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Eutelsat shares crash despite good news

Eutelsat suffered a significant 23 per cent fall in its share price last week to just €3.05. Taking a longer view its shares are up year-on-year by 70 per cent. It seems there are anxieties about its end-of-year trading (Eutelsat’s trading year ends on June 30th) with concerns about its debt load. Eutelsat’s net debt […]

June 7, 2026

France: World Cup 2026 in UHD on M6 via Fransat

The M6 Group will broadcast FIFA World Cup 2026 tournament matches live and in Ultra High Definition (UHD) via Fransat, Eutelsat’s free-to-air DTH satellite platform for French DTT channels. Thanks to the the Eutelsat 5 West B satellite, viewers across mainland France will be able to watch the event in UHD without reception or bandwidth […]

June 5, 2026

Fransat unveils TV Stick

Fransat, the Eutelsat Group subsidiary operating a DTH platform of DTT channels for the French market, has showcased at IBC a miniature set-top box designed to further simplify satellite DTT DTH reception. The Fransat TV Stick is a conditional access module (CAM) that uses the new CI Plus 2.0 standard to integrate the decrypting and […]

September 13, 2024Nick Snow @ IBC