Reflecting the rising importance of the telcos, IPTV is gaining subscribers in Western Europe at the expense of the other pay-TV platforms, according to findings from analyst firm Digital TV Research. IPTV overtook satellite TV in 2015 and will be approaching cable by 2024. IPTV will add 5.5 million subscribers between 2018 and 2024. “IPTV […]
The UK says it wants to win 10 per cent of the global Space market activity by 2030, and that launch facilities will be key to achieving that goal. Future spaceports can apply for a share of a £2 million fund to support plans for small satellite launch from aircraft and sub-orbital flight from the […]
Airbus Defence & Space has won orders for three geostationary satellites. In a complex series of contracts, two of the orders are carried out with Thales Alenia Space and the end customer is Spain’s Ministry of Defence. The third craft is for Malaysia’s Measat commercial operator. The orders were extremely well received by the industry […]
Canal Algerie is an Algerian French-speaking public television channel, owned by EPTV (Algerian Public Television), who also owns A3 (available on BADR-6), Terrestrial TV, Tamazight TV and Coran TV. Canal Algerie broadcasts its programmes 24/7 via different platforms all over the world. It is now being carried by Arabsat on its 5C (at 20 degrees […]
Nigeria’s latest free-to-air (FTA) local channel bouquet, PREMIUM.FREE, has enabled local television broadcast audiences access to 13 new premium channels which are custom-made for African viewers. These include multinational language channels like Cinema Hausa, and popular African lifestyle channels such as True African. Delivered via SES satellites. channel bouquet is supplied by AfricaXP, the independent […]
Charlie Ergen is consolidating some of his satellite operations. DISH Network, his pay-TV arm, is buying his Echostar BSS (Broadcast Satellite Services) outfit for 22.9 million shares. DISH President/CEO Erik Carlson saidL “This transaction brings those operations, including the BSS satellites, associated assets and key team members, in house and we expect those additions will […]
Some US regulators are seeking to end satellite’s unique ‘STELA Act’ which provides for US homes to receive signals from satellite broadcasters. A US consumer has three ways of receiving TV signals; Over the air, by cable and by satellite (and increasingly via broadband). The Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act of 2010 (STELA) was […]
SpaceX cancelled its planned May 16th launch, the second such delay this week. The first cancellation was down to bad weather, but this latest delay was down to a need to “triple check” the rocket’s software. A Tweet from Elon Musk’s team said: “Always want to do everything we can on the ground to maximise […]
Eutelsat, which on May 14th issued its 5th downward revision in market guidance in the past 7 quarters, saw its share price crash May 15th by 8 percent (€1.30) to €15.10. At one point the fall was even greater, to €15 a share, and significantly down on the €22.83 high-point of the past year. Eutelsat […]
Findings from analyst firm Leichtman Research Group indicate that the largest pay-TV providers in the US – representing about 95 per cent of the market – lost about 1,325,000 net video subscribers in Q1 2019, compared to a pro forma net loss of about 305,000 subscribers in Q1 2018. The top pay-TV providers now account […]