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IPTV overtakes satellite in Asia-Pacific
The number of paying IPTV subscribers has overtaken the number of satellite TV customers in…
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SES now broadcasting eight commercial UHD channels
Satellite operator SES is now broadcasting eight commercial Ultra High Definition channels globally via its…
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Eutelsat 9B successfully launched
Eutelsat successfully launched its new Eutelsat 9B satellite over the weekend from the Baikonur Cosmodrome…
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Intelsat launches first next-generation Epic satellite
Intelsat has successfully launched Intelsat 29e, the first of its next generation, Epic-branded, high throughput…
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Satellite operators set to rebound, says Moody’s
Satellite operators should return to growth this year, boosting their creditworthiness, according to a report…
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Number of African pay TV customers to double by 2021
The total number of pay TV customers in Sub-Saharan Africa is expected to more than…
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SES’s TV channel count grows 11.3% in 2015
Satellite operator SES transmitted a record 7,268 TV stations at the end of 2015, after…
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US pay TV subs to drop below 100m as cord cutting ‘accelerates’
The number of US households that subscribe to cable and satellite TV will drop below…
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SES-9 set for mid-January launch
Satellite operator SES is planning a mid-January launch for its new SES-9 satellite, which has…
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Russia’s Express-AM8 now operational
Russian satellite operator RSCC’s new Express-AM8 satellite has become operational at the 14° West orbital slot….
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Ultra HD space channel NASA TV launches in US
The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has partnered with Harmonic to launch what…
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Deutsche Telekom’s TV base boosted by Greece, Hungary, Slovakia
Deutsche Telekom ended the third quarter with 3.83 million IPTV, satellite and cable TV customers…
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Azercosmos chooses supplier for joint satellite with Intelsat
Azerbaijan national satellite organisation Azercosmos has chosen Space Systems/Loral to provide its second communications satellite….
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Globecast chooses NovelSat S3 for live events
Media services provider Globecast has chosen Israel-based NovelSat’s satellite modulation technology for global distribution of…
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Intelsat CFO to step down
Intelsat’s chief financial officer, Michael McDonnell, is due to step down in mid-December after seven…
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Eutelsat 115 West B to enter service a month early
Eutelsat’s 115 West B satellite has completed its ascent into geostationary orbit and is scheduled…
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Asia Pacific set for HTS boom
Data applications via high-throughput satellites (HTS) in Asia alone will generate revenues of US$900 million…
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RSCC’s Express-AM8 successfully launched
Russian satellite operator RSCC’s Express-AM8 satellite has been successfully launched and placed in geostationary orbit…
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Cord-cutting fears ‘validated’ by Q2 US pay TV figures
Pay TV companies in the United States posted their worst ever quarterly video subscriber losses…
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US TV operators lose 600,000 subs in Q2
US multi-channel service providers lost more than 600,000 video subscribers in the three months ended…
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Satellite UHD channels expected to reach 315
The number of Ultra HD satellite channels globally is expected to number at least 315…
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Thomson Video Networks unveils single-feed DVB-T2 and DTH system
Technology provider Thomson Video Networks has unveiled a new single-feed system for DVB-T2 and DTH…
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RSCC completes traffic migration ahead of satellite move
Russian satellite operator RSCC has successfully transferred traffic from its Express-AM22 satellite to Express-AM6 ahead…
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StarTimes to expand African offering with new SES deal
Satellite operator StarTimes has expanded its partnership with SES to offer better picture quality and…
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German shopping channel set for UHD first
A German shopping channel is set to become Europe’s first free-to-air Ultra HD service, launching…
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French channels set for HD launch on Fransat
French broadcaster TF1 Group has chosen to launch HD versions of free-to-air channels TMC and…
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Freesat doubles number of Freetime customers
UK free-to-air satellite operator Freesat has doubled the number customers to its connected Freetime service. The…
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SES unveils flat Sat>IP antenna from Korea’s I DO IT
Satellite operator SES has publicly unveiled what it describes as the first commercially manufactured Ku-band…
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Mixed results for Telenor Broadcast
Telenor Broadcast saw a year-on-year fall in revenues for the first quarter of this year…
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Intelsat ‘meeting expectations’, despite earnings drop
Intelsat said that its business is performing “to our 2015 expectations,” despite reporting year-on-year revenue…