Customised network and broadcast services provider USSI Global has launched a new C-band mitigation interference service for broadcast and cable networks affected by the forthcoming C-band transition. Similar to the recent TV spectrum repack in the United States, the FCC initiative will clear the lower 300MHz of the C-band for 5G services, and reassign affected […]
The satellite industry’s big 5 operators (Intelsat, SES, Eutelsat, Telesat and Viasat) have all now reported their quarterly numbers and – in summary – they are not good. Sami Kassab, an analyst at investment bank Exane/BNPP, in a useful summary note to clients says that overall, operating trends for the industry remain challenging with Intelsat […]
Intelsat unveiled its Q3 results after the market closed on November 5th, and its Media segment (42 per cent of overall revenues) saw revenues of $203.5 million for the three months to September 30th. This was a fall of 9 per cent compared to the same period a year earlier. Intelsat is working its way […]
SES has unveiled its Q3 and nine-month numbers, and also announced that it has cancelled plans to divide the company into two: a Video-based business (responsible for 59 per cent of group revenue) and a Networks company. Group revenues for the nine months were €1.41 billion and down 2.9 per cent on 2019’s €1.45 billion. […]
M7 Group, the European pay-TV provider, has concluded a satellite distribution and carriage agreement with Munich-based SPORT1 for the European launch of eSportsONE. eSportsONE is immediately be available on various M7 platforms including Canal Digitaal in the Netherlands, TV VLAANDEREN in Belgium and Skylink in Czech Republic and Slovakia. Other M7 platforms will follow shortly. […]
With SES taking a larger slice of Canal+ capacity requirements, it is inevitable that there had to be a loser. That satellite operator is the Intelsat/Telenor position at 1-degree West. Canal+ owned-M7 group will consolidate its Eastern European coverage on SES at 23.5 degrees East cutting out Intelsat/Telenor at 1 West. SES is thus gaining […]
SES has signed what it describes as a “new long-term strategic agreement” with Canal+ which covers extra capacity for France and Africa and includes Ultra-HD bouquets. The agreement is worth €230 million over the life of the contract and comes just ahead of the next SES results announcement on November 5th. “The multi-transponder contract renewal […]
Satellite networking technology specialist Gilat Satellite Networks has successfully demonstrated carrying 5G traffic with what it says is “outstanding performance” over operator Thaicom’s GEO HTS satellite. With this successful demonstration, Gilat’s cellular backhaul solution is declared operational and ready for implementation in the 5G architecture. According to Gilat, superior user experience was recorded using its […]
Globecast, the global solutions provider for media, is expanding its relationship with South Korean English-language TV network Arirang TV, aimed at international audiences, to broadcast in HD across Western Europe on satellite Astra 1L at 19.2°E, beginning imminently. Lee, Yong-Jae Distribution Director at Arirang TV, said: “We have a highly valued relationship with Globecast and […]
Globecast has been awarded the contract to playout 21 channels on behalf of AMC Networks International (AMCNI) to its EMEA markets. AMCNI UK is a new customer for Globecast. Juliet Bayliss, Sales Director, Globecast, said, “We are very pleased to be partnering with AMCNI UK on such a major and complex project. All our years […]