Focus: Europe
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Connectivity
Hispasat to Help Make Barcelona a 5G Testing Hub
Hispasat announced its participation in a team of companies that will perform testing on the design of hybrid networks, which will provide 5G services for mobile telephone networks in the […]
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Connectivity
Eutelsat, Blue Ant Media, iKO Partner for Two New HD Channels
Eutelsat, Blue Ant Media, and iKO Media Group have joined forces to distribute two High Definition (HD) channels, ZooMoo and Love Nature HD, as well as Love Nature 4K (Ultra-HD), across Europe, the Middle […]
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Finance
New Satellites Should Boost 2018 Revenues for Major Operators
Viasat, Eutelsat, SES, Intelsat and Iridium Communications have all published their financial results for the last quarter of 2017. To see how they fared, check out a quick wrap-up of each […]
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Connectivity
Comcast Tops Fox’s Offer to Buy British Broadcaster Sky
Comcast has challenged 21st Century Fox’s bid to purchase Sky, announcing today its offer to purchase the British satellite broadcaster for $31 billion. Comcast intends to leverage Sky “as a […]
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Government/Military
MDA to Design Optical Comms Payload for Airbus
MDA announced that it has signed a contract valued at approximately CA$4 million ($3.1 million) with Airbus for design studies dedicated to the optical data relay payload of the third […]
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Connectivity
Mediaset Signs Capacity Deal with Eutelsat to Expand in HD
Elettronica Industriale, a subsidiary of the Italian group Mediaset, has signed a multi-year capacity agreement with Eutelsat to accelerate its transition to High Definition (HD). Due to this contract, the […]
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Government/Military
Avanti and GRC Sign Contract to Support Defense Comms
Avanti Communications Group has signed a minimum commitment contract valued at $500,000 with Global Radiodata Communications (GRC), which develops and supplies mission-critical communication products and solutions to provide Ka-band satellite […]
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Finance
HTS and MEO/LEO Opens New Opportunities for CETel
New technology on the satellite side of the supply chain is allowing teleport operators downstream, such as CETel, to engage with previously inaccessible customers. In an interview with Via Satellite, […]







