US telco AT&T says it is planning an IPO for its DirecTV Latin America division. AT&T says it will be floating a minority interest in DTV-LA. The IPO will likely take place in the first half of this year. The report is not a surprise and was widely reported in October 2017 when rumours suggested […]
The spectacular launch success of Elon Musk’s Falcon Heavy rocket is not likely to make much difference to SpaceX’s commercial customers, according to a report from equity analysts at investment bank Exane/BNPP. The bank’s report says that Falcon Heavy is currently the most powerful rocket in operation as it can place 26.7 tons of payload […]
Shares in satellite operator SES hit a 52-week ‘low’ at one point on February 6th of €11.80 a share, representing a total fall in value over the past 12 months of 30.1 per cent. Values recovered during the day to €12.37. The industry-wide price collapse was not helped by the global fall in stock values […]
The highly-anticipated launch of a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from Cape Canaveral was a flawless demonstration, and helped by a 500,000 strong cheering crowd who clearly thought that ‘space’ and ‘rockets’ were again sexy and extremely interesting. Elon Musk and his team also brought some fun to the whole exercise. Who else might have supplied […]
The Italian Football League (Lega Calcio) has awarded the Italian TV rights for the country’s flagship Serie A league tournament for the period 2018-2021 to Barcelona-based content producer MediaPro for €1.05 billion per year. According to Deputy Commissioner, Paolo Nicoletti, the bid exceeded the legal minimum and so the League will now inform the Competition […]
Sunday’s 52nd Super Bowl was a magnificent affair, covered in extreme detail by an impressive array of cameras, pundits, half-time entertainment (albeit with poor audio) and all the razzmatazz of an incredibly high-profile sporting event. But for millions ‘watching’ via OTT, and in particular those viewing via a Hulu or PlayStation Vue system, there were […]
Not only is Elon Musk sending his favourite Tesla roadster car into space this evening in Florida, but he has placed a dummy astronaut, complete with space suit, in the car’s driving seat. Previously, Musk has said the car’s audio system will be playing David Bowie’s hit Starman as the Falcon Heavy rocket lifts off […]
SES Video and long-standing partner Telekom Srbija have extended their existing partnership to broadcast an additional three TV channels and three radio stations for Serbian public broadcaster RTS (Radio Television of Serbia). The broadcaster now transmits its entire bouquet of nine TV channels and four radio stations via Astra 5 degrees East, following an extension […]
On January 25th an Arianespace rocket launch went badly wrong and placed two satellites into incorrect orbits. What is now clear from reports in the French press is that while both satellites were reacquired and re-programmed in space and will eventually achieve their correct orbits, the consequences for Arianespace – and the two satellite’s owners […]
Luxembourg’s Grand Duke, Prince Guillaume and his wife Stephanie, were at Cape Canaveral Wednesday evening, along with Luxembourg’s prime minister Xavier Bettel, to watch SpaceX’s flawless launch of GovSat-1 (also known as SES-16) aboard a previously flown (“flight tested”) Falcon 9 rocket. Lift-off from the Cape’s Launch Complex 40 took place at 16:25 Eastern Time […]