Italian commercial broadcaster Mediaset has signed an agreement with AT&T for the distribution of the Mediaset Italia in the US, effective immediately. Mediaset Italia will be available across the US via the DirecTV DTH platform that has over 21 million subscribers. The best-of channel airs a selection of programmes from Mediaset’s flagship terrestrial TV channels […]
Intelsat and Etisalat UAE have detailed their plan to expand the distribution of Intelsat EpicNG services in the Middle East region. Under a multiyear expansion, Etisalat will upgrade its network to deliver higher performance to customers in the region using the Intelsat 33e high-throughput satellite (HTS). Concurrently, Intelsat will leverage Etisalat’s teleport in Dubai as […]
SES, and EchoStar have confirmed that the new EchoStar 105/SES-11 spacecraft, built by Airbus, has been shipped from the Airbus facilities in Toulouse, France, to Cape Canaveral, Florida, for its forthcoming launch by SpaceX in October. The first satellite that EchoStar has constructed with manufacturer Airbus, EchoStar 105/SES-11 will be launched by SpaceX on a […]
Aerospace giant Northrop Grumman is paying $9.2 billion (€7.7bn) to buy satellite builder Orbital ATK in an all-cash deal. The transaction is expected to close early next year. Orbital ATK makes rockets as well as satellite and space components. It also has a military side to its business supplying missile and armaments. Indeed, 27 percent […]
Verimatrix, the specialist in securing and enhancing revenue for network-connected devices, has announced that Dish TV India has selected Verimatrix to provide cardless security for its DTH service offerings. Dish TV is Asia’s largest DTH video service provider and is the only DTH operator to operate through three satellites in space. The Verimatrix Video Content […]
Spanish satellite and telecommunications operator Hispasat and Media Broadcast Satellite, a provider of broadcast satellite services, have reached an agreement to provide 4K content distribution services in Europe, North Africa and the Middle East (EMEA). Thanks to this agreement, revealed at IBC, both companies extend their commercial offer for the audiovisual market with a platform […]
Qatar-based satellite operator Es’Hail used IBC to announce that it is pushing ahead with the building of its own Teleport, positioned just North of the capital city of Doha. The operator is also having discussions with customers and stakeholders to define the requirements for further satellite expansion, including potential Es’hail-3 and Es’hail-4. Es’Hail 2 is […]
Talia has entered into a partnership with Arabsat for a new 10-channel video uplink to the Saudi-based satellite operator’s Nadr-7 craft at 26 degrees East. The service will offer both SD and HD channel uplinks and will form the basis of a new high-power Ku-band neighbourhood over Iraq. Content will be up-linked from the Talia […]
Arianespace has received an order from the European Space Agency (ESA) for two inaugural launches on its ‘next generation’ Ariane 6 rocket. Arianespace, with its new commercial structure (Airbus Safran Launchers) is in the process of developing this new rocket system, in conjunction with ESA. It is due to make a debut flight around 2020-2021. […]
Mexican media conglomerate Televisa is to use Intelsat’s Galaxy 16 and 19 satellites for C-band services over the country, and feeding signals into DTT repeaters throughout Mexico. Galaxy 19 (at 97 degrees West) is being used by Televisa to supply network distribution services across North America. The two satellites have been contract in a multi-year, […]