International Launch Services (ILS) used the CommunicAsia show in Singapore to finalise a launch contract with Hong Kong-based AsiaSat, which will use ILS to launch one of their next satellites in 2014. The launch service is contracted for launching one of AsiaSat’s future satellites, AsiaSat 6, AsiaSat 8 or AsiaSat 9, a replacement satellite to […]
Spain’s giant infrastructure company Abertis is selling seven per cent of its stake to China Investment Corp (for €385 million). This sale leaves Abertis with an 8.45 per cent holding having already sold down a 16 per cent stake in Eutelsat on January 13th. That sale valued Eutelsat overall at about €6.1 billion. This sale, […]
RRsat Global Communications Network, a provider of content management and global distribution services to the television and radio broadcasting industry, have announced the launch of two new Ku-Band MCPC Platforms on Spacecom’s AMOS-5 Satellite at 17 East. These two MCPC platforms, Ku-1 (West Central Africa) and Ku-3 (East West Africa), will complement RRsat’s existing focus […]
SES-5, the latest giant satellite from Luxembourg-based SES, and which has already seen its launch delayed 24-hours, has now suffered a further set-back. A statement early on June 20 from International Launch Services (ILS) which supplies the Proton M rocket says that the new launch time will be determined at a later date. ILS gives […]
Eutelsat used the CommunicAsia event in Singapore to announce it had bought General Electric’s GE-23 satellite at 172 degrees East. This means that Eutelsat has extended its reach well into the Asia-Pacific region. Moreover, in acquiring the craft it has also secured the existing contracts on the satellite and the orbital rights associated with the […]
For a few days it looked as if the attempted rescue of Intelsat-19’s ‘stuck’ solar panel had worked. The panel was eventually released on June 12 and technicians then started testing and evaluating the precise position. Unfortunately the news is not good. The ‘south’ solar panel in IS-19 has been found to be permanently damaged. […]
Most Latin American territories are experiencing a surge in digital TV take-up, according to a report from Digital TV Research. The Digital TV Latin America report estimates that only about a third of TV households received digital signals by end-2011, although this was up from only a quarter a year earlier. By 2017, the report […]
Orange Polska is now offering customers IPTV and DTH service on one common platform with Viaccess-Orca. With the new “Orange TV” service, Orange Polska can expand its brand reach in Poland, delivering a multi-screen content strategy and providing a personalised and consistent TV-centric end-user experience on all devices. Viaccess-Orca, a specialist in protecting and enhancing […]
Satellite operator SES used the giant CommunicAsia show in Singapore to highlight its market leadership in terms of broadcasting and channel transmissions in the region. SES says it is now the leading satellite operator carrying the highest number of pay DTH channels in the region, with nearly 650 DTH channels. It also reaches 20 million […]
Venezuela’s Inter cable MSO has confirmed it will launch a satellite DTH pay-TV service this August. Eduardo Stigol, president of Inter, told local journalists that there were already hundreds of beta-testers using the company’s equipment. June 21st will see the system launched officially. Inter will then be country’s 4thDTH player (behind DirecTV, CANTV and MovieStar). […]