Chris Forrester is one of the most experienced and highly regarded journalists in the field. His insight and analysis, particularly in the satellite and pay-TV arena, is highly prized. He has written for all the major business journals in the sector as well as several national newspapers.
Intelsat has surprised the market with its key shareholders mounting a public offering to sell up to 11.5 million new shares (at a nominal value of $0.01c per share). Intelsat does not receive any of the cash raised by the sale. Intelsat has priced the shares at $25.75 each, and the share offer will close […]
Amazon’s Cloud business is launching a satellite direct connection service and representing the company’s first public move into space-based hardware and a continuation of its efforts to support the growing industry. Amazon’s Web Services (AWS) is creating a new division, AWS Ground Station and partnering with Lockheed Martin to build a dozen more – it […]
US President Donald Trump has Tweeted that the US should start a global TV news rival to CNN – the network he often refers to as “the enemy of the people” as it continues to probe and raise questions on his actions. His Tweet read: “While CNN doesn’t do great in the United States based […]
The UK’s first ‘spaceport’, planned for a coastal location in the Scottish highlands in north Sutherland is at risk because of local objectors. The £45 million plan on the A’Mhoine Peninsula is home to just 150 people and has been chosen by the UK’s Space Agency as the launch site to place smallish satellites into […]
Intelsat and SES, and their partners Eutelsat and Telesat in the C-Band Alliance (CBA), are pressing the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to wrap up consideration of its plan “as soon as possible” and promise orders will quickly flow for new satellites over the UIS. In a letter, lawyers for the CBA summarised a meeting between […]
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has approved a cluster of planned satellite constellations. The total of satellites which received the FCC stamp of approval is a staggering 7859. It is quite possible that not all will take flight, but the FCC has simply said the market must decide on success or failure. The FCC levied […]
On October 29th a 64-page document was submitted to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and expanding considerably the C-Band Alliance’s (CBA) proposal to release 200 MHz of satellite spectrum (in the 3.7-4.2 GHz band) for 5G use over the US. The FCC filing was followed up by the CBA’s Preston Padden (EVP at the Alliance) […]
The satellite industry is a carefully structured business. With every DTH satellite costing upwards of a quarter-billion dollars to build launch (and insure) operators have to be sure of the business they expect to gather. However, there are plans afoot for thousands of new satellites to be launched over the next 5 years. Even though […]
The world’s two largest satellite operators, Intelsat and SES, have enjoyed considerable share-price rises largely because of the “windfall” gains expected to flow from the re-versioning of their C-band frequencies over the US. One market commentator, having conducted a detail examination of the objections to the scheme, is extremely pessimistic, saying the C-Band Alliance’s (CBA) […]
Struggling satellite operator Avanti Communications is having a tough time and a near-total collapse in its already stressed share price. This past week has seen its share price fall from 3.9 pence/share to a miserable 3p as shareholder confidence evaporated. One month ago its share price stood at 4.75p per share. Back in February shares […]
Kazakhstan: Freedom Media acquires All3Media titles
Channel 4 streaming minutes up 36% YoY
CMA confirms Google strategic market status
ACE celebrates antipiracy wins
Prime Video ads reaching 22m UK viewers monthly
Survey: 45% say TV has negatively impacted mental wellbeing
DAZN scores US college sports deal with Big Ten, Fox Sports
Netflix set to bid for Champions League rights
Thailand: 86% regularly streaming live content
Starlink targets India’s rural users