Since Sky Television launched its first handful of channels in February 1989, the broadcaster had stayed true to emphasising its growth via its quarterly DTH subscriber numbers. That’s about to change. On May 2nd when CEO Jeremy Darroch unveils BSkyB’s latest quarterly results, the DTH numbers will be merged with its ‘NOW TV’ numbers and […]
Intelsat’s IPO debut floated 25 per cent of the company’s equity but an opening price of $18 a share on April 18th promptly fell back to $17.19, and as low as $16.90 at one point. Early trading was high with 2 million shares changing hands in the first 15 minutes of business. However, recovery was […]
Spain’s dominant telco Telefonica has pulled out of satellite company Hispasat by selling its remaining stake to Eutelsat in a deal estimated at €56 million in cash. Earlier this year Telefonica transferred to Abertis Telecom half of its shares of Hispasat for €68 million and agreed that it would sell its remaining stake in the […]
Eutelsat Communications has revealed the results of its survey on TV reception in Italy, conducted with Ipsos, which reveals that 8 million households are equipped with satellite dishes that are pointed at its satellites. The Hot Bird satellites, which are provide multichannel reception in Italy, are being received by 7.3 million homes, an increase of […]
The Board of Directors of Arianespace has named Stéphane Israël Chairman and CEO of the company, effective April 22nd. Israël, 41, was appointed as a judge in the French Court of Auditors in 2001 after graduating from the Ecole Nationale d’Administration (ENA). While in this position, he participated in studies concerning French space policy and […]
After a slow start, digital TV penetration is about to rocket in Latin America – from less than a third of homes at end-2012 to nearly 45 per cent by end-2013 and onto 84 per cent by 2018, according to a new report from Digital TV Research. To put it another way, 100 million digital […]
When the books were closed at the end of April 17, it was revealed that Intelsat’s Initial Public Offering was very poorly supported. Even though the price range set by the company was for shares to be bought in the $21-$25 range, the actual price achieved was a disappointing $18. Intelsat sold just 19.3 million […]
According to Giles Cottle, Head of Strategy at UK free-to-air digital satellite Freesat, the emergence of live online TV service Aereo in the US raises some interesting propositions from a service point of view. With Aereo currently in the midst of a legal battle with the network broadcasters who allege copyright infringement, Cottle, writing in […]
A report from Singapore’s Media Partners Asia (MPA) states that India’s seven giant DTH operators will benefit from the nation’s switch from analogue to digital TV. MPA’s report suggests that revenues for DTH operators can be expected to treble to over $5 billion by 2020 as the terrestrial cable TV digitisation schemes would help the […]
Canada’s latest giant satellite, Telesat’s Anik G1, was delivered into orbit in the early hours of April 16 local time by International Launch Services (ILS). The launch, from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, was flawless and used ILS’ Proton and Breeze-M combination of rocket and upper stage. Anik G1 has 24 C-band, 28 Ku-band and […]