Broadcasting
August 2, 2021
Maxar Technologies has completed in-orbit testing for the SXM-8 satellite, and handed the spacecraft over to SiriusXM. The SXM-8 satellite was launched by SpaceX on June 6, 2021. This satellite will deliver SiriusXM’s audio entertainment and information to consumers in the United States and will expand the company’s coverage area in Canada and the Caribbean.…
July 29, 2021
SES has signed a new nine transponder capacity deal on its SES-8 satellite in India. The company announced July 29 it had entered into a multi-transponder agreement with NewSpace India Limited (NSIL), a Central Public Sector Enterprise (CPSE) under Department of Space (DoS) based in Bengaluru, India. The capacity agreement on SES-8 at 95 degrees…
July 27, 2021
French state-owned news television network France 24 has renewed a multi-year service agreement with Asia Satellite Telecommunications (AsiaSat) for capacity on AsiaSat 5. This agreement will continue distribution of France 24’s HD and SD television services in the Asia-Pacific. France 24’s English-language news channel began broadcasting via AsiaSat 5 in 2009 and extended to the…
July 23, 2021
One of the Asia’s biggest satellite pay-TV operators has unveiled new hardware that works without a satellite dish. Astro, the leading DTH player in Malaysia announced July 22, that it had released a new ‘Ultra Plug & Play’ box, which works without a satellite dish, and should reduce rain fade issues. This new hardware enables…