Eutelsat, the world’s third-largest satellite operator, has thwarted rumours – ignited by the company itself -that it is interested in bidding for Inmarsat. In a statement made on June 26th, the company said: “Pursuant to market rumours, during the trading session on 25 June, Eutelsat Communications issued, at the request of the UK Panel on […]
ViaSat of California has signed an “initial” 2-year contract with London-based speciality satellite operator Avanti Communications. The contract is worth $10 million, says Avanti, in a notice to the London stock exchange. The deal sees ViaSat take a lease on one of the new Hylas 4 satellite’s steerable beams. The capacity potentially is of some […]
Israel-based Spacecom, which operates the AMOS fleet of satellites, has confirmed another delay in paying its initial deposit on the building of AMOS-8 with Space Systems/Loral. Spacecom told the Tel Aviv stock exchange that it had agreed with Palo Alto-based Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) a further postponement of its deposit on the satellite until September 25th […]
Thailand start-up business mu Space Corp has issued a Request for Proposals to the world’s main satellite builders for its own geostationary satellite to operate from 50.5 degrees East, in an association with SES. SES operates its NSS-5 craft from the orbital position although the location was seen at the time (in 2012) as being […]
Colin Browne, Chairman of Voice of the Listener and Viewer, a British consumer group which champions public service broadcasting, has warned that the forthcoming World Radiocommunication Conference poses a threat to the future of public service broadcasters should spectrum currently used for terrestrial broadcasting be allocated to services such as mobile, calling on government and […]
Europe’s governments have agreed to fund the continued development of the Ariane 6 launch system. The European Space Agency has earmarked €350 million for investment on the giant rocket’s production lines, and in particular for the P120 solid-fuel rocket stages. The extra cash was agreed as a portion of the overall €3 billion cost of […]
Satellite operator SES and Intelsat have written to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in Washington DC, asking for a 60-day extension to the deadline for their clients – mostly US cable and IP operators – to register their C-band headend dishes. The move is needed as the two satellite operators gear up to discuss freeing […]
Hispasat, the Spanish satellite telecommunications operator, has signed an agreement with the Algerian satellite Internet service provider Divona Algerie to provide remote control service in the Medgaz underwater pipeline, which connects Algeria and Spain. The service, which is already operational by means of Hispasat capacity on the satellites at 30º West orbital position; it connects […]
Satellite operator Intelsat is partnering with Latin America broadcaster Globo to demonstrate live 8K video transmissions in Brazil for the 2018 World Cup. Beginning June 15th and running through July 15th, content will be broadcast as part of an exhibition at the famous Museu de Amanhã, Rio de Janeiro’s science museum. The 8K signal will […]
Sky Italia and Perform have been awarded the Italian TV rights to the Serie A for the 2018-2021 seasons for €973 million per year. The satellite broadcaster won two packages available, bidding €780 million, while the Internet platform will pay €193.3 million for the third package of league matches. The final figure is slightly below […]