SES says that all its revenue and core profit metrics are being maintained. Indeed, its year-on-year quarterly results are most impressive, with this latest quarter’s revenues up 11.4 per cent on 2009’s numbers. However, SES managed to exclude business from its ND Satcom subsidiary, which it sold earlier this week, in its 9-month results announcement […]
Irdeto, the global expert in securing and delivering premium content and digital assets, congratulates customer Videocon d2h, a provider of direct-to-home (DTH) services for India, for recently reaching two million subscribers. To achieve this significant milestone, Videocon d2h relied on Irdeto’s robust end-to-end pay-TV solution suite to create a distinctive user experience with direct access […]
SES Astra and Astrium, a wholly-owned subsidiary of EADS, have confirmed that Astrium will purchase a 75.1 per cent stake in SES Astra’s satellite equipment provider and ground system integrator ND SatCom, based in Friedrichshafen, Germany. With this agreement, SES Astra and Astrium will be reinforcing their long-term relationship, and will also explore the potential […]
Intelsat’s uncontrolled Galaxy-15 craft is still posing a threat to broadcasting satellites which are in its path. Galaxy-15 was probably affected by a solar flare back in April and cannot be controlled from the ground. It is drifting steadily – and predictably – along an orbital arc and while there is little chance of collision […]
The UK is going to develop a satellite to trial innovative space technologies. The idea is components and instruments flying on TechDemoSat (TDS) can prove their worth and go on to win substantial international business. Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) will lead the project. Participants are likely to include a novel instrument to measure the […]
Sky Italia does not intend to enter the DTT market with a pay-TV offer, claiming this would be technically impossible. It was refuting allegations in dialy “Corriere della Sera” which claimed that Sky Italia plans to team up with local media group Espresso as part of an “anti-Mediaset deal”. Sky Italia points out that it […]
ARD, ZDF and five other broadcasters transmit High Definition programmes free-to-air in Germany whereas RTL, SAT1, Pro7, VOX, Kabel1 and SPORT1, which is starting from November 1 st, can only be received with an HD+ compatible satellite receiver. Set-top box specialist STRONG is now launching its fully equipped SRT 7805 satellite receiver. With its built-in […]
The soccer jamming squabble between Qatar’s Al Jazeera Sports and Jordanian broadcasting authorities has already stretched diplomatic relations between the two regions. Comments have bounced back and forth between the two nations, and there seems to be no doubt that the jamming occurred from within Jordanian territory. Now a local newspaper has suggested that […]
Turkish DTH broadcaster DigiTurk is 47 per cent held by private equity company Providence Equity Partners. Reports suggest that Providence is looking to exit the business and is having preliminary meetings with a number of potential buyers of its stake. Other private equity companies are reportedly conducting due diligence examinations of the business, while Time […]
The past few days have seen something of a tennis match of allegations and denials made over the illegal jamming of this past summer’s FIFA World Cup soccer matches for Arab viewers. Fans paid up to $150 for Al Jazeera Sport’s exclusive coverage of the tournament. However, many matches, including the final, were jammed […]