Fransat, a subsidiary of Eutelsat and which transmits TV channels over France, says that the solar panel problem which is affecting Eutelsat’s 5 West B craft means it is going to have to drop some channels. The troubled satellite, which launched in October 2019, is only operating at 45 per cent of its intended capacity. […]
Channel network and content distributor AfricaXP has signed multi-year agreements with Eutelsat Communications for Ku-band capacity on two Eutelsat satellites, positioned at 16° East and 7° East. This capacity will enable AfricaXP to extend the reach of its DTH free-to-air TV platform, Premium.Free. Currently broadcast in West Africa, the platform will leverage the coverage of […]
Insight TV, the 4K HDR broadcaster, will now offer its UHD feed Europe-wide aboard Eutelsat’s HOTBIRD satellite located at 13° East. This additional broadcasting format enables distributors full access to Insight TV’s UHD feed across Europe and the Middle East. Distributors will now be able to offer their European and Middle Eastern viewers Insight TV’s […]
Thaicom has provided a progress report on its ongoing efforts to migrate customers from Thaicom 5 after the satellite suffered a technical anomaly. The company has informed its satellite television customers to migrate their television platforms from Thaicom 5 to Thaicom 6, which will start on February 15th. The Company further informed the satellite television […]
It has been a worrying month or two. The industry saw strong reports that Intelsat was considering a Chapter 11 bankruptcy, that the C-Band Alliance’s members would simply walk away from handing over their long-held US spectrum, and that in the event of a negative response from the FCC, there would follow years of litigation. […]
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai was generous in his treatment of the C-Band Alliance, and his decision has won approval from the Alliance, the 5G Action Now lobby group and a host of investment analysts. Chairman Pai’s plan would repurpose most of the C-band for 5G deployment while ensuring current users of the spectrum could continue […]
Spacecom, operator of the AMOS satellite fleet, has announced that it is providing Ku-band capacity from its AMOS-17 communication satellite to PanAccess, a German broadcast services company, for broadcasting to Nigeria. PanAccess’ growing broadcast bouquet, originating in Germany, consists of dozens of channels and is broadcast free-to-air from the satellite located at the 17°E orbital […]
Eutelsat Communications’ EUTELSAT 7C satellite has entered full commercial service and is ready to support broadcast customers across Africa, Europe, the Middle East and Turkey. Manufactured by Maxar Technologies, EUTELSAT 7C is a 3.4 tonne high-power all-electric satellite carrying 49 36-Mhz equivalent Ku-band transponders. Successfully launched from Kourou, French Guiana, on 20 June 2019, the […]
An analysis of Telecom Regulatory Authority of India data by the country’s Telecom Talk news-site says that, with recent consolidation helping reduce the previous six DTH broadcasters to just four, Tata Sky is now providing its subscribers with the most HD TV channels. Tata Sky, as of January 26th, is beaming 91 HD channels to […]
US pay-TV operator DirecTV, now part of AT&T, has a potentially catastrophic problem with its Spaceway-1 satellite. The broadcaster has told the FCC that the satellite has a major battery thermal problem with its on-board satellite. The filing was made on January 19th with the satellite’s manufacturer Boeing saying that the batteries damaged cells cannot […]