions of RAI’s three main TV channels and will soon also add seven new channels from broadcasting group LT Multimedia. Rai 1 HD, Rai 2 HD and Rai 3 HD are respectivively available on positions 101, 102 and 103. In addition, Tivùsat has activated seven new channels […]
South Africa’s government is again facing problems of kick-starting is much-delayed digital terrestrial TV system. South Africa is starting its analogue to digital TV conversion process but the project has been badly affected by the lack of low-cost set-top boxes. South Africa’s government had planned to produce 5 million inexpensive boxes and had budgeted R2.4 […]
UK-based speciality satellite provider Avanti Communications has acquired certain satellite frequencies associated with the European Space Agency’s (ESA) 21.5 degrees East position. Avanti is buying the remaining year or two of life of ESA’s Artemis data-relay satellite which is planned to be decommissioned next year. Avanti’s purchase price, according to ESA, is “modest” although Avanti […]
Pay-radio operator Sirius-XM is again looking to Kazakhstan for the planned launch (October 25-26) of its Sirius FM-6 satellite. The original lift-off date was almost a week ago on October 20 but a fault with a tracking station forced International Launch Services to postpone the launch of its Proton rocket. The new satellite is destined […]
Fashion One, the international television network for fashion, entertainment and lifestyle, has selected Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS) to provide broadcast services. This exciting SD channel launched its demo broadcast services to Asia and Europe via the ABS-1 satellite C-band and Ku-band video platforms. Local feed of Fashion One is received in Europe and uplinked from […]
India’s leading DTH broadcaster, Dish TV, reported improving Q2 revenues and profits, but said that subscriber growth is slowing. Dish TV’s net loss narrowed to Rs 160 million ($2.6m) from Rs. 304 million) in the same period last year. Revenues rose 2.5 per cent to $96.4 million during a quarter in which Dish TV added […]
Astrium, the European space technology company, has been awarded a contract by US company DirecTV Latin America to build the latest addition to its communications satellite fleet. The satellite will be based on Astrium’s Eurostar E3000 platform and will be placed in orbit at the start of 2016. The satellite will provide broadcasting services through […]
THEMA, the provider of channels in France and internationally announces Fashion TV’s agreement with TrueVisions. The channel is now available in High Definition on the DTH platform of TrueVisions. Thailand’s leading pay-TV operator continues its development in the delivery of high quality entertainment and completes its channels line-up with the latest Fashion shows and beauty […]
NSR’s Satellite Operator Financial Analysis (SOFA), 3rd Edition has found total revenues among all satellite operators increased by 2.2 per cent in US dollar terms from 2011 to 2012, with the combined revenues of all reporting operators boosted to $11.39 billion in 2012. While the Big Four (Intelsat, SES, Eutelsat, Telesat) still remain dominant, capturing […]