Portugal ended 2022 with 4.5 million pay-TV subscribers, an increase of 3.1 per cent on the previous year and good for a 96.4 per cent penetration rate for the service (+2.7 per cent). According to figures released by the National Communications Authority (Anacom), FTTH technology accounted for 2.7 million subscribers or 60.8 per cent of […]
A Seattle-based space technology business, started by two former Blue Origin (the Jeff Bezos-owned rocket company) staffers have raised $14 million in initial funding to develop spacecraft capable of rescuing orbiting satellites. Starship Space is the business and Austin Link, who co-founded the company in 2019 with fellow Blue Origin staffer Trevor Bennett. The company […]
Luxembourg-based M7 Group, a European pay-TV provider owned by Canal+ Group, has concluded an agreement with the US Agency for Global Media or the satellite distribution of Current Time TV in HD via both ASTRA 19.2 and Eutelsat E9B. Current Time TV is a 24/7 Russian-language TV and digital network, providing live news, robust debate, […]
M7, a German provider of TV entertainment for cable and IP networks, has extended its partnership with NBCUniversal Global Networks Germany. The new, expanded agreement includes the long-term distribution rights of the HD pay-TV channels SYFY and 13th Street, which M7 partners will continue to offer to their customers via their cable networks and IPTV […]
Gulfsat Communications, a satellite communications and media service provider in the MENA region, has installed Ateme’s converged video headend solution to power its London and Kuwait sites, serving 100 mainly Arabic-language channels. The new infrastructure enables Gulfsat to transmit SD and HD DTH services while future-proofing the system with OTT capabilities as well as UHD […]
Israel’s YES pay-TV operation has extended its access to Spacecom’s Amos 7 satellite for an period from September 2024 to February 2025. The lease extension represents another $7 million of revenue for satellite operator Spacecom. Telco Bezeq owns YES but is in the process of switching away from satellite to an all-OTT service. Amos-7 operates […]
South Africa’s eMedia, which owns the Openview free-to-air broadcasting bundle, has launched a satellite-based pay-TV bouquet called Ultraview in the country. The new service from eMedia – which transmits the popular e.tv channel – is seen as a direct competitor to MultiChoice’s DStv pay-bouquet. “Ultraview enables viewers to see additional bouquets of content for a […]
Luxembourg-based pay-TV provider M7 Group, owned by Canal+ Group, has concluded a multi-year capacity agreement with A+E Networks EMEA for the satellite distribution of its flagship History and Crime+Investigation channels across Europe. The agreement allows A+E Networks EMEA to deliver the channels via the M7 satellite platform on 1 degree West to its affiliate customers […]
Press TV, the Iranian-backed news and documentary channel, has been taken down by Cairo-based Nilesat. The controversial Press TV channel started life in London in 2007 and is backed by state-owned media and broadcasting body IRIB (Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting). Its intention was to counter the news coverage from and for the Middle East […]
US pay-radio operator SiriusXM is to focus more on streaming its multi-channel content, and away from its traditional satellite delivery system. SiriusXM is already streaming, and bought the Pandora operation in 2019 to build up its online efforts. It ended 2022 with 47.9 million active Pandora users. CFO Sean Sullivan, speaking at Deutsche Bank’s Annual […]