As long expected, Intelsat has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and says it will restructure itself under ‘Debtor in Possession’ (DiP) rules. Intelsat says it is fully backing the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) plan for the auction of some of its C-band frequencies over the US for 5G usage. It says it has raised $1 […]
In essence, SES has always been enthusiastic about UHD. The format would represent an increased demand in bandwidth and would help provide valuable revenues over and above the somewhat shrinking – and digitally compressed – market that is Standard and High Definition transmissions. As UK country manager Mike Chandler and SES’ Market & Business Analyst […]
Global sports channel beIN Sports is set to welcome back German football live starting on May 16th with a host of Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2 games for viewers to watch exclusively across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). With most live sport still on pause across the world as a result of the Covid-19 […]
TV viewers across Western Europe will continue to be able to watch BBC World News thanks to an extended deal with SES. BBC Global News delivers its HD news channel, BBC World News, free-to-air across Europe on SES’s Astra satellite at 19.2 degrees East. The total HD reach at Astra 19.2 degrees East has increased […]
Comments from analysts at Berenberg Bank on satellite operator SES and its Q1 results are not positive. The bank says that while the overall numbers from SES were broadly in lone with expectations, and management has not altered its official guidance for the year, the bank thinks that there’s probably more bad news to come. […]
German platform operator M7 Deutschland has expanded its Ultra HD (UHD) portfolio. International travel and lifestyle channel Travelxp 4K HDR is now available to network and platform operators in the German-speaking markets for distribution to their subscribers. The world’s first travel channel in UHD/HDR resolution shows reports and features covering holiday destinations in more than […]
Erik Carlson, CEO at US DTH operator Dish Network, says the company is hard at work on its wireless initiatives. “The wireless team continues to make progress on a standalone 5G networks and we continue to pursue closing the Boost assets with T-Mobile,” he commented Carlson reported net income had fallen $73 million from a […]
The top 10 service providers in the United States collectively lost 2.33 million television subscribers in the first quarter of 2020, as reported by the informitv Multiscreen Index. All of the top 10 service providers
SES CEO Steve Collar delivered a confident report to analysts at its Q1/2020 results on May 7th, and there was much focus from analysts on whether the FCC’s proposed C-band scheme would go ahead should there be any form of Chapter 11 filing by Intelsat. D-day, as far as the FCC auction of C-band spectrum, […]
PSSI Global Services, which operates a number of teleports and more than 60 Outside Broadcast satellite uplink trucks across the US, is suing the Federal Communications Commission over the FCC’s plans for C-band. The lawsuit – strictly speaking a petition – was filed in a Washington DC Federal Court, and PSSI asks for a Judicial […]