SES and SpaceX used the Paris Euroconsult conference to announce a new order for three satellite launches on SpaceX’s Falcon-9 rockets. These are additional to an existing order already in place between SES and SpaceX and covering the launch of SES-8. This is a very significant order for SpaceX, financed to date by billionaire Elon […]
Eutelsat is firmly denying that it has any problems with its 28A craft, which in part serves the UK television market. Web-based reports that the satellite is suffering certain power output problems are denied. While Eutelsat is moving the older W2M/48B (now renamed Eutelsat 28B) to a new orbital position at 28.5 deg East, this […]
NSR’s Global Direct-to-Home (DTH) Markets, 5th Edition finds the global DTH industry is still living in a standard definition world. With two SD channels entering the market for every HD channel, as well as SD subscribers outnumbering HD and DVR subscribers combined, the market remains dominated by the legacy resolutions; except for the measure that […]
KIT digital Content Solutions, a service and solution provider for the digital content value chain, has announced partnerships with three major satellite vendors – Arqiva, Open Sky via Eutelsat and Microspace Communications. These agreements will enable KIT digital Content Solutions – which became an independent company in June 2012 – to add a fully hybrid […]
Luxembourg-based satellite operator SES, via the Luxembourg government, is arguing strongly that London-based Avanti Communications should be denied the 31 degree West orbital slot for their Hylas 2 satellite. SES is building Astra 5B for location at 31.5 degrees, and will use the same Ka-band frequencies on board Hylas-2. Hylas 2 was launched last month. […]
Eutelsat Communications has signed a new contract for additional capacity at Eutelsat’s Hot Bird video position. The addition of 18MHz will support the continued expansion of digital entertainment services by Poland’s leading pay-TV platform. This contract takes to six the total number of transponders leased on the HotBird position by Cyfrowy Polsat and Telewizja Polsat, […]
SES is collaborating with Sony to show IBC visitors a live satellite transmission of 4K UHDTV content. The protected video content is played out in Quad Full HD format encoded in the H.264 standard at a data rate of 50 Mbit/s and is uplinked from SES in Betzdorf/Luxembourg via Transponder 3.236 on ASTRA 3B at […]
Jean-Franois Fenech has joined Skylogic as CEO of Eutelsat’s broadband affiliate. Fenech joins Skylogic from Antenna Hungria (part of the TDF group) where he was CEO, notably launching subscriber broadcast services across Hungary and consolidating the market for satellite-based enterprise services. Prior to this, he steered the development of TDF’s international activities and its affiliates, […]
Puerto Rico’s OneLink Communications is upping its HDTV cable offering from 25 to 78 HD channels. Liberty Media is in the process of buying OneLink in a deal announced in June, subject to local regulatory approval. Liberty already operates on the island and has some 80,000 pay-TV subs. Bringing the two companies together will boost […]
Eutelsat, via its USA subsidiary, has gained a licence to operate over Australia. Eutelsat already has a number of satellites on order, and has steadily extended its operational footprint Eastwards. A new satellite, on order, is Eutelsat 70B, and this giant craft has the ability to cover most of Africa, the Middle East, parts of […]