Focus: Broadcasting

PARIS — Regional operators from around the world are examining their place in the new world order of satellite, particularly the importance of data and how Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) constellations […]

Intelsat engineers have shut down the Galaxy 15 payload after losing command of the satellite in August. An Intelsat spokesperson told Via Satellite that Galaxy 15 is no longer transmitting […]

Two SES C-band satellites — SES-20 and SES-21 — have been delivered and mated ahead of their upcoming launch.  The Boeing-built satellites were delivered to Cape Canaveral last week. The satellites are set […]

Intelsat signed a contract with Brazilian pay-TV group Box Brazil to distribute six channels on Intelsat 14, located at 45 degrees West. This follows after Intelsat introduced an antenna seeding […]

Intelsat has lost the ability to command its Galaxy 15 satellite after an anomaly caused by a space weather event. The anomaly caused the loss of commanding links, which is […]

SpaceX launched SES’s first C-band satellite on Wednesday in the FCC’s initiative to clear C-band spectrum. A Falcon 9 rocket launched the satellite from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape […]

TIM, Broadpeak, and Eutelsat have been testing multicast signal distribution over a satellite network in Italy, the companies announced June 27. The testing, delivered through the TimVision Box in Adaptive […]

SES has signed a contract renewal with one of its biggest broadcast customers, Sky UK. The operator announced May 3 that Sky UK has signed a deal worth around 84 […]

Arabsat ordered a software-defined Geostationary (GEO) satellite from Thales Alenia Space, the regional operator announced April 29.  Arabsat-7A is based on the Thales based on the Space Inspire platform, which […]

Intelsat announced Thursday it is launching VideoNow, a new electronic program guide to help viewers looking for free-to-air (FTA) content on direct-to-home (DTH) platforms. VideoNow is produced in conjunction with […]

Intelsat is introducing Cloud Connect Media to give programmers secure access between the IntelsatOne Media Network and Amazon Web Services (AWS). The service is designed to give content providers a […]

Thaicom is the latest satellite player to sign a deal with Amazon Web Services (AWS) as it looks to deploy a cloud-based satellite TV broadcast distribution platform for the Asia […]

QVC UK will continue to broadcast on SES satellites after the two companies signed a five-year contract renewal. In an announcement released April 4, SES said that the deal will […]

ABS has won a new multi-year capacity deal with Taiwanese service provider Teleport Access Service (TAS), the company announced March 29. TAS will distribute Buddhism-based channel Hwazan TV on the […]

Intelsat is establishing a new satellite video neighborhood in Brazil by “seeding” antennas at more than 200 cable headends in Brazil. The satellite operator is working in cooperation with local […]

SES has ordered a third software-defined Geostationary (GEO) satellite from Thales Alenia Space, the operator announced Monday.  SES-26 will be a Ku- and C-band satellite to replace SES’s NSS-12 satellite […]

Hispasat has joined forces with streaming and content protection company Nagra, to develop a wholesale OTT (over-the-top) television solution targeted at customers in Latin America. The solution, announced March 9, […]

Measat has signed a new deal with Amagi which will see it distribute Toonz Kids via its Measat-3a satellite to households in Indonesia, one of Asia’s most lucrative pay-TV markets. […]

AsiaSat has entered into a strategic partnership with Thai broadcast company Next Step t0 work on the distribution and launch of a new lifestyle HD channel, Thainess. AsiaSat announced the […]

SES has a busy year ahead in 2022. The global operator has multiple new satellites scheduled for launch during the next 12 months and its success depends on balancing new […]

SES has ordered two new Geostationary Orbit (GEO) Ku-band satellites from Thales Alenia Space to replace aging broadcast satellites in its prime video neighborhood. The new satellites announced Thursday — […]

SES is launching a new internet-based streaming service in Germany later this year, the company announced Nov. 9. The service, HD+ IP, a will provide subscribers with access to 50 […]

Measat Satellite Systems has signed a new capacity deal with Rock Entertainment Holdings. The company announced Nov. 2 that it will distribute Global Trekker HD via its Measat-3a satellite. The […]

Ukrainian broadcaster Zeonbud has signed an agreement with Eutelsat Communications for capacity on the EUTELSAT 9B satellite for broadcast distribution.  The long-term contract was announced Monday. Eutelsat capacity will power […]

Leading Polish broadcaster TVN has contracted additional capacity from Eutelsat Communications in its HOTBIRD video neighborhood. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, but the companies said Wednesday that […]

SES has signed a new capacity deal with a Direct-t0-Home (DTH) broadcaster in Asia, the company announced Oct. 5. Sirius TV, a brand of Smart Digital International, has signed a […]

USSI Global has selected ST Engineering iDirect as a technology partner in its C-band transition, the companies announced Sept. 28. ST Engineering iDirect will be providing broadcast equipment including M6100 […]

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 […]

The Russian Satellite Communications Company (RSCC) is now serving the Brazilian TV market for the first time. Russia’s state-owned satellite operator announced Aug. 25 that it had signed a contract […]

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 […]