Euroconsult, the international research and analyst firm specialising in the satellite and digital broadcasting sectors, has revealed that the market reached new revenue highs once again. According to Euroconsult’s report “Satellite Communications & Broadcasting Markets Survey, Forecasts to 2020,” the fixed satellite sector grew both in terms of transponder demand (+4.4 per cent) and revenue, […]
Satellite operator EchoStar Corp (now separated from its Dish pay-TV business) bought Hughes Communications for $2.2 billion back in June, and is now seeing the broadband-by-satellite provider making a key contribution to the parent company’s quarterly results. During the quarter (to June 30) Hughes improved its US national consumer subscriber base by 2 percent. That […]
SES and the satellite communications technology specialist Newtec have signed an agreement to provide Europe’s largest satellite broadband network, Astra2Connect, with next generation Ka-band Sat3Play terminals and related hub infrastructure. SES is currently delivering broadband Internet and voice-over-IP services to over 80,000 private households and small businesses across Europe using Newtec’s technology in Ku-band and […]
Dish Network’s quarterly profit fell short of market estimates as the satellite-TV provider lost subscribers, hurt by increased competition. For the second quarter, the second-largest satellite TV provider in the US posted a net income of $335 million, compared with $275 million a year earlier. Revenue grew 13 per cent to $3.59 billion. Dish’s net […]
Following the unfavourable weather conditions which led to the postponement of the scheduled August 5 launch of Arianespace Flight 203, the craft was successfully launched on August 6th at 19.52 pm local time (00:52 pm Central European Summer Time August 7th) from Kourou, French Guiana. The mission placed into geostationary transfer orbit the Astra 1N […]
Canada’s Telesat has been having major troubles with its Telstar 14R/Estrela do Sol-2 satellite launched back on May 24th. One of its solar arrays has failed to open correctly which has left the craft working at just 60 per cent of capacity, equal to about 32 transponders. The craft is expected to operate on station […]
Asia’s leading satellite operator Asia Satellite Telecommunications (AsiaSat) has confirmed that media group Trace has signed a new lease agreement for additional C-band capacity on AsiaSat 5 to launch its new Trace Sports HD channel in the Asia-Pacific region. Effective immediately, Trace Sports HD debuts on Hong Kong Broadband Network’s bbtv, with more carriage agreements […]
US satellite TV provider DirecTV reported second-quarter net income up 29 per cent, beating expectations, as it added 472,000 net new subscribers in Latin America. US subscriber growth was below forecasts at 26,000 – but the new additions were still enough to push the company beyond the milestone of 30 million subscribers. DirecTV reported earnings […]
SES World Skies has struck a new capacity deal with the YES Network in the US, the nation’s premier regional sports network and the television home of the 27-time World Champion New York Yankees and the New Jersey Nets. As part of the multi-year agreement, YES Network is now using a full transponder of C-band […]
British satellite operator Inmarsat abandoned its forecast for growth in its maritime business on Thursday, as customers moving to its next-generation terminals hit revenue, but said its spectrum-sharing deal in North America would keep full-year profit on track. The group, which provides voice and data services to ships, aircraft and remote locations, reported a 32 […]