Fox Sports Mexico has signed a multi-year distribution agreement with Eutelsat on its 117 degrees West A satellite. Fox Sports Mexico is the country’s leading multiplatform pay-TV sports broadcaster, including channels Fox Sports, Fox Sports 2, Fox Sports 3, and Fox Sports Premium, reaching more than 15 million Mexican households. The brand has a wide […]

Intelsat used the NAB show in Las Vegas to announce that it was now the exclusive satellite distributor for the US Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) transmissions. More than 150 affiliates take Intelsat’s PBS signals. PBS is a private, non-profit broadcaster, founded in 1969, whose members are America’s public TV stations. It is a multi-platform media […]

Maxar Technologies, a provider of comprehensive space solutions and secure, precise, geospatial intelligence, has received an order for a direct broadcast satellite from Dish, designated ES XXV. This geostationary (GEO) communications satellite will be operated by Dish and deliver content across North America. ES XXV will be built on the Maxar 1300 series platform at […]

Communications infrastructure and media services provider Arqiva has been selected by digital platform cybersecurity specialist Irdeto to continue their partnership on the delivery of broadcast platforms to an audience of over 21 million people across 50 countries in South and Sub-Saharan Africa. Under the terms of the contract, Arqiva will provide managed services to Irdeto, […]

With around ten minutes to go (at 14:15 BST) SpaceX announced its Starship test launch was delayed because of a faulty (possibly frozen) pressure valve. The count continued to T-10 secs to for a ‘wet’ dress rehearsal – so known because the propellant tanks were fully loaded. Elon Musk, speaking during a telecast, had previosuly […]

SES has signed multi-year capacity agreements totalling more than €75 million in backlog with multiple German private and public broadcasters. The majority of renewals span several years and will enable millions of satellite TV households across Germany to continue watching SD and HD content, reinforcing SES’s position as the leading global content connectivity provider. The […]

RecordTV has signed a multi-year agreement for carriage with Eutelsat on its 65 WestA satellite. RecordTV is a Brazilian media company focused on the content production and its distribution in Brazil and internationally. RecordTV is one of the largest TV networks in Brazil. The partnership enables RecordTV to migrate 15 HD channels to the Eutelsat […]

Asia Pacific pay-TV revenues will reach $26 billion (€24bn) by 2028 – $1.6 billion (€1.48) less than 2022, according to the Asia Pacific Pay TV Forecasts report from analyst firm Digital TV Research. Pay-TV revenues will fall in 10 countries, including Japan (down by $889 million) and China (down by $309 million), between 2022 and […]

The Israeli-based satellite operator of the AMOS fleet is extending services over Africa by working with Azerspace of Azerbaijan. Spacecom says it has signed an agreement to use Azerspace’s satellites to extend the geographical coverage of its services, in particular over Africa. Yon Rosenberg, CEO of Spacecom, said: “We consider the use of Azercosmos telecommunication […]

Pay-TV provider M7 Group, owned by Canal+ Group, has concluded a multi-year capacity agreement with BBC Studios for the HD satellite distribution of BBC Earth in CEE (excluding Poland) and Turkey. Following the agreement, M7 Platform Services is providing BBC Studios with a comprehensive full-service satellite contribution solution via THOR 5 at 1 degree West, […]