Intelsat has released its Q3 financial numbers, reporting revenues of $506.7 million (€457,2m), down 6 per cent, and a net loss of $148.3 million. CEO Steve Spengler said that Intelsat was experiencing “improving trends with respect to new business for wireless infrastructure on several continents”. Contracted backlog at September 30th was $7.2 billion as compared […]
There are almost a dozen rivals looking to capitalise on satellite-to-broadband services including existing players Viasat, O3b, Eutelsat Konnect, Charlie Ergen’s Hughes/Echostar. Two extremely aggressive new players are Elon Musk’s Starlink system (a subsidiary of his SpaceX business), and Jeff Bezos’s Project Kuiper. Other players include O3b, OneWeb and Canadian Telesat. Musk’s president & COO […]
Cairo-based Nilesat reported a 15.6 per cent fall in profits for the year to September 30th. Net profit for the year was $35.04 million (down from $41.53 million in the previous year). Nilesat is reviewing its next move as far as a new satellite (Nilesat 301) is concerned. Nilesat works closely with Eutelsat and operates […]
In-flight communications specialists Gogo now has more than 1000 of its Avance systems installed, almost totally in business and executive jet aircraft. The company says the systems have flown more than 108 million miles (in 175,000 flights). “When we launched the AVANCE L5, we knew it would delight our customers, but it’s surpassed all our […]
Eutelsat has extended its capacity agreement with in-flight entertainment company Gogo. As part of the new multi-year agreement, Gogo has leased HTS bandwidth on Eutelsat 10B satellite, to be leveraged over Europe and the Middle East. The new satellite is set to launch in 2022. “We are advancing capacity capabilities given the growing demand for […]
True Royalty TV, the SVoD service for Royal Family fans, is leveraging Vimeo’s OTT technology to accelerate its direct-to-consumer business. Vimeo now powers True Royalty TV in all markets, including the US, UK, Ireland, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. The announcement was made today by Gregor Angus, CEO of True Royalty TV. Vimeo, the online […]
Cable and satellite channel, Shorts TV, has closed a deal with French producer and distributor Prime Entertainment Group for a package of over 300 episodes of celebrity and movie related programmes. To air in Mexico and Central America countries, this new deal includes Prime’s productions and celebrity and entertainment content, counting 65 episodes of Hollywood’s […]
The NFL has launched a unique content experience available on a variety of music streaming platforms. Through the NFL’s page or channel on these platforms, sports fans will have access to some of the greatest moments from the history of the game, as well as highlights from this season, podcasts, curated playlists and much more. […]
Wyplay, a global TV services and video platform solutions provider, has been selected by a major South American Tier-1 Operator for their next generation hybrid Android TV 4K-DVR set-top box platform. Wyplay will provide its FROG middleware to address all broadcasting standards and to support the conditional access system. Additional Wyplay back-end components will be […]
LiveU technology is being used to boost fan engagement across South Africa’s popular horse racing industry. Replacing traditional satellite, fibre and microwave technology, LiveU’s portable field units are being deployed to create live coverage from the race tracks, inside betting centres, and around award ceremonies and special events. Heading up this trend are Tellytrack Horseracing, […]