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Georgia seizes Maestro TV satellites, alleging opposition vote-buying plan
The Tbilisi City Court has seized several thousand satellite dishes imported by Georgian broadcaster Maestro…
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TivùSat registers 1.5 million active smartcards
TivùSat, the Italian free-to-air digital satellite service, has passed the 1.5 million customer mark. The…
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Emerging markets to take pay TV revenues to US$200 billion
Global pay TV revenues will reach US$200 billion (€163 billion) in 2017, an increase of…
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Eutelsat signs new contract with Arianespace
Satellite operator Eutelsat has signed a new launch contract with Arianespace for a future satellite…
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SES-5 to launch tomorrow
The launch of SES’s latest satellite, SES-5, has been rescheduled for tomorrow. SES-5 had been…
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M77 Group takes additional satellite capacity
M77 Group, which operates Sky Link and CS Link platforms in the Czech Republic, has…
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MyGlobeTV in commercial launch
GlobeCast’s new IPTV platform MyGlobeTV has made its commercial debut in the US with the…
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Mauritanian channels together on Arabsat
Mauritania has begun broadcasting a bouquet of channels on the Arabsat Badr-5 platform at 26°…
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‘n’ adds World Cinema SVOD offering
Polish pay TV operator ‘n’ has added a new World Cinema subscription package to its…
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Intelsat unveils plans to deploy next-generation satellite system
Satellite operator Intelsat has unveiled plans to deploy new technology on its satellites that will…
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Raduga TV puts Kazakh card activations on hold
Russian satellite pay TV operator Raduga TV has put the commericalisation of its service in…
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Portugal sees pay TV surge
Portugal was home to around 3.07 million pay TV subscribers at the end of the…
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Platforma HD to cease broadcasting in July
Russian pay TV service Platforma HD is to cease broadcasting on July 1, the company…
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Telenor and UPC Direct to jointly offer DTH and mobile broadband
Telenor and UPC Direct have begun jointly offering a bundled offering of TV channels and…
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UPC DTH adds Eurosport HD channels
Liberty Global-owned DTH operator UPC DTH has signed a deal with satellite operator Telenor Satellite…
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BSkyB mulls mobile move
News Corp-backed pay TV operator BSkyB has considered buying mobile spectrum and launching a mobile…
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Al Jazeera to launch at 13° East and 5° West, expects to profitable in “four to five years”
Al Jazeera Networks has chosen Eutelsat’s Hot Bird platform at 13° East and Eutelsat 5…
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Turkish international channel takes capacity on Astra
Turkish public broadcaster Türkiye Radyo ve Televizyon Kurumu (TRT) has signed a multi-year contract with…
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DanceTrippin launches at 5° East
Netherlands-based music channel DanceTrippin has launched on the SES Astra 4A satellite at 5° East…
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Intelsat files for IPO
Satellite operator Intelsat is planning to launch an IPO to raise up to US$1.75 billion…
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BSkyB names Sky Ireland chief
Pay TV operator BSkyB has named JD Buckley as managing director of its operations in…
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SES-5 arrives at launch site
SES’s latest satellite, SES-5, has arrived at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, where it will…
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Tanzania’s StarTimes launches new bouquet
Tanzanian pay TV operator StarTimes has launched a new channel bouquet. The Kili Bouquet contains…
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Growth for Canal Plus France
Canal Plus France, with pay TV operations in mainland France, overseas territories and Africa, attracted…
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Sky Deutschland reports value-add service growth
Sky Deutschland has made significant inroads with its value-added services. The German pay TV operator…
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SatLink acquires HD playout centre
Israel-based teleport operator SatLink Communications has purchased a new HD playout centre in Tel Aviv….
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‘n’ posts strong growth
Polish pay TV platform ‘n’ added 37,000 subscribers in the first quarter, taking its total…
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SES grows European business
Satellite operator SES continued to grow its European business both operationally and financially during the…
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Eutelsat posts strong video growth
Satellite operator Eutelsat has posted revenues of €308.7 million for its fiscal third quarter, up…
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TivùSat sets target of two million
TivùSat, the Italian free-to-air digital satellite service, currently has 1.4 million smartcards distributed and the…