SES has signed a capacity agreement with High TV 3D, a worldwide 3D general entertainment channel, primarily for cable distribution. High TV 3D will be distributed via the Astra 23.5 degrees East orbital position, benefiting from its optimal European footprint coverage and household reach. Astra 23.5 degrees East is the home of various international 3D […]
Arianespace and DirecTV have agreed a new launch contract for a satellite providing services for DirecTV Latin America. The launch will take place in 2014 from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana on an Ariane 5. DirecTV has exercised an option in its multi-launch contract with Arianespace for the launch of an additional satellite that will […]
Despite increased revenues (up 16.1 per cent to $28.6 million) Israel-based satcoms specialists RRsat saw its overall Q3 position move to losses of $200,000 (last year, same Q3 period, net income of $600,000). RRsat says its expects Q4 revenues to be in the range of $27 million-$29 million, which will take its full year revenues […]
SES has confirmed that the QuetzSat-1 satellite is fully operational and ready for service. QuetzSat-1 was successfully launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on board an ILS Proton Breeze M booster on September 30th, 2011. QuetzSat-1 is fully contracted to a subsidiary of EchoStar Corporation. The spacecraft is an all Ku-band high-powered (20-kilowatt) communications […]
The worldwide demand for C- and Ku-band Satellite Transponders is projected to reach 7,840 36-MHz TPEs (Transponder Equivalents) by the year 2017, driven by rapidly expanding DTH, digital TV, UAV communications, consumer broadband and 3D markets and increased governmental expenditure on military satellite navigation, positioning systems, and space exploration, according to market research firm Global […]
Satellite builder Space Systems/Loral has won a major order for two new satellites from Hong Kong-based AsiaSat. The two craft, AsiaSat-6 and AsiaSat-8 will be launched by early 2014. Loral built and delivered AsiaSat-5 in 2009, and AsiaSat-7 is currently awaiting a November 26 launch. AsiaSat 6 will have an all-C-band payload and AsiaSat 8, […]
GT Satellite Systems (GTSS) and Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS) announced that they have signed a deal valued at over $125 million for multiple transponders on a condosat and lease basis to augment its multiservice capacity on ABS-2. Subsequent to the multiple transponder lease agreement announced in 2009, GTSS has developed its platform services, including TV […]
SES reported a healthy set of numbers on November 11 for its nine-months trading to September 30. Perhaps most notable was the all-important contract backlog figure, up nine per cent since the end of 2010. The figure represents the forward orders contracted for transponder space on SES satellites. Its other numbers were also in positive […]
Sky Deutschland has delivered another set of encouraging results ahead of analysts’ expectations. The operator added 98,000 net customers in the third quarter, doubling its additions year-on-year and taking net additions for the year to over 200,200. Gross adds were 188,000, up 17 per cent year-on-year, while churn fell to 12.7 per cent from 18.5 […]
According to findings from market research firm The NPD Group, ‘throttling down’ is a bigger threat to television service providers than ‘cord cutting’. The firm’s report – Entertainment Trends in America – suggests that many consumers are supplementing their pay television offerings from cable TV, satellite TV and IPTV operators. Looking beyond traditional basic and […]