SES has announced a multi-year extension of its agreement with ProSiebenSat.1. Under the deal, ProSiebenSat.1 will continue to distribute its programmes in Germany and Austria using SES’s satellites at its prime video neighbourhood of 19.2 degrees East. Additionally, ProSiebenSat.1 will integrate content from Joyn, its streaming platform in Germany, with SES’s HD+ TV App. For […]
The post-results analysts call with SES senior management focused on two topics: The possibility of another C-band release of spectrum to the FCC and the state of the Intelsat $3.1 billion (€2.9bn) acquisition by SES and what the consequences would be if one of the parties walked away from the deal. The FCC is holding […]
Luxembourg-based satellite operator SES says its overall revenue for the 2024 full year achieved a “solid financial performance leading to revenue at the top end of the financial outlook and exceeding SES’s objectives.” Overall revenue was at €2.001bn, down 0.9 per cent YOY. The operator’s Networks division saw revenue grow +2.9 per cent YOY with […]
It’s not been a good month for European satellite operators. Recent weeks have seen Paris-based Eutelsat suffer negative comments and a much-depressed share price. Now it is Luxembourg’s SES which is hurting. Ratings agency Moody’s cut its outlook on SES to “negative” (from “stable”) and that the operator’s long-term debt (rated Baa3) would be “under […]
SES has agreed a deal to deliver and manage video content for ATP Tour events around the world using Secure Reliable Transport (SRT) and its Sports Content Orchestration Enabler (SES SCORE) platform enabled by SES’s hybrid IP, fibre and satellite distribution network. With more than 200,000 hours of live content per year from 3,200 tennis […]
Eva Berneke, CEO at Eutelsat, has unveiled the operator’s financial results. Eutelsat’s once-reliable Video division revenues fell 6.4 per cent (€309.2 million) but each of the other verticals were in solid territory. Total revenues for the First Half of FY 2024-25 stood at €606.2 million, up by 5.9 per cent on a reported basis. Revenues […]
Kathy Grillo, SVP, public policy & government affairs at US telco Verizon, speaking on reports that the US government wanted to access more C-band spectrum for terrestrial use, said Verizon welcomed the news. “We are now years past the last auction of mid-band spectrum and we are far from where we need to be as […]
Eutelsat’s CEO Eva Berneke has made a high-profile visit to Nilesat’s Cairo headquarters. In a joint communique from Eutelsat and Nilesat’s chairman and CEO Sameh Katta, the pair discussed expanding cooperation between the two satellite companies. During the meeting, Katta reaffirmed Nilesat’s dedication to creating strong partnerships with global satellite operators. He emphasised the company’s […]
New Zealand’s Sky TV uses the Optus D2 satellite for their signal reception. But an update from Sky on January 27th talked of the broadcaster having to urgently “undertake an accelerated migration plan” and shift to a new satellite in May. Sky said it was aware that “a growing number” of customers had experienced intermittent […]
Spanish technology company Indra is set to buy satellite operator Hispasat from Redeia for €650 million. Indra, in which the Spanish Government has a 28 per cent stake, and Redeia are finalising the negotiations to complete the deal that will then be submitted for approval to both board of directors in each company. The recent […]