Focus: Broadcasting
February 24, 2020
Eutelsat has selected Satellite Mediaport Services (SMS Teleport) to provide back-up teleport-based broadcast satellite services for its EUTELSAT 8 West B satellite. SMS Teleport said it is providing Eutelsat with redundant teleport services from its Rugby, U.K. teleport. Connected via a diverse fiber linkup to Eutelsat’s Paris-Rambouillet teleport, which provides the principal uplink to EUTELSAT…
February 19, 2020
DISH Network Corporation reported its Fourth Quarter (Q4) 2019 revenue totaled $3.24 billion, a decrease of 2.1% from the $3.31 billion in revenue for 2018 Q4. Net income attributable to DISH Network totaled $389 million for Q4 2019, compared to $337 million in Q4 2018. The company closed the fourth quarter with 11.99 million Pay-TV…
February 13, 2020
Channel network and content distributor AfricaXP has signed multi-year agreements with Eutelsat Communications for Ku-band capacity on two Eutelsat satellites, positioned at 16 degrees East and 7 degrees East. AfricaXP said the capacity will enable the distributor to extend the reach of its "Premium.Free" Direct-to-Home (DTH) Free-to-Air (FTA) TV platform. The platform, which is…
February 12, 2020
Thaicom has nearly finished migrating customers from Thaicom 5 after the satellite suffered a technical anomaly. The company has asked its satellite television broadcast customers to migrate their television platforms from Thaicom 5 to Thaicom 6, which will start on Fe. 15. The company said its broadcast customers' end users must turn on the set…