Intelsat’s governmental services division (IGS) has won a major contract to supply TV to the US armed forces serving overseas. The deal sees Intelsat having to supply satellite connectivity to the USA’s Armed Forces Radio & TV Service (AFTRS). “The AFRTS provides multi-channel, broadcast-quality radio and television programmes to military forces and their families stationed […]
US pay-TV service DirecTV has started field trial testing for its DirecTV Home Media Centre aimed at providing customers with a ‘receiver-less’ solution for many TVs in their homes. The launch of field trial testing for DirecTV’s model HR34 RVU-enabled server, the heart of the DirecTV Home Media Centre, marks a major milestone both for […]
Market research firm Infonetics Research has released excerpts from its Cable, Satellite, and IPTV Video Services and Subscribers report, which tracks the telco IPTV, cable video, and satellite video markets. “We’re seeing continued growth in the pay-TV market, driven by providers‚ ability to offer voice/video/data service bundles, a broad range of linear and on-demand content, […]
Charlie Ergen, founder of EchoStar, announced May 16 he was stepping aside from the president/CEO positions at Dish Network, and appointed industry veteran Joe Clayton to replace him. Ergen will stay on as chairman, and he will also chair EchoStar Corp., which looks after set-top box-making for the pay-TV platform. Clayton told journalists that he […]
Speaking at a Newtec-hosted seminar in Miami, Susan Irwin, President of Euroconsult USA, has predicted robust growth in emerging markets for satellite broadcasting in the next decade. “By 2019 we expect an additional 10,000 television channels will be delivered via satellite, largely thanks to growth in HD and additional DTH platforms,” said Irwin during her […]
The Arab League, an assembly of all the Arab nations, has formally asked Arabsat and Nilesat to cease transmissions of Libya’s Jamahiriya Satellite Channel and “any other channel” that might be sympathetic to the Libyan government. The decision was taken at the end of a special meeting in Cairo on May 15th. However, the request […]
Charlie Ergen has stepped aside from his position as president/CEO of Dish Network. He will stay on as the broadcaster’s chairman. In a stock exchange announcement early on May 16th, the company said Joseph P Clayton will assume the president/CEO job effective June 20th. Clayton was previously chairman of Sirius Satellite Radio from 2004 to […]
Eutelsat has taken the unusual step to lease an old Chinese satellite (Sinosat-3, although also called ChinaSat-5C) and moved it from its East Asia location (at 163 degrees East) to a new European slot at 1.6 degrees East for Eutelsat, and very near Telenor and Intelsat locations at 1 degrees West as well as other […]
Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp has boosted its stake in Arabic music-to-films broadcaster Rotana Media Group. A year ago, News Corp bought nine per cent of Rotana, which is owned by Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed, and with that purchase struck a deal which gave News Corp an option to double its stake within 18 months. News […]
The market’s view of SES’ May 12 results remains positive despite the potential inventory of more than 20 unsold transponders currently used to beam analogue channels to German viewers. There are also a few slippages in the upcoming six-satellite additions to the SES fleet this year. Indeed, investment bankers Morgan Stanley, in a note to […]