Eutelsat has inked a multi-year contract with Travel Africa Network to broadcast its first African travel channel in HD from the HOTBIRD video hotspot, the operator announced May 22. Operating at the 13 degrees East orbital slot, Eutelsat's HOTBIRD satellites will broadcast the content to "more than 135 million TV homes" throughout Europe and the…

Cameroon-based Songhai Labs and Switzerland-based SatSure have partnered to launch a platform to fuel innovation in African agriculture and agtech markets, the companies announced on April 25. Songhai Labs, a knowledge broker platform, will coordinate and pilot the platform in Africa, and SatSure, a satellite precision company, will provide SatSure will provide data and technical…

Eutelsat Communications has secured a multi-year contract with RCS Ghana to provide capacity for the broadcast of its Direct-to-Home (DTH) bouquet. The African broadcast TV provider plans to use Ku-Band band capacity on EUTELSAT 7B to broadcast its free-to-air DTH bouquet comprising SD and HD channels to the Ghanaian market and more than 40 other…

Azercosmos has signed an agreement with satellite services company UltiSat to use the Azerspace-1 satellite to provide data services in the Middle East and Europe. Azerspace-1 was launched in 2013 as part of a partnership between the Azerbaijan satellite operator and Measat.  UltiSat Executive Vice President of Business Development Chris Hetmanski said in a Thursday…