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.
Echostar and Dish Network founder Charlie Ergen has “donated” nine million shares he owned in Echostar to a family trust. Each share is currently valued at some $36 so the donation is worth about $324 million today. The transfer, according to a Securities & Exchange Commission filing made earlier in December, is for “estate planning […]
Back in July 2013 satellite operator SES confirmed an earlier agreement with Space Systems International Monaco for access to some of its SSI-Monaco satellite’s transponders. The satellite was launched earlier this year on April 27th, and is orbiting at 52 deg East and is now officially called TurkmenAlemMonacoSat which might not be the snappiest name […]
Last week the European Commission published its proposals to enhance cross-border content portability for TV, radio and online access to programming and entertainment when outside the country of origin. Deutsche Bank’s media analyst Laurie Davison, in a report on the proposition, described the potential benefits as: “In theory, this would allow a SkyGo user to […]
Last week saw His Holiness Pope Francis perform the ceremony of the Holy Door, opening a normally bricked up portal to St Peter’s Basilica in Rome. The special event which starts an extraordinary ‘Jubilee of Mercy’ year for the Catholic Church was captured in Ultra-HD by the Vatican Television Centre (Centro Televisivo Vaticano) and with […]
Global satellite operator Intelsat’s share price slide continued December 8th, falling a further 5.67 per cent to finish the day at just $3.83. December 9th saw it recover by almost the same amount, but the past 5 days have seen trading in Intelsat stock fluctuate between $4.48 and down to the current $4.05, and pushing […]
Europe seems set for a head-to-head battle with TV rights’ holders such as the Hollywood studios and sports organisations by insisting that its citizens are permitted to watch content when abroad from their home market. December 9th should see more details emerge of the European Commission’s outline proposals. The EC proposals, if implemented, would mean […]
Eutelsat celebrated the 10th Anniversary of its listing on the Paris bourse by holding an Investors Day in Paris on December 1st. The mood was decidedly upbeat , and presentation followed presentation in outlining the opportunities – and obvious challenges – ahead. Outgoing CEO Michel de Rosen told analysts that the company had grown significantly […]
Intelsat’s share price fell on November 30th a thumping 10.06 per cent to a mere $4.65 a share. The collapse means that Intelsat’s market capitalisation is now down to $490 million (according to Bloomberg), and this is considered far too close to a market capitulation. This, in financial terms, implies that many shareholders have simply […]
The Walt Disney Company cheekily filed its latest regulatory 10K statement to the Security & Exchange Commission after the market had closed on November 25th and when many analysts and observers were travelling to family and friends for Thanksgiving. The filing date was wholly allowable, but reported was some worrying bad news: Some of Disney’s […]
In a ‘battle of the billionaires’ it seems Amazon’s Jeff Bezos has the edge over Pay-Pal founder Elon Musk in the important ability to successfully land a rocket after launch. Musk, and his SpaceX company, has been trying to re-land a launched rocket for about two years. Yesterday, Jeff Bezos tweeted that his Blue Origin […]
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£30m government funding for UK satellite comms