wedotv, the free streaming platform, has agreed a deal with Eutelsat to have three of its free-to-air streaming channels available via its Hotbird satellites at 13° East.  German-language channels wedotv movies, wedotv BIG stories, and wedotv sports are now available across Europe. “Eutelsat has been a great partner for us at wedotv.  Not only are our channels […]

Eutelsat Group and TVN, the Polish subsidiary of Warner Bros Discovery (WBD), have agreed a new, multi-year, multi-transponder agreement renewing and expanding the group’s capacity at Eutelsat’s HOTBIRD video neighbourhood. Under the deal, TVN will leverage the premium HOTBIRD capacity to enhance its services across its existing footprint as well as to support its broadcast […]

Lebanon-based Al Mayadeen is being accused of broadcasting without a licence. The channel is alleged to be transmitting “anti-Semitic and Holocaust denial statements” according to French observers. The influential Denis Diderot Committee has published an ‘alert report’ on Al Mayadeen TV. “This channel, broadcast to the Middle East, North Africa and Europe by two Eutelsat […]

AVoD and FAST channel programmer and distributor, wedotv, is expanding its distribution strategy to include satellite platforms, with the launch of a new wedotv FAST channel platform for audiences in Italy via Eutelsat’s Hotbird satellites, at 13° East. Starting this month, wedotv will add a lineup of 30 FAST channels, including its own proprietary FAST […]

Eutelsat’s latest two satellites, its Hotbirds 13F and 13G, have officially been declared open for business at 13 degrees East, Eutelsat’s flagship video orbital slot. “The satellites are reinforcing and enhancing the broadcast quality of around nine hundred television channels into more than 160 million homes across Europe, Northern Africa and the Middle East. These […]

Eutelsat’s important HotBird 13F satellite, launched back in October 2022, is now in orbit. It has taken the past few months since its SpaceX launch to steadily raise its orbital height using its on-board electrical propulsion. Prime contractor for the satellite was Airbus and Eutelsat is using the Airbus/ESA Eurostar Neo platform. Currently HotBird 13F […]

SpaceX performed a flawless launch for Eutelsat’s 13G Hotbird satellite from Florida in the early hours of November 3rd at 1.22am local time. The SpaceX Falcon 9 first stage booster supporting this mission previously launched CRS-22, Crew-3, Turksat 5B, Crew-4, CRS-25, and one Starlink mission. After stage separation, the first stage landed on the Just […]

Eutelsat’s latest Hotbird satellite, 13G, is slated to launch on November 2nd from Cape Canaveral. The satellite will join its sister craft Hotbird 13F (pictured) which launched on October 15th. SpaceX says it is targeting to launch the Eutelsat Hotbird 13G mission to a geosynchronous transfer orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral […]

Following on from the slightly delayed but successful launch by SpaceX of Eutelsat’s latest Hotbird satellite (13F) on October 15th, Airbus has also confirmed that Eutelsat’s next-in-line satellite, Hotbird 13G, another of its latest ‘Eurostar Neo’ designs, has been flown to an airstrip at the Kennedy Space Centre from Toulouse in France. SpaceX launched 13F […]

Eutelsat’s Hotbird series of satellites have been a remarkable industry success. The first Hotbird was launched back in March 1995 to the 13 degrees East orbital slot. On October 13th SpaceX is planning to loft 13F at 11.25pm Florida time. Hotbird 13F, an all-electric satellite, is one of a pair and is the first craft […]