US satellite broadcaster Dish Network reported total revenue of $3.21 billion for the quarter ended September 30th, 2010, a 10.9 per cent increase compared with $2.89 billion for the corresponding period in 2009. Net income attributable to common shareholders totalled $245 million for the quarter compared with $81 million during the corresponding period in 2009. […]
By any measure Paris-based Eutelsat’s latest numbers (for its Q1 to Sept 30) are impressive. Overall revenues are up 12.9 per cent to €285.6 million, while all its divisional metrics are also in extremely positive territory. Video is up 8.1 per cent, Data and value-added revenues are up 23.5 per cent and Eutelsat’s “multi-usage” division […]
Platform ‘n,’ Poland’s leading DTH service, will offer Fox HD to its subscribers from November 6th. Platform ‘n’ delivers a total of 19 HD channels to its growing subscriber base of more than 735,000, and plans to launch additional HD channels later this month. With the addition of Fox HD, Platform n subscribers will now […]
Associated Press Television News, the world’s leading video news agency, is making a multi-million dollar investment to upgrade its newsgathering infrastructure, provide pictures in high definition to the broadcast and digital markets and significantly increase the depth and breadth of video coverage from around the world. The plan will ensure that AP’s video operations are […]
Actus Digital, a provider of web-based media monitoring and management solutions for broadcasters, government agencies and content producers, has announced that British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB) has expanded its existing Actus View installation. Powered by the enterprise Actus 4 platform, Actus View provides BSkyB with multi-channel transmission ingest, content detection and monitoring for proactively managing the […]
Egypt is getting tough with some contentious channels and, meanwhile, there’s some highly vocal Arab criticism that ordering channels off Nilesat is directly linked to upcoming presidential elections in Egypt. ‘Not so’, implies Nilesat’s chief engineer Salah Hamza. “We have no formal regulator covering satellite transmission. There is no Ofcom, no FCC, no […]
Eutelsat’s W3B was declared a total loss on October 29th following the loss of thruster fuel from an oxidiser tank. The satellite will probably be deliberately de-orbited over the Pacific Ocean early this week. However, there are now suggestions that the damage to the satellite was caused on the ground prior to launch. The Arianespace […]
After 16 months working – barely – under Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, Sea Launch is now free to operate as a conventional business once again. A statement from the company says it plans to start launching satellites again next year. “We are thrilled to have successfully emerged from Chapter 11 with a solid financial structure […]
The television sector in Western Europe is in transition at the moment, according to a report from Informa, as analogue terrestrial TV is expected to become extinct in the region in 2013 and IPTV will continue to gain subscribers over the next five years. Cable is still the biggest pay-TV platform in Western Europe, according […]
Despite having declared the launch of its W3B satellite “a success”, satellite operator Eutelsat Communications has subsequently confirmed the loss of the W3B satellite following an anomaly which was detected on the satellite’s propulsion subsystem after its launch by an Ariane 5 rocket. W3B was scheduled to be located at 16° East to replace Eutelsat’s […]