Paris-based Eutelsat used the NAB show to announce that it is currently carrying out a “far-reaching” antenna seeding programme to allow broadcasters across the Americas to enhance their reach and cable operators to enrich their offer via Eutelsat’s premium video neighbourhoods at 65° West and 113/117° West. Eutelsat says the programme is boosting opportunities for […]
With the month-long labour strike now over the Kourou spaceport is getting back to normality. Two much delayed satellites could launch as soon as May 4th (on Arianespace Flight 236). Arianespace said at the end of last week that it needed about 10 days to get the launch operation back into gear, and a May […]
In-flight entertainment (IFE) supplier Gogo is taking all the available capacity on an SES satellite, AMC-4. SES will shift the satellite from its current orbital spot at 67 degrees West, to a new position. AMC-4 is being replaced by SES-10 which launched at the end of March. Gogo will use the new capacity to serve […]
Measat Satellite Systems has announced that Encompass Digital Media is expanding their presence onM easat’s 91.5°E video neighbourhood. Eight more channels are now available from 91.5°E: Hits HD, KIX360 SD, Zee Sine SD, beIN Asia Pacific’s Indonesia feeds – beIN Sports 1, beIN Sports 2, beIN Sports 3, Wakuwaku Japan Sea HD and Wakuwaku Japan […]
Intelsat has announced that global media and entertainment company, Starz, has extended its commitment for distribution services on the Intelsat Galaxy satellites. Under the agreement, Intelsat will provide a combination of broadcast and IntelsatOne services for Starz, which currently distributes 49 channels/feeds on the Intelsat fleet. This includes content distribution via the Intelsat Galaxy 13, […]
Earlier this week there were signs that the severe industrial action at the French Guiana rocket launch site at Kourou were softening. Some roadblocks had been lifted, and there were hopeful noises that by the end of this week the month-long stoppage might peter out. Not so. Yesterday’s reports say there are plenty of roadblocks […]
Arianespace says that it has won the launch contract for an upcoming joint Intelsat (Horizons 3e) and SKY Perfect-JSAT satellite. Boeing is building the satellite and it should be ready for launch towards the end of 2018. The Horizons 3e portion of the joint-mission satellite will complete Intelsat’s global Epic network. The high-throughput satellite’s C-band […]
Satellite operator SES has confirmed that its wholly-owned global media services company MX1, and media technology solutions and premium content services provider Vubiquity, have signed a multi-year linear distribution deal. The new service offering combines Vubiquity’s linear transport portfolio with MX1’s service infrastructure and future-proof content aggregation management and delivery technology. These capabilities offer broadcasters, […]
Contrary to the rest of Europe, Spaniards mainly watch TV via DTT. This – combined with an increasing demand for IPTV – is putting satellite and cable TV in freefall. A report from SES Astra reveals that 60 per cent of Spanish viewers watch TV via DTT versus 26 per cent on average in the […]
This past Easter weekend saw many of the informal roadblocks in French Guiana lifted so that residents could do some essential food shopping. But the barriers stayed firmly in place on the main road from the capital Cayenne to the French space centre at Kourou, forcing a total close-down of activities at the Arianespace launch […]