As any other Asian regions, South East Asian markets consist mainly of cable and satellite connections. However, Dataxis noticed the increasing share of IPTV subscribers in Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. With a 6 per cent increase between July and September, the IPTV segment now represents 6.7 million subscribers. Despite its […]
Troubled specialist satellite operator Avanti used the Christmas break to issue its slew of bad news contained within its end-of-year results. December 27th saw the statement unveiled, for its trading year to June 30th. Revenues for the year were just $56.6 million (€47m), down a dramatic $26.2 million on the already worrying 2016 revenues of […]
Spacecom, the operator of the AMOS satellite fleet, has announced that Nepal’s Dish Media Network has furthered its long-term connection on the AMOS-4 satellite with a contract for more capacity. AMOS-4, from its 65°E prime orbital position, provides a wide array of satellite services to customers from South Asia to East Africa. Dish Media Network […]
A major report from investment bank Exane/BNPP and which looks at Europe’s two satellite giants, SES and Eutelsat, says that both operators are suffering because of weak video demand during the current quarter-year. Moreover, the report says it remains “concerned” by the lack of more rapid take-up of UHD channels. The bank tracks demand for […]
Arianespace says it will launch its first test flight of its ‘next generation’ reusable Ariane 6 rocket in 2020. This launch will be of its ‘basic’ Ariane 62 version. Two more flights are scheduled to happen in 2021. There would then be follow-on flights in mid-2021 of the Ariane 64 version, which would be fitted with […]
Some 5000 smallish satellites are forecast to be launched in the next decade, according to data in a report (Small Satellite Markets, 4th Edition) from Northern Sky Research (NSR). While some will have science and Earth observation tasks, the majority will be for communications, says NSR. The business will be generating cumulative revenues of $25 […]
Pay-TV broadcaster All Media Baltics has signed a multi-transponder deal with SES to carry a bouquet of its channels on Astra 4A. All Media Baltics was created in October 2017 after Providence Equity Partners acquired all of the media and Pay TV companies of Modern Times Group in the Baltics, which was already relying on […]
Executives at Eutelsat have suggested the satellite operator is well placed to benefit from future connectivity, with satellite having the potential to be on a par with IPTV distribution in the video sector in 2030. Speaking at a press briefing at Eutelsat’s Rambouillet teleport, Jean Hubert Lenotte, Director of Strategy, noted that the company’s strategy […]
An Intelsat-backed scheme to service one of its older orbiting satellites has been given an outline go-ahead by the FCC. The reported plan is for satellite builder Orbital-ATK to deploy its Mission Extension Vehicle (MEV-1) spacecraft in a test mission with a satellite which has already reached its end-of-life. The target satellite is Intelsat-901, which […]
It has been reported that Permira-backed Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS) is involved in a major argument with South Korea’s government over KoreaSat-3/ABS-7. ABS announced it had “bought” KoreaSat-3 on May 24th 2010 from Korea Telecom (KT). Specialty trade news-site Space Intel Report says that ABS was fearful in 2013 that its plans to buy KoreaSat-3 […]