SES is seeing encouraging take-up of its cloud-based services. The operator announced Sept. 15 that since the first quarter of this year, more than 60 channels have adopted SES’s cloud infrastructure. This trend is showing an increasing number of broadcasters and channel operators worldwide adopting SES’s Cloud Playout service to better manage their linear TV…

SiriusXM has ordered another Geostationary Orbit (GEO) satellite from Maxar Technologies, after the SXM-9 satellite order announced earlier this month. SXM-10, a high-powered digital audio radio satellite, will be built on Maxar’s 1300-class platform.  Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Maxar did not give an expected launch date for the satellite.  “Maxar has…

Vislink has closed on an $18.3 million acquisition of Mobile Viewpoint, in a deal the company said creates a "global live video powerhouse" that can address growing demand for internet video.  Vislink announced the close of the deal on Monday. Vislink, headquartered in Hackettstown, New Jersey, deals with the capture, delivery, and management of live…

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.…