An 80-page document from SES, filed on June 16th with Intelsat’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy court, lays out in historical detail why it wants the court to heavily penalise Intelsat for its alleged “wilful and intentional breaching of its fiduciary duties”. SES is asking the bankruptcy court to issue a Summary Judgement in favour of SES […]
Intelsat’s exit from its Chapter 11 restructuring could be badly delayed and distributions to other creditors limited by the dispute between SES and Intelsat over C-band payments from the FCC. SES is claiming at least $420 million, and potentially $1.8 billion if the bankruptcy court awards punitive damages, over the way the FCC’s incentive payments […]
SES has announced it will continue delivering Comcast Technology Solutions’ Managed Satellite Distribution service, formerly known as Headend in the Sky (HITS), that reaches hundreds of multichannel video programming distributor systems across the US. SES recently renewed its long-term relationship with Comcast Technology Solutions (CTS), a division of Comcast Cable that provides media and entertainment […]
SES has moved Astra 2B to a graveyard orbit and well above the standard geo-stationary orbits used by the satellite industry. Launched in September 2000 and was co-located with Astra 2A at 28.2 degrees East, the craft has also served at the core SES hotspot at 19.2 degrees East and 31.5 degrees East over the […]
Yves Feltes, the former and well-known head of corporate communications at satellite operator Société Européenne des Satellites (SES), has died. Feltes looked after media and corporate relations for SES from 1990 to 2015, some 25 years of absolute professionalism in handling the press during a period when SES was on an unprecedented expansion growth trajectory. […]
The legal dispute between SES and Intelsat has now extended itself to the FCC, and the FCC’s official licensing of C-band frequencies. Intelsat, on June 11th, filed a formal submission to the FCC and clarified which of the many Intelsat businesses actually held the C-band licences over the US. On June 10th, SES Americom filed […]
M7 is to broadcast the UEFA Euro 2020 football tournament in Ultra HD to its Netherlands viewers. M7 Group, a subsidiary of Canal+, will deliver all the matches live in UHD to Dutch subscribers of Canal Digitaal following an agreement with SES and Dutch Public Broadcaster NPO. The matches will be delivered live in native […]
SpaceX is reportedly in talks with several airlines about them utilising its Starlink broadband satellite system on their aircraft. Jonathan Hofeller, SpaceX’s VP of Starlink and commercial sales, told a panel at the Connected Aviation Intelligence Summit on June 9th that Starlink was in talks with several airlines and had carried out “some” demonstrations. Starlink […]
Quilty Analytics has conducted its first examination of prospects for Israel-based Gilat Satellite Networks. The report is overall positive and says Gilat’s growth is returning and recovering from the Covid-related downturn. Gilat is today one the world’s largest suppliers of ground equipment for the cellular backhaul, in-flight connectivity (IFC), and broadband markets. Over the past […]
SES HD PLUS Ghana, the country’s premium high-definition satellite broadcast service provider, has announced the integration of its TV broadcast service into selected Samsung TVs using NAGRA’s TVkey Cloud technology. The integrated operator app called My HD PLUS will offer users direct access to the HD+ Service straight out of the box as part of […]