SatLink Communications, a teleport delivering content to every corner of the world, has announced that international news channel, Euronews, has renewed a long term agreement to transmit its 24-hour news channel on SatLink’s AsiaSat 5 C-band Multiple Channels Per Carrier (MCPC) digital platform. Euronews, one of the most eminent names in news broadcasting, will continue […]
The largest public media enterprise in the US, Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), has installed a large set of Newtec M6100 Broadcast Satellite Modulators for content distribution across its nationwide network. This is part of a major upgrade to DVB-S2 and H.264 modulators while at the same time implementing Carrier ID to reduce Radio Frequency (RF) […]
SES has signed a capacity agreement with Romantis, a global provider of satellite capacity and networking equipment, to support the growing connectivity needs across Russia and Central Asia. Romantis will utilise 24MHz of Ku-band capacity on SES’ NSS-12 satellite at 57 degrees East to deliver a variety of communication services across the region. “Companies in […]
Luxembourg’s SES is reportedly investing in a slew of reception antennas throughout Latin America. The move, scheduled to be ready in time for the launch of its SES-6 satellite early next year, will make it easier for cable operators and IPTV head-ends to receive SES-6’s programming, and appeal to both FTA and pay-TV operators. The […]
SatLink Communications, the teleport and HD Playout Centre, has announced the upgrade of their MCPC platform on the premium AsiaSat 5 satellite to DVB-S2. This upgrade will allow International HD, SD & 3D channels to be distributed more cost effectively on Asia’s prime satellite that provides access to 620 million households and hotels in the […]
Here’s a conundrum: Pay-radio operator Sirius-XM is making very useful operating profits in its US division (and minority stakes in its Canadian operation also help out). Last week, Sirius-XM paid off $681 million of debt almost a year ahead of time, such is its sound financial position. John Malone shrewdly bailed the business out from […]
Hong Kong-based satellite operator AsiaSat has reported that its first-half trading was flat in terms of revenues. AsiaSat said it was looking how best to utilise its new AsiaSat 7 craft ahead of its need to replace AsiaSat-3S around 2014. For the six months ending June 30th, AsiaSat reported revenue of nearly 1.1 billion Hong […]
The bitter AMC carriage dispute with Charlie Ergen’s Dish Network is no nearer resolution, and looks like being even more difficult to resolve following a slew of ‘Zombie’ ads carried by AMC to highlight their ratings hit ‘The Walking Dead’ and attempting to put pressure on Dish Network to reinstate AMC’s channels. The ads carry […]
SES has announced that the Astra 2F satellite has arrived at the European Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, where it will now be processed for launch aboard an Ariane V rocket. The launch is scheduled for 21st September 2012. The Astra 2F satellite was designed and built for SES by EADS Astrium. It is a […]
“Forty per cent of adult South Africans have no bank account,” says Eddie Mbalo, CEO at Johannesburg-based TopTV, explaining the thinking behind the broadcaster’s introduction of pre-paid subscription vouchers. TopTV is a direct-to-home rival to Multichoice and DStv in South Africa. The TopTV prepaid vouchers are available at over 6,000 retail outlets countrywide, with two […]