Eutelsat and Sky Italia have reached a deal to renew Sky’s capacity contract at Eutelsat’s HOTBIRD position. The Monday announcement was light on details, but Eutelsat said the multi-year contract represents a secured backlog of about 450 million euros ($532 million) and guarantees “broadly stable annual revenues for Eutelsat in the medium term.” It also…

Azercosmos entered into a partnership agreement with Globecast to increase capacity and coverage across Africa. As a result of this agreement, Globecast can supply its customers in Africa with increased C-band capacity on the Azerspace-1 satellite. Globecast's platforms and customers can now receive signals from the Azerspace-1 satellite and provide general entertainment, news, sports and…

AT&T is considering selling satellite TV business DirecTV, The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday. Potential bidders include Apollo Global Management Inc. and Platinum Equity, the Journal reported.  AT&T bought DirecTV in 2015 in a deal valued at $48.5 billion. Including DirecTV’s debt, the total purchase price was about $67.1 billion. According to the Journal,…

An effort by a handful of small satellite operators to prevent their relocation from the lower 200 MHz of the C-band spectrum has been denied by the FCC in a unanimous vote. ABS Global Ltd., Empresa Argentina de Soluciones Satelitales, Hispamar Satélites S.A., and Hispasat S.A. (collectively referred to as Small Satellite Operators, SSO) filed…