Viewsat, an established operator in the global media broadcast industry, has taken the opportunity at IBC 2019 to reveal its new name – Viewmedia – to reflect the expansion of their portfolio in order to service the requirements of broadcasters worldwide. To facilitate this new development, the company has been rolling out a range of […]
Analyst firm Digital TV Research forecasts 60 million additional pay-TV subscribers between 2018 and 2024 to take the global total to 1.08 billion. China will provide 19 million additional subs and India 26 million. However, the US will lose 14.4 million pay-TV subscribers between 2018 and 2024 – down by 16 per cent. “We have […]
Avanti Communications and Arabsat, helped by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), have come to an agreement over disputed access to orbital Ka-band frequencies at 30.5/31 degrees East. Arabsat 6A, with its Ka-band payload also offering spot beams, operates from 30.5 degrees East, just half a degree away from Avanti’s Hylas 2 at 31 degrees East. […]
Cairo-based Nilesat has revealed that it has received indicative bids from a number of contractors to build its Nilesat 301 craft, together with ground equipment. A statement to the Cairo stock exchange said that Nilesat had formed a special committee to evaluate the bids and identify the best offer. Nilesat’s trading has been hurt by […]
A Russian satellite, named Luch or Olymp, which launched in 2014, has generated an unhealthy reputation as a possible dangerous threat to legitimate DTH and other communications satellites. Last week, Luch was reported by CelesTrak (which monitors satellites whilst in orbit) to have moved even closer to an Intelsat craft. According to the Secure World […]
Skyline Communications, a global player in end-to-end multi-vendor network management and OSS software solutions for the broadcast, satellite, cable, telco and mobile industry, has announced that its AI-powered DataMiner NMS and orchestration system was selected by yet another major operator in the Middle East. Es’hailSat is a communications satellite operator that delivers direct-to-home television services, […]
SES will use IBC to showcase its latest transmission solution which synchronises OTT and satellite broadcasts by delivering IP signals to OTT platforms as fast as satellite to create enhanced live viewing experiences. The new solution, named ‘Satellite and OTT in sync’, gives broadcasters the power to deliver a more consistent experience to viewers watching […]
Thailand’s telecoms regulator has announced that it plans to begin awarding licences for the use of satellite orbit slots, currently used by existing satellites Thaicom 4 (or iPSTAR), 5 and 6, by early next year “to ensure orderly transfer of concessions that expire in 2021”. Thaicom 4 operates from the orbital slot at 119.5 East […]
MultiChoice Group is now a separately listed business on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange having been spun off by its parent Naspers earlier this year. But its new shareholders gave MultiChoice management a hard time at the company’s first AGM, and making it clear that they were not happy with the way MultiChoice was paying its […]
ChinaSat-18 has been declared a total loss with an impact on the insurance industry of some $250 million (€226.4m). The satellite, the first in a new generation of craft to serve the Chinese DTH market, was launched on August 19th from the Xichang space centre in southwestern China’s Sichuan province, according to the state-run Xinhua […]