Two of India’s giant DTH operators, India’s Dish TV and Bharti’s Airtel DTH, are in the final stages of plotting their merger. Also involved in the plan is Singapore’s Singtel and private equity investment house Warberg Pincus. Reportedly, the merger will see Airtel DTH employ a reverse merger into Dish TV. The merger discussions have […]
Eutelsat put out a note late on July 19th and including a – seemingly unambiguous – statement from the Ethiopian Broadcasting Corp (EBC). SES announced July 9th a matching contract, saying that the Ethiopian channels are “migrating” to its 57 degrees East NSS-12 satellite. The July 19th statement said: “Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation reaffirms its commitment […]
Back on February 12th Eutelsat announced it had signed a multi-year contract with the Ethiopian Broadcasting Corp and the Association of Ethiopian Broadcasters for video capacity on its Eutelsat 8 West B satellite. So far so straightforward. But then last week SES announced a multi-year capacity deal with the Ethiopian Broadcasting Corp and the Association […]
Tel Aviv-based Spacecom, operator of the AMOS satellite fleet, has confirmed that Nigeria-based IDS Africa is the newest broadcaster to sign up for broadcast services on the AMOS-17 satellite. The satellite is scheduled to be launched to its 17°E orbital position in August 2019. IDS Africa will use the satellite to broadcast Channels TV news […]
Indonesia holds certain orbital rights to the 113 degrees East slot, but it must occupy the position with a working satellite by August 2019. The International Telecommunications Union’s (ITU) rules oblige satellite operators to “bring into use” their approved schemes by certain key dates. For Indonesia it is next month. Indonesia’s Ministry of Communications & […]
Two Viacom channels – Nickelodeon and Paramount Comedy – are being transferred to the Orion Group’s satellite platform. The operator will also provide technical servicing of the channels and ensure delivery of the signal to cable operators’ networks. Two Orion Group satellites are engaged for technical delivery of the signal of the Nickelodeon and Paramount […]
India’s Telecom Regulatory Authority (TRAI) has reported that the country’s DTH operators have seen growth of an additional 4.91 million extra pay-TV subs in the year to March 31st 2019. TRAI’s Performance Indicator Report states there were now 5 pay DTH service providers in India and they cumulatively served 72.44 million subscribers as on 31st […]
A recent announcement from SES saying that they were establishing a dedicated DTH service for Ethiopian viewers also confirms that it has persuaded many channels to “migrate” from Eutelsat. An investment bank now suggests that the about 20 lost private TV channels will cost Eutelsat around €1.5-€2 million in annual revenues. Sami Kassab, an equity […]
SES is creating a dedicated DTH environment for Ethiopian channels. SES has struck agreements with private and public broadcasters, as well as the Association of Ethiopian Broadcasters (AEB), and the Ethiopian Broadcasting Cooperation (EBC) which will see existing channels “migrate” says SES. Some channels are available from Eutelsat 7 WestA, E-8 WestB, Nilesat 102, but […]
In an unprecedented move, SES Astra has launched an app to teach users how to install a satellite dish. Available on iOS and Android the free app, called ASTRA Instalación Parábola , aims to increase the usage of the Astra 19,2° East orbital position with hundreds of FTA channels. The app explains how to install […]