Industry focus on satellite broadband Internet access services has progressively shifted over the last few years. North America, Western Europe, Asia, Australia, Latin America, the Middle East and Africa have all at one time or another been classified as the “next big thing” for satellite broadband and high throughput satellites (HTS). And now, the industry […]
Eutelsat Communications has confirmed that Ross McInnes has been co-opted to the Board as an independent director. He replaces Olivier Rozenfeld who has resigned his seat after almost three years as an independent director. McInnes will also assume the chairmanship of the Audit Committee that was previously chaired by Olivier Rozenfeld. McInnes, an Australian and […]
Arianespace is preparing to launch two satellites on February 7th: Amazonas-3 for Spain’s Hispasat, and AzerSat/Africasat-1a for a consortium that’s headed by Azerbaijan interests. Lift-off is scheduled during the rocket’s launch window which opens at 18.36pm Kourou-time (22.36 Paris-time). Amazonas-3 is a powerful craft designed to replace Amazonas-1 and expand the number of transponders at […]
India’s DTH market continues to impress observers with its subscriber gains. The latest operator to unveil its numbers is telco giant Bharti, where its Airtel DTH division saw net subscriber numbers rise 439,000 during the most recent quarter-year (to December 31st), which is well ahead of last year’s 55,000. All its other key metrics were […]
Europe’s satellite operators have issued a strong condemnation of the European Commission’s attitude towards terrestrial bias in broadband deployment. Brussels, it is argued by the operators, regularly favours and helps underwrite terrestrial and cellular connectivity and yet ignores similar help towards the satellite industry. A meeting in Brussels, organised by the European Satellite Operators Association, […]
This coming Thursday (February 7th) will see Eutelsat reveal its half-year numbers, and the consensus from the market is that a series of records will emerge for the satellite operator. Top line video revenues are expected to grow by 8.6 per cent to €438 million and helping drive overall revenues to €633 million. The situation […]
Intelsat’s I-27 satellite was lost when a Russian rocket using the Sea Launch platform failed just 40 seconds after launch in the mid-Pacific Ocean. This is a major loss for the Sea Launch platform which only emerged from bankruptcy in 2010, and has suffered some catastrophic launches in recent years and this latest problem again […]
Morten Tengs has won the top job at Telenor’s Satellite Broadcasting (TSBc) division. Tengs (51) will replace Cato Halsa who is to retire this summer. Tengs has been looking after TSBc’s regional office in Asia. “Morten Tengs will be starting in his new role this summer. His broad experience and competence from executive positions in […]
Irdeto, a specialist in multi-screen, media protection and revenue assurance solutions, has announced that Russian Satellite Communications Company (RSCC) has selected Irdeto as a main provider of media protection solutions to secure the content of the commercial TV channels distributed via RSCC satellites. RSCC is the largest satellite operator in Russia, with satellites positioned along […]
BSkyB will unveil its end-December core numbers this coming Thursday (January 31st) and the consensus is that the pre-Christmas quarter year’s trading will show record numbers. For example, investment banker Morgan Stanley forecasts that revenues will have grown 4.2 per cent to £1.779 billion helped by the September price rise. Over the course of the […]