Ukraine will see the launch of a new DTH platform in January next year. Formed by the state-owned company Ukrkosmos, which has just signed a key deal with SES Astra, […]
Austrian ORS plans pay-TV platform
The Austrian facilities company ORS, part of public broadcaster ORF, is planning the introduction of its own pay-TV platform to be called TV Direkt.
Astra inks major Ukrainian deal
SES Astra has signed an important capacity agreement for video delivery via its 31.5 degrees orbital position.
Political pressure to keep DTH distribution
The parliament of the Dutch province of Noord Brabant has demanded that the public regional broadcaster Omroep Brabant should continue to broadcast on the Astra satellite for its DTH viewers.
Free New Year’s Eve feed from New York
It’s that time of year again – the Times Square Alliance will once again offer free satellite feeds of the New Year’s Eve celebration in Times Square, New York.
Canal Digitaal to launch ‘All-in-1’
The M7 Group, owners of the Dutch satellite DTH platform Canal Digitaal Satellite, have announced they will introduce their triple play ‘All-in-1’ offer early next year.
L1 pulls out of satellite DTH
Dutch regional public broadcaster L1 from the province of Limburg has announced it will cease its satellite distribution on December 31.
OSN platform upgrade puts pay to piracy
Orbit Satellite Network is upgrading its conditional access platform to the Comvenient system in a bid to put an end to the piracy that has dogged the Middle East platform […]
More DTH for Croatia
The Croatian incumbent telco T-HT has launched what is effectively the country’s third DTH platform.
Eutelsat commissions W3D satellite
Eutelsat has announced that Thales Alenia Space has been commissioned to build the W3D satellite that will replace the W3B spacecraft lost after its launch on October 28.