Further details following on from Eutelsat’s end-of-year financials show that the satellite operator earned €78 million from its Russian broadcasting clients. However, it is also owed $37 million (€36.17m) by International Launch Services (ILS) which commercialises the launches of the Russian ‘Proton’ rocket. ILS is US-based in Reston, Virginia, but uses Russian-built rockets (made by […]
While the market will no doubt be talking about a potential merger between SES and Intelsat, SES reported its half-year financials on August 4th. However, the numbers show that SES’s Video division, still a very important element of the company’s revenue stream, was down 7 per cent (y-o-y) despite being helped by a growing income […]
SES and Intelsat are reportedly in talks about a possible combination, says the Financial Times. The two satellite giants are in active discussions about the structure of any potential deal, according to three people familiar with the matter, says the FT, as a wave of mergers and acquisitions sweeps across the satellite industry. “Neither wants […]
French satellite operator Eutelsat has ceased the European broadcast of Russian satellite channel NTV Mir following a request from media regulator Arcom. The channel had compared Ukrainians to Nazis. The regulator noted that NTV Mir “tends to present repeatedly not only the Ukrainian leadership and the Ukrainian army, but also and above all the Ukrainian […]
The Italian TV market in 2021 saw an upswing in revenues (+4.1 per cent) to €7.9 billion, according to the annual report of the National Communications Authority (AgCom). Growth was driven by FTA as advertising sales recovered, reaching €4.8 billion and increasing share of total revenues to 39.1 per cent, from 35.9 per cent a […]
Eutelsat’s full-year 2021-2022 results were inevitably overshadowed by the news of its “transformational” merger plan with OneWeb. The headline was a statement that the company expects to return to top-line growth in its full year’s trading during 2023-2024. However, in terms of hard cash, almost all of Eutelsat’s key divisional verticals were in negative territory […]
Harmonic announced that satellite operator Hispasat Peru is using Harmonic’s cloud-native platform to power white-label streaming and DTH broadcast services. “As one of the leading operators in Latin America, it’s critical for us to launch new video offerings with a fast time to market,” said Javier Izquierdo, managing director of Hispasat Peru. “Harmonic provides us […]
The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority has confirmed it is investigating the anticipated acquisition by California-based satellite operator Viasat of London-based Inmarsat. The CMA is considering whether it is or may be the case that this transaction, if carried into effect, will result in the creation of a relevant merger situation under the merger provisions […]
Following the launch of Measat-3d on June 22nd from Kourou, French Guiana, Measat, the Malaysian satellite operator, has successfully completed in-orbit testing for the Measat-3d satellite, ahead of schedule. Measat-3d, the company’s latest and most advanced satellite, has now entered commercial service, after its handover by Airbus Defence and Space. Measat-3d, a multi-mission satellite with […]
DirecTV is arguing that rival Dish Network’s planned 5G signals will interfere with its DTH signals over North America. Dish Network, backed by Charlie Ergen, has invested heavily in winning licences for 5G terrestrial cellular networks in the US. DirecTV has told the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) that Dish Network’s mobile 5G signals “would cause […]