From Q1 2014 to Q1 2019, the total subscription revenues of the direct pay-TV market has increased by 19 per cent, reaching €8.9 billion, according to figures from Dataxis. DTH remains the leading technology for direct pay-TV, with its revenues still accounting for 39 per cent of the total, however it has been slowly decreasing […]
Globecast, the global solutions provider for media, is expanding its partnership with Eutelsat Communications to create a new HOTBIRD platform in order to satisfy the growing move from SD to HD in the market. Samuel Lemercier, Strategic Projects Director, said: “We’ve seen increasing demand for capacity across Europe from west to east as the migration […]
China’s latest communications and DTH satellite ChinaSat-18 which was launched on August 19th is reportedly suffering problems. ChinaSat 18 satellite was launched at 8:03 pm (Beijing Time) on a Long March-3B carrier rocket from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China’s Sichuan Province. The rocket launch was said to have gone well and there […]
A total of 413 TV channels were available throughout Italy in June 2019 on the main distribution platforms, of which 350 were owned by producers based in Italy. The majority of channels (293) were available on satellite/DTH, while 126 were distributed via DTT (69 on both DTH and DTT). The pay-TV offer amounted to 203 […]
London-based speciality satellite operator Avanti Communications says it wants to cancel its listing of its ordinary shares from the London ‘junior’ exchange Alternative Investment Market. It made the announcement early on August 20th. Avanti says: “The proposed cancellation is part of the ongoing transformation of the Company as the Directors believe the currently market valuation […]
Reliance-owned Jio Infocomm is a spectacular success. It announced its 4G service in December 2015 and launched in September 2016. It won its first 50 million subs within 83 days, topped 100 million by February 2017. At June 30th this year it achieved a subscriber base of 331 million. Jio is now tapping into that […]
Turkey’s Turksat existing 3A, 4A and 4B fleet is to be expanded, according to the country’s Transport & Infrastructure minister. Minister Cahit Turhan, in an interview said that Turkey will provide services from Asia to Africa and Europe, with its satellite fleet of six. The region satellites will cover even extends to the Turkic republics […]
Jeff Bezos, as well as controlling Amazon, is also backing the Blue Origin recoverable rocket launch system. The Pentagon is expected to award massive contracts to take US national security satellites into space. In a filing with the Government Accountability Office, Blue Origin claimed that the US Air Force is “pursuing a flawed acquisition strategy” […]
Findings from specialist analysis firm Leichtman Research Group (LRG) indicate that the largest pay-TV providers in the US – representing about 93 per cent of the market – lost about 1,530,000 net video subscribers in 2Q 2019, compared to a pro forma net loss of about 420,000 subscribers in Q2 2018. The top pay-TV providers […]
EchoStar’s broadcast satellite services (BSS) subsidiary will start its formal merger process with ‘sister’ business DISH Network on August 19th. The pair announced their merger on May 20th. Based on the number of shares of EchoStar Class A and Class B common stock outstanding on August 8th, 2019, EchoStar stockholders would receive approximately 0.24 of […]