India MSO Fastway Transmissions has been fined some 6.8 billion Rupees (€94.14m) by Punjab state for allegedly deliberately evading tax and non-reporting of subscriber numbers. The list of alleged transgressions includes not paying India’s entertainment tax, sales taxes and even failure to pay for using electricity poles to carry its cables. Fastway is a dominant […]
When the proposed merger between giant satellite operator Intelsat and newcomer OneWeb – and financed in large part by Japanese media conglomerate SoftBank- hit some stormy waters, many observers spoke about Intelsat’s Plan B, as to what it might do should the merger unravel. Intelsat’s SVP/Sales & Marketing, Kurt Riegelman, speaking to trade magazine Via […]
OneWeb Satellites has inaugurated its assembly line in Toulouse, the beating heart of Airbus’s manufacturing expertise, to begin end-to-end validation, testing, and integration of its first satellites set for launch in just over nine months. OneWeb Satellites is a joint venture between OneWeb, a global communications company whose mission is to provide affordable Internet access […]
Trade publication Space Intel Report (SIR) says that rocket company SpaceX has more than halved the inspection and refurbishment time needed for its recovered rockets, and is anticipating further time-savings to be made as its experience grows. SpaceX has reportedly had extensive discussions with the satellite and rocket insurance sector for its recovered first stages […]
Struggling satellite operator Avanti Communications has been hit by more bad news. News has emerged that Avanti’s long-awaited Hylas-3 satellite is to suffer further delays. The satellite is being built for the European Space Agency (ESA) by Airbus Defense & Space and its main mission is to carry a laser-optical payload (EDRS-C, European Data Relay […]
Hulu causes more cord cutting than Netflix according to Corey Barrett, a senior media analyst at M Science. “What really stood out to us was that cord cutting was most pronounced among Hulu subscribers,” Barrett told CNBC’s Power Lunch. The study found
In response to a request by the Portuguese Securities Market Commission (Comissão do Mercado de Valores Mobiliários) multinational cable, fibre, telecommunications, content and media company Altice has confirmed that it has entered into exploratory discussions with Promotora de Informaciones (Prisa) regarding a potential acquisition of Prisa’s stake in Portuguese media group Media Capital, which has […]
Discovery Communications and Italian telco TIM have revealed what they say is a first of its kind Olympic Games partnership, bringing the Games to more people across more screens. In the first of these digitally-focused deals offering exclusive and differentiated content to mobile operators across Europe, TIM’s customers will gain exclusive access and will be […]
New Zealand pay-TV operator Sky Network Television and telco Vodafone Europe B.V.1, a wholly owned subsidiary of Vodafone Group Plc, have now decided to terminate the sale and purchase agreement in relation to the proposed merger of SKY and Vodafone New Zealand. The parties have also decided to withdraw the appeal of the Commerce Commission […]
Launching a communications satellite into orbit is more or less routine. But SpaceX is proving that recovering a rocket from its launch is also fast proving to be routine. SpaceX on June 23rd launched a previously used (‘flight proven’) first stage of a Falcon 9 rocket with BulgariaSat-1 on board. Then, just minutes later, and […]