Hughes Network Services, now part of Echostar and California-based ViaSat, are both expected to order extra ‘super-giant’ Ka-band satellites over the next year. These Ka-band satellites will target broadband satellite users in parts of the world where conventional broadband doesn’t reach. Hughes, ViaSat and Europe’s Eutelsat, are each operating or about to operate huge Ka-band […]
Nomura Securities are predicting that BSkyB’s summer subscriber net additions will tumble, down about 84 per cent from last year’s 96,000 to only about 15,000. The true position will emerge on Wednesday (October 19th) when Sky’s results for the quarter-year to September 30th are announced. Laurie Davison and Mark Braley at Deutsche Bank, in their […]
Eutelsat Communications announces that Jean-François Bureau has been appointed Director of Institutional and International Affairs. Jean-François Bureau, a graduate of the Institut d’Etudes politiques de Paris, began his career in the private office of France’s Ministry of Defence where he was technical advisor from 1983 to 1985. He From 1991 to 1994 he worked in […]
Giuliano Berretta, now chairman at Eutelsat, but for all of the past 20 years a key figure at Eutelsat, is to retire next month. A Eutelsat board meeting recommended that its upcoming AGM elect Jean-Martin Folz to the position. Michel de Rosen, Eutelsat CEO, said: “The Board is delighted to propose Jean-Martin Folz to join […]
The second quarter of the year saw remarkable growth in Mexico’s DTH pay-TV take-up. DTH recorded a 48.2 per cent growth compared with the same period in 2010. Mexico’s Federal Telecommunications Commission (Cofetel) issued the numbers, and while cable subscribers still – just – represent the majority of users at some 5.5 million subs, DTH […]
Sky Italia says it has signed its five millionth sub and now reaches 15 million people across Italy. Andrea Zappia, Chief Executive Officer of Sky Italia, commented: “First and foremost, I’d like to thank our customers for entrusting their viewing to Sky. The achievement of the 5 million milestone encourages us to continue to strive […]
Intelsat-18 was successfully placed into orbit late on October 5th by a Land Launch rocket from the Baikonur space centre in Kazakhstan. Land Launch is a sister company to Sea Launch, although as the name suggests uses a conventional land-based rocket system in the shape of a Zenit-3SLB rocket. Intelsat-18 will replace Intelsat 701 at […]
SES has added two Turkish channels from Istanbul media company Istanbul FM. The new customer will use SES satellite capacity at 31.5 degrees East for the free-to-air transmission of the two TV channels plus two radio services. They can all be received in Turkey with standard Direct-to-Home (DTH) satellite dishes. “The agreement is a significant […]
Intelsat, the world’s leading provider of satellite services, has announced that a Sea Launch AG-provided Land Launch Zenit-3SLB vehicle successfully launched the Intelsat 18 satellite from the Baikonur Space Center in Kazakhstan. Liftoff occurred at 5 p.m. EDT (21:00 GMT), followed by spacecraft separation at 11:34 p.m. EDT (03:34 GMT). Built by Orbital Sciences Corporation, […]
Intelsat, the world’s leading provider of satellite services, has announced that the launch of the Intelsat 18 spacecraft, aboard a Sea Launch AG-provided Land Launch Zenit-3SLB vehicle, has been delayed 24 hours. Orbital Sciences Corporation, the manufacturer of the satellite, is currently evaluating an out-of-specification parameter on Intelsat 18. Launch provider Sea Launch has established […]