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.
Eutelsat suffered its biggest one-day stock-market price fall since it went public in 2005. The satellite operator issued what was, in effect, a warning as far as future trading is concerned. Despite both its 3 month and 9 month trading being perfectly respectable (as we reported on May 11th) Eutelsat used the occasion to warn […]
As well as posting solid results (revenue up 12 per cent) for its overall pay-TV business, DirecTV’s management stated on an analysts call that its Latin American division is now the broadcaster’s “biggest growth engine” adding more net subscriber growth than the North American parent business. “Our Latin America business has quickly become our biggest […]
EchoStar has reported that three of its satellites suffered “solar array anomalies” during the first quarter of this year. The news, which emerged from an SEC filing, affected its EchoStar 6, 11 and 14 satellites. In addition its EchoStar 1 satellite, launched in December 1995, suffered a communications receiver anomaly. Although nothing is official, most […]
Eutelsat will unveil its Q3 numbers on May 10, and the satellite operator’s revenues are expected to be around €315 million (up about 6.5 per cent on last year). Eutelsat is expected to say that its planned ‘accelerated growth’ for this financial year (to June 30) is working according to plan. However, the market will […]
Two different views emerged following BSkyB’s May 2 set of numbers (for the 9 months to March 31st). You could take the Financial Times headline comment that Sky’s results represented a “mixed bag” for the broadcaster and quoted a US-based analyst who highlighted the “very low” net household additions and a Q2 of slower growth […]
Russia’s outgoing president Dmitriy Medvedev has said that Russia’s new TV public service will be independent from the state. He also noted that some of the existing state-controlled TV channels should be either sold or “merged into the existing state structures”. Medvedev was speaking in an interview with six TV channels on April 26th – […]
The city of Boston is seeking to ban satellite dishes that are fitted to the ‘front’, that is the visible frontages, of homes especially in its downtown area. It is the same in Philadelphia, and now other town councils are joining the objectors. “We have blocks that look like NASA or Area 51,” said William […]
That a satellite operator should buy a new craft from a satellite manufacturer is hardly news. However, when it is Israel’s Spacecom, which is reportedly considering buying its next craft from Space Systems/Loral, then it is more important news. Israel’s state-owned manufacturer (Israel Aerospace Industries, IAI) is still a possible supplier, say reports. However, it […]
Investors loved the news that Sky Deutschland (Sky-D) had secured the next four seasons of satellite and cable coverage of Germany’s pay-TV bundesliga soccer rights. Early morning trading on Wednesday April 18 continued the Tuesday boost, which saw Sky-D’s share price rise more than 20 per cent. Deutsche Telekom gets nothing, nor does Al Jazeera. […]
Investment banker Morgan Stanley, in a note to clients, says that last week’s admission by BSkyB that a journalist on its Sky News team hacked into certain emails with the knowledge and approval of Sky News’ then managing editor, ought to have “limited ramifications” for the broadcaster. The bank says that while the action was […]
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