Cairo-based satellite operator Nilesat suffered a 20.45 per cent fall in profits last year in unaudited accounts. Meanwhile Nilesat has also contracted with SpaceX to launch its Nilesat-301 craft in 2022. Nilesat registered a net profit of $42.53 million for 2019.This is dramatically down on 2018 numbers when it achieved a net profit of $53.46 […]
Arabsat is reportedly about to cut off South Sudan Broadcasting Corp (SSBC) from carriage on its satellite. Reports allege that SSBC owes the Saudi Arabia-based satellite operator more than $2 million in fees for its satellite capacity and that SSBC is in “breach of its agreement” with Arabsat. SSBC is carried on Arabsat’s BADR-4 craft. […]
Thaicom has reported progress on the incident regarding a technical anomaly on the Thaicom 5 satellite resulting in technical limitations to monitoring the status of the satellite. Thaicom together with the satellite’s manufacturer and a team of specialists have performed three attempts to recover the satellite system since the anomaly occurred. However, the system has […]
Eutelsat Communications has requested Moody’s Investors Service to withdraw all of its ratings on the satellite Group. This decision was made in the context of the Group’s ongoing cost rationalisation, says the company. Eutelsat’s shares are listed on the Paris bourse. Eutelsat is still rated by Standard & Poors (S&P Global Ratings BBB-/stable outlook1) and […]
A research note from Deutsche Bank in anticipation of the upcoming end-of-year results from SES (due on February 26th) again talk up a merger between SES and its smaller rival Eutelsat. The bank’s media analyst Laurie Davison says he now sees the prospects of a merger between the two satellite operators as “higher” and cautions […]
France Télévisions channels have switched to HD in the overseas territories when they are carried by satellite. Guadeloupe la 1ère, Guyane la 1ère, Martinique la 1ère, Mayotte la 1ère, Polynésie la 1ère, Réunion la 1ère, Saint Pierre et Miquelon la 1ère as well as the group’s national networks have ceased broadcasting in SD on all […]
RTL-Deutschland is maintaining its existing contract for Standard Definition broadcasting of its FTA channels with SES. The complete package of the Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland will continue to be available via SES’s ASTRA satellites at the prime orbital location of 19.2 degrees East, which reaches 118 million TV homes across Europe. The channel line-up includes RTL, […]
India’s Telecom Regulator (TRAI) has ordered DTH and cable operators to use lower bundled prices from January 15th. TRAI’s new rate (New Tariff Order, NTO) requires operators to offer 200 channels at R153 (€1.93) a month which doubles the number of channels in the R153 bundle. Analysts say this will lower ARPU revenues for all […]
In a move designed to help global and regional streaming services create next generation user experiences and bridge OTT and broadcast content for seamless viewing, Gracenote, a Nielsen company, is leveraging its expertise powering linear broadcast Electronic Programme Guides (EPGs) to help on-demand video streaming services, Smart TV makers and traditional cable and satellite operators […]
Broadband will become the primary mode of access to TV in Italy in the period 2019-2021, along with DTT, according to the latest ITMedia Consulting Report on the state of the Italian TV market. By the end of 2020, Broadband TV will have reached 9.2 million homes, up from 5.9 million in 2019 (+25 per […]