Thailand’s Bangkok Post newspaper is reporting that the country’s government is seeking – at least – partial control of the upcoming Thaicom-9 craft. Thaicom-9 is due for launch in 2019 to the 119.5 degrees East orbital slot. “State telecom enterprise CAT Telecom will probably be assigned to partly operate and manage the state satellite,” Deputy […]
Brazil’s publicly-owned telecoms infrastructure comp any Telebras says it has postponed its sale of Ka-band capacity on its SGDC defence satellite. It had divided the bandwidth into three lots for sale but has now, following consultations, postponed the process. Companies wishing to bid for the capacity now have until September 27th to enter their bids. […]
iKO Media Group, a global end-to-end service provider for broadcasters and content owners, has signed a distribution agreement with WFC (World Fashion Channel), an international satellite and cable TV channel dedicated to fashion, lifestyle and celebrities which broadcasts across Europe and CIS. “Our goal is to provide innovative and dedicated broadcasting and content distribution solutions […]
The Amazonas 5 satellite – destined provide high-performance direct-to-home television services offering coverage over Central and South America – has arrived at the International Launch Services (ILS) launch site in Baikonur after having finalised its manufacture in the facilities at Space Systems Loral (SSL) in Palo Alto. The last series of tests will be run […]
A new Japanese satellite, BSAT-4a and built by Space Systems/Loral, has arrived in Kourou, French Guiana, to be readied for launch by Arianespace. The satellite will be used for DTH broadcasting over Japan, and this will include 4K and 8K transmissions during the Tokyo Olympic Games in 2020. BSAT-4a has 24 Ku-band transponders and will […]
SpaceX technicians at Cape Canaveral are patiently waiting for a scheduled Atlas-5 rocket to launch a military satellite into orbit on September 27. A few days later, weather permitting, SpaceX will take centre stage for a mission for two clients, SES and EchoStar, and their joint-venture SES-11/EchoStar 105 satellite. The satellite will make use of […]
The head of the English Premier League would welcome bids for Premier League football from the likes of Amazon or Facebook. Executive Chairman Richard Scudamore said that there was “no ceiling in sight” after Sky and BT spent £5.14 billion (€5.69bn) on three seasons of rights in 2015. Scudamore declared “… we are technology-neutral” as […]
Last week it emerged that the Bank of New York Mellon was just one of many investors which had raised their holdings in Intelsat, which – if its share price is any guide – is seeing a degree of optimistic buoyancy that has been absent for some time. The optimism is a new feeling, given […]
It doesn’t much matter how the numbers are dressed up, the net result of the USA’s second-largest DTH operator, DISH Network, during its second-quarter reported a decline of 196,000 subscribers in its results announcement on August 3rd. DISH Network also had to report Q2 net income also fell a thumping 91 per cent (at $3,64 […]
Aerospace giant Lockheed-Martin (L-M) is to invest $350 million into a factory dedicated to building “futuristic” satellites. The cash is being spent at L-M’s Waterton Canyon campus, near Denver, where L-M says it will now build “next generation” satellites “infused with innovation to provide future missions at reduced cost and cycle time”. The new building […]