During the first quarter of 2011, Chile added 43,000 net new pay TV subscribers taking the overall total to 1.97 million users, according to data from Chile’s Telecoms ministry. The largest operator gain was with Telefónica which recorded almost 18,000 new users. The core audience was numbered at just 882,000 DTH subscribers, and 1.09 million […]
Comments by the Prime Minister David Cameron this morning make it more likely that Ofcom will step in sooner rather than later to apply the ‘fit and proper person(s)’ test of the Broadcasting Act to News Corp in its bid for BSkyB in the light of the News International voice mail hacking scandal. Speaking ahead […]
Telenor Satellite Broadcasting (TSBc) has signed a contract with Arianespace for launch services of its THOR 7 satellite. The satellite will be launched into geostationary transfer orbit (GTO) in Q4, 2013 on an Ariane 5 launcher from the Guiana Space Centre in French Guiana. Built by Space Systems/ Loral, THOR 7 will be based upon […]
DEV Systemtechnik of Germany has announced the expansion of its North American presence with the formation of a US subsidiary, DEV America. DEV America will support growing customer requirements for the company’s leading-edge products that help satellite and cable television systems transmit, receive, switch, and distribute RF signals over coaxial and fiber optic cable. “For […]
Eutelsat on July 4 announced that the Italian Space Agency would be cooperating with Eutelsat and its broadband distribution arm SkyLogic to boost connectivity throughout Italy by using Eutelsat’s new Ka-band satellite. The Agency is planning the progressive use of 550 Mbps of KA-SAT capacity across 10 spot-beams that together provide full coverage of Italian […]
Solaris Mobile, the S-band satellite joint-venture between SES and Eutelsat, is seeking fresh investors for the project. SES CEO Romain Bausch said Solaris’ progress in seeking commercial deals has been slower than expected. Solaris Mobile was an additional payload on Eutelsat’s W2A craft, launched in 2009. While W2A is working perfectly, the Solaris Mobile payload […]
Arianespace has delayed the launch of Astra 1N and Japan’s BSAT-3c, for about 20 days. The launch should have taken place late on Friday evening. An anomaly was discovered when a valve on the rocket’s main cryogenic stage failed to work properly. However, to swap the valve out the complete rocket assembly, plus its two […]
Luxembourg’s latest satellite, Astra 1N, is slated for launch late on Friday evening from Kourou, in French Guiana. Astra 1N is a huge craft and will add 52 active Ku-band transponders to the SES fleet. Initially it will serve the UK and Irish market from 28.2 deg East. However, assuming all goes well with the […]
The pay-TV service of Italian commercial broadcaster Mediaset should end the year 2011 with a 20 per cent growth in revenues over the previous year. The prediction has come from Mediaset vice president, Piersilvio Berlusconi, during a press conference to present the autumn programme schedules to advertisers. According to Berlusconi, the number of subscriptions reached […]
EchoStar co-founder Charlie Ergen is famously careful with his cash, actions which have helped the former poker player to build his net worth to some $7 billion and a position as the 51st richest American (according to Forbes). But suddenly he is on a spending spree. In April this year (via sister company Dish Network) […]