SAT-7, a specialist in Christian television broadcasting, has shifted its entire operation to ABS in London. Broadcasting four channels in three languages across the Middle East, North Africa, and Europe, SAT-7 chose ABS as their technical partner to migrate their technology to the new generation and streamline their vendor landscape. This move consolidates over 29 […]

Satellite operator SES has reported €978 million in H2 revenues, down 0.6 per cent y-o-y. 2024 revenue outlook (of €1.94 billion – €2 billion) remains unchanged. CEO Adel Al-Saleh said that the company’s acquisition of Intelsat is “on track” and remains due to close later next year. “The entry of O3b mPOWER into commercial service […]

DIGI Távközlési és Szolgáltató, a subsidiary of 4iG, has signed a sale and purchase agreement with Canal+ Luxembourg and its Hungarian subsidiaries Eviso Hungary and Canal+ Distribution Hungary, for the acquisition of the Hungarian satellite customer base Direct One, and optionally for the acquisition of its cable television portfolio, depending on the consent of the […]

Italy’s digital communications market was worth over €27 billion in 2023, reversing a long-term decline although still 10 per cent down compared to 2019. According to the annual report of the Italian Communications Authority (AgCom), overall broadband lines reached around 19.12 million units (+110,000 on an annual basis), counterbalancing the decline in DSL lines. AgCom […]

                                                                  Luxembourg-based M7 Group, owned by Canal+ Group and one of Europe’s leading pay-TV providers, has concluded an agreement with BBC Studios for the […]

Satellite operator SES and major German-language broadcaster RTL Deutschland have renewed and extended their transmission contracts. Their long-running relationship, serving Germany and Austria, will now run to the end of the decade. RTL Deutschland’s TV broadcasts will also continue to be available on HD+, SES’s high-definition satellite TV platform in Germany. The new agreement, which covers […]

Eutelsat Group and TVN, the Polish subsidiary of Warner Bros Discovery (WBD), have agreed a new, multi-year, multi-transponder agreement renewing and expanding the group’s capacity at Eutelsat’s HOTBIRD video neighbourhood. Under the deal, TVN will leverage the premium HOTBIRD capacity to enhance its services across its existing footprint as well as to support its broadcast […]

Malaysia’s Measat has signed an agreement with Sun TV Network, one of India’s largest media conglomerates, to support the distribution of 37 TV channels via the Measat-3d satellite. These channels broadcast in seven languages, will reach over 140 million households in India and extend to audiences in the Asia Pacific, Europe, and Africa. “Measat is […]

The number of TV channels broadcasting in Italy has been steadily decreasing over the past decade, dropping from 389 in 2012 to 343 in 2022 and 316 in 2023, according to a report published by Confindustria Radio Televisioni. At the end of 2023, there were 268 nationally-produced channels, a drop of 18 per cent compared […]

Measat, the Malaysian premier satellite solutions provider, has signed with SPOTV via its subsidiary SPOTV Media Solutions to support SPOTV’s Asia Pacific playout operations from the Measat Teleport and Broadcast Centre (MTBC) in Cyberjaya. The scope of the agreement entails the provision of Measat’s teleport facilities to enable SPOTV’s Broadcast Production Suite and Data Centre […]