The annual SES Satellite Monitor survey shows that, globally, 361 million homes are being reached by SES (as at the end of 2020), but this is a fall from 2019 data, which stood at 367 million. Nick Stubbs, SES’s SVP/GM for Western Europe, hosted a briefing event and Ricardo Topham, senior market business analyst at […]
The Russian Satellite Communications Company (RSCC) says its Express-80 communications and broadcasting satellite is now working on station. The satellite was launched last July from Baikonur in Kazakhstan. The satellite occupies RSCC’s orbital slot at 80° E. The Express-80 post-launch flight tests were carried out with positive results. Express 80 provides fixed and mobile services; […]
A study by Italian research institute Censis has revealed that 19 million Italians follow radio stations in video format via multiscreen, of which almost 11 million are via a TV screen. Despite the heavy impact of Covid-19 on advertising sales, radio remains widely popular in Italy, with over 41 million Italians tuning in to radio […]
Airbus has won the prime contractor order from Eutelsat for its E-36D satellite replacement for Eutelsat 36B which is likely to reach the end of its working life during 2026, some 17 years after its launch in November 2009 (and was previously known as Eutelsat W7 and with a 15-year design life). 36D is planned […]
Luxembourg-based M7 Group, owned by Canal+, has concluded agreements with both global wildlife and nature brand Love Nature and travel channel Travelxp for distribution in Hungary and Romania. As a result, Love Nature and Travelxp are 24/7 and in HD available via the M7 platforms Direct One (Hungary) and Focus Sat (Romania) at 1 degree […]
Joseph Ibeh, analyst at satellite and space market research and consulting services specialist NSR, suggests that further satcom consolidation is on the horizon, with the global satellite communication industry transitioning to meet new market trends and match projected threats from perceived disruptors. In particular, he argues that an SES and Eutelsat merger could help both […]
Asia Pacific will have 630 million pay-TV subscribers by 2026, up from 609 million at end-2020, according to the Asia Pacific OTT TV and Video Forecasts report from analyst firm Digital TV Research. India will add 21 million. China and India together will have nearly 500 million subs. The number of TV households will grow […]
PremiumFree TV, a new DTH service, will launch in South Africa on May 1st. PremiumFree TV will initially comprise 18 channels and says it will carry a range of content from sports and movies and telenovelas. PremiumFree is already available in West Africa (Ghana and Nigeria) since late 2018, but is now expanding with a […]
Findings from analyst firm Leichtman Research Group indicate that the largest pay-TV providers in the US – representing about 95 per cent of the market – lost about 5,120,000 net video subscribers in 2020, compared to a pro forma net loss of about 4,795,000 in 2019. The top pay-TV providers now account for about 81.3 […]
The $1.8 billion legal claim by SES on Intelsat concerning the SES claim on the split of FCC’s C-band incentive payments rumbles on, but with some tough comments from an SES submission to Intelsat’s bankruptcy court. SES filed its further motion with Intelsat’s bankruptcy court on March 3rd and wants the court to determine which […]