Focus: Broadcasting
October 10, 2019
International Launch Services (ILS) successfully launched Eutelsat Communications’ EUTELSAT 5 West B into super-synchronous transfer orbit using a Proton Breeze M rocket. The vehicle lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome at 3:17 p.m. local time on October 9. The separation of the satellite occurred after a 15 hour and 36 minute flight, and the spacecraft…
October 8, 2019
CommScope today announced its continued partnership with Foxtel, Australia’s leading Pay TV operator, to bring "The New Foxtel Experience" to subscribers across the country. The New Foxtel Experience leverages CommScope technology to deliver TV and on-demand movies as well as access to Netflix for subscribers through Foxtel’s iQ4 set-top box. Whether subscribers are streaming videos,…
October 4, 2019
Agreements between SES, the Association of Ethiopian Broadcasters (AEB), and the Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation (EBC) helped enable the recent launch of Ethiosat – the first-ever dedicated Ethiopian TV platform to host Ethiopia’s most popular local channels. Ethiosat is hosted on SES’s NSS-12 satellite at 57 degrees East and delivers over 30 channels for Ethiopian audiences…
October 2, 2019
SES revealed that Over-the-Top (OTT) platform Kartina TV will be broadcasting Russian-language TV channels across Western Europe. The content, which soon will be available on a new Free-to-View (FTV) encrypted Direct-to-Home (DTH) platform on ASTRA 1N satellite at 19.2 degrees East, will continue to be available over IP networks. As a pay TV operator in…