Satellite builder Maxar Technology has warned customers that the Coronavirus is impacting its production lines and that delivery dates are potentially going to be affected. Maxar made a filing to the Securities & Exchange Commission March 20 saying that it had initially closed its satellite manufacturing factory in Palo Alto and San Jose in compliance […]
Eutelsat’s has signed a Memorandum of Understanding, and which could be a significant contract, to serve “several thousands of schools across the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)” and which will use its Konnect Africa satellite. It aims to provide schools with high speed internet connectivity, giving them access to a digital platform of officially recognised […]
In a gesture it says is aimed to bring a little joy and inspiration to households across Turkey, Digiturk has announced an array of entertainment additions and upgrades to current and new subscribers, as families across the country adjust to life at home during the coronavirus pandemic. Effective immediately, Digiturk is applying the following to […]
A report from the International Centre for Investigative Reporting (ICIR), which focuses on Nigeria’s troubled satellite operator NigComSat, states the organisation is “still not profitable 14 years after launch”. ICIR says that NigComSat’s first working satellite (NigComSat-1R) was launched in 2011 and has barely six years of life left. Meanwhile, the organisation has – since […]
The Coronavirus has already affected sports events around the world. While high-capacity fibre plays its part in the distribution of signals, many events depend either wholly on satellite links or have them as back-up. Satellite operators and specialist suppliers such as Globecast, Speedcast, NEP, Links, Encompass and others are reluctant to admit the value of […]
The French Guiana rocket base at Kourou has suspended all launch campaigns and missions because of the Coronavirus. Arianespace itself, plus the French CNES space agency and the many other companies based at Kourou, have ceased all activity in accordance with French government instructions, while Covid-19 remains active. The spaceport will resume activities as soon […]
A major report from investment bank Berenberg on satellite operator SES maintains the company’s “HOLD” rating but with a severely reduced target price of €8.40. As recently as February its target price was €14.90, and in November 2019 was €18. The bank is blunt, saying that SES has failed to deliver on its revenue guidance […]
Portugal ended 2019 with 4.1 million pay-TV subscribers, a growth of 147,000 or 3.7 per cent in comparison with 2018, according to data published by the National Communications Authority (Anacom). Subscriber growth was exclusively due to the offers supported by fibre optics (+17.5 per cent), while the other technologies all had a negative performance in […]
Eutelsat says it has started the process to buy back for cancellation some of its own shares. The satellite operator announced the plan in July last year, and said it would spend “at least” €100 million by the end of June 2022. A statement on March 11th read: “Consistent with this commitment and in order […]
Intelsat has yet to confirm its intentions as far as the FCC’s Order is concerned over the FCC’s accelerated clearing plan. Indeed, Intelsat is silent on whether it wants to proceed at all, and only a week or so ago, the market was awash with reports that it was being urged to consider a Chapter […]