Trace, the media brand specialised in music and sports celebrities content, is strengthening its relationship with Eutelsat via a five-year contract for capacity and uplinking services on the Eurobird 9A satellite. The new deal gives Trace a large footprint to broadcast across Europe and the Middle East its three HD thematic networks, Trace Urban HD, […]
Intelsat, the world’s leading provider of satellite services, announced that it has signed two contracts with SkyStream FZ LLC, a Dubai-based provider of connectivity and satellite services solutions. SkyStream has contracted for nearly 40 MHz of new C-band capacity on Intelsat 17 at 66°E to offer GSM backhaul, Internet access and On-Demand video service to […]
Czech and Slovakia leading satellite TV operators Skylink and CS Link, have both approved the SMiT Irdeto Advanced Security Dual CAM for their digital satellite network services. The CAM is compatible with the two DTH platforms that have over 2.2 million active smart cards totally, and will be launched on the market via local partners […]
Freesat has sold its 2 millionth unit, far exceeding original sales projections made when the company launched three years ago, and taking gross retail sales to nearly £1 billion since launch in 2008. According to Freesat customer research, a record 47 per cent of its customers have come from Sky households so far in 2011. […]
Kabelkiosk is launching an HbbTV interactive service ‘interaktiv’ on Eutelsat. The ‘headend in the sky’ platform offer will include VoD, catch-up TV, and local information with VoD services delivered on a platform operated by Rovi. Individual channels delivered by KabelKiosk will also be able to use interaktiv for catch-up TV, VoD, EPG services and red […]
SES has struck up another of its special relationship agreements. This time it is Russia’s Gazprom and its Gazprom Space Systems division. SES now has a “strategic partnership” with the giant Russian company to provide new satellite capacity to serve the fast-growing Russian market. The deal was announced at the Euroconsult Paris satellite conference. […]
SES Astra says it has further boosted its reach in Germany, with 17.1 million homes, a record, now receiving satellite TV. In its latest study of German viewing – Astra’s largest market – it says that while IPTV connections are rising, cable and DVB-T are losing viewers. The numbers were presented at the IFA technology […]
China is planning to serve some 200 million rural families with satellite signals, and switch off its analogue terrestrial signals by 2015. A pilot project tested the concept in the north and northwest of China in the Ningxia, Hebei and Inner Mongolia regions has paved the way for expansion to other rural areas, said Zhang […]
US satellite broadcaster Dish Network is to launch its ‘Blockbuster’ movie streaming service next month as a direct challenge to rival Netflix. Reports suggest the new Blockbuster service’s launch is timed to coincide with Netflix upping its prices. Netflix is proposing to charge separately for mail-delivered DVDs as well as streamed movies. If users want […]
Liberty’s European DTH platform UPC Direct is being rebranding as freeSAT. The new freeSAT pre-paid card will offer viewers a basic package of nearly 90 digital TV channels, plus movies from HBO MaxPak, for six months to a year. The basic freeSAT service, known as freeSAT lite, will cost CZK149 a month.