Broadcast satellite services provider Media Broadcast Satellite is to provide uplink services for all transponders on Eutelsat 9B at 9° East for the European pay-TV provider M7 Group from July 2017 onwards. M7 uses this satellite position for the distribution of both local, thematic and international TV packages to cable and IPTV networks in the […]
Arianespace will launch two satellites June 1st carrying ViaSat-2 for ViaSat of California and Eutelsat 172B for the Paris-based operator. The mission, the 237th overall by an Ariane launcher, breaks a number of records. The first is that the weight being carried into orbit, at 10,865 kgs, is the heaviest-ever. The satellites themselves are the […]
On May 19th Hong Kong-based satellite operator ABS announced that it had signed a “strategic partnership” with “one of the largest telecommunications operators in SE Asia” to supply 500 MHz of capacity on its ABS-2 craft at 75 degrees East. So far, so routine. Except within the announcement was the phrase that the new partner […]
UK free-to-air digital satellite platform Freesat has reported strong growth in the twelve months to March 30th 2017, with 904,000 devices sold – an increase of 90 per cent year on year – benefiting from the continuing popularity of smart and UHD televisions. Freesat’s customer base continues to thrive with 58,000 new homes added over […]
Jason Blasdell is taking rocket company SpaceX to court alleging that management ignored safety test protocols and that test results were falsified. SpaceX strongly deny the allegations and are defending the action which started this week in a Los Angeles court. SpaceX says that the former employee’s role in the company was terminated for being […]
The spaceport at French Guiana is extremely busy catching up on the ‘lost’ 40 days of the May strike throughout the region with preparation for an important dual payload of satellites due for launch next month. An Ariane 5, dubbed Flight VA238, is taking shape for a scheduled June 28th lift-off with a dual-satellite payload: […]
“There have been more dramatic changes in the global satellite industry in the past two years than we have been seen in the last twenty-five,” said Steve Collar, CEO of SES Networks, speaking at the close of the CASBAA Satellite Industry Forum 2017 in Singapore. That comment summarised nine hours of insights, statements and data […]
Intelsat has announced that Globecast signed a multi-year agreement with the company to distribute the English version of TRT World in HD format to cable outlets in Asia and the Americas via the Intelsat 20 and Intelsat 21 satellites using IntelsatOne terrestrial fiber and teleport services. Globecast is expanding its longstanding relationship with Intelsat to […]
Satellite operator ABS is linking with content providers Solar Group to create a new DTH package for the Philippines. The new Free to Air service will be available on C-band via the ABS-6 satellite covering the Philippines. Unlike most Ku-band DTH services, the C-band service will not be susceptible to rain degradation. The free-to-view platform […]
Eutelsat has agreed to sell its 33.69 per cent stake in Madrid-based Hispasat to Abertis. Abertis is itself in the process of being acquired by Italian infrastructure company Atlantia. The agreement follows a process initiated in July last year when Eutelsat exercised a pre-agreed ‘PUT’ option on Abertis. Eutelsat will receive €302 million for its […]