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MeeVu welcomes new operators from Eastern Europe

MeeVu, a new B2B multi-tenant OTT PaaS powered by UniqCast, is welcoming new operators from Eastern Europe MeeVu offers network operators from Eastern Europe the opportunity to launch multiscreen, interactive TV and bring added value to their customers. Leveraging UniqCast technology that provides live TV, catch-up TV, on-demand video, 4K content, and multitenant capabilities MeeVu […]

December 20, 2021

Astra 1D, AsiaSat 3S go to graveyard orbits

Research from satellite-watcher Dr. D.S. Kelso at CeresTrak says that the past few days have been busy for the technicians at SES Astra and AsiaSat. Kelso says that Astra 1D has been shifted from its geostationary orbit to a higher ‘graveyard’ orbit as it reached the end of its operational life earlier in November. Astra […]

November 30, 2021By Chris Forrester

SES orders two ASTRA satellites

SES has ordered two replacement satellites for its prime orbital slot at 19.2 degrees East and will serve 118 million homes across Europe and beyond. Luxembourg-based SES says the two geostationary (GEO) Ku-band satellites will be for its prime orbital slot at 19.2 degrees East to maintain the premium services it provides to its European […]

November 18, 2021By Chris Forrester

SES secures renewal of HSE transmissions

Home shopping channels from HSE have renewed and extended their broadcast contracts with SES. A new multi-year contract that secures additional capacity for the organisation to broadcast its three TV channels including HSE SD, HSE HD and HSE Trend on SES’s satellites in its prime TV neighbourhood at Astra 19.2 degrees East. Reaching up to […]

November 10, 2021By Chris Forrester

M7 signs agreement with TV OSEM

Luxembourg-based M7 Group, owned by Canal+, has concluded a multi-year agreement with Slovakia-based lifestyle channel TV OSEM for the free-to-air satellite distribution in HD via the M7 platform on Astra 23.5 East. Since 2010, TV OSEM provides Slovak and Czech viewers with programming focusing on health, lifestyle, music, folklore and esoteric topics. In order to […]

November 10, 2021

SES adds HD+ IP for Germany

SES has announced it will launch HD+ IP, a new streaming service in Germany that will provide subscribers with access to 50 HD channels and a library of VoD content without the need for a satellite, cable or DVB-T2 TV connection. Launching in December, the new HD+ IP streaming service will expand SES’s addressable market […]

November 8, 2021By Chris Forrester

Shop LC channel on SES

Shop LC GmbH, a subsidiary of VGL Global, has partnered with SES in a new multi-year agreement to broadcast its live commerce channel. Shop LC will be using SES’s satellites to reach millions of satellite TV households across Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Shop LC delivers a premium shopping experience featuring a curated range of jewellery, […]

November 2, 2021

China: SES, Globecast switch CGTN to HD

SES says that three Chinese channels from China Global TV Network will switch to HD transmissions at the end of the year. The channels will continue broadcasting in standard definition until then. The new HD transmissions will be from the SES prime European orbital position of 19.2 degrees east. The expansion comes about because of […]

September 29, 2021By Chris Forrester

SES to broadcast FTA news channel BILD

WeltN24, a subsidiary of Axel Springer, will be launching its new free-to-air, HD news channel, BILD, in August via SES’s prime Astra neighbourhood 19.2 degrees East in a new multi-year capacity agreement. The new agreement will also see SES continue to broadcast Welt and N24 Doku, two channels that are also owned by WeltN24. Additionally, […]

July 21, 2021

Deluxe Music renews SES contract

High View, an independent Munich-based media company, has extended its partnership with SES in a new multi-year contract and secured long-term satellite capacity. High View’s Deluxe Music channel will consequently continue broadcasting on SES’s satellites in SD and HD quality at its prime TV neighbourhood at Astra 19.2 degrees East. Reaching up to four million […]

June 24, 2021By Chris Forrester