SES has procured SES-17, a powerful high throughput satellite to be built by Thales Alenia Space.
SES to broadcast three UHD HDR demo channels
SES will broadcast three demonstrations of Ultra HD (UHD) with High Dynamic Range (HDR) at IBC 2016 in Amsterdam.
SES to build new teleport on Isle of Man
SES has announced that SES Satellite Leasing (SESSL), SES’s entrepreneurial investment arm has plans to expand SES’s satellite operations by building a new teleport on the Isle of Man.
Globecast secures SES services for Africa
SES has renewed a long-term agreement with Globecast for capacity on SES-5 at 5 degrees East.
SES appoints Christoph Mühleib as new German head
Christoph Mühleib will become the new managing director of Astra Deutschland on January 1, 2017.
SES and Fraunhofer HHI demonstrate VR via satellite
SES together with Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute HHI in Berlin, will demonstrate a groundbreaking R&D project at IBC this year showcasing the transmission of a 10K x 2K panoramic video […]
Sky Deutschland’s UHD channels to launch on Astra
Satellite operator SES will distribute the two Ultra HD channels German pay-TV broadcaster Sky Deutschland will launch in autumn 2016 for DTH households on Astra (19.2 degrees East).
New TV platform teams up with SES
The new pan-European pay-TV platform bobbles.tv has contracted SES capacity and MX1 services to launch a new global TV platform for expats in Europe.
SES: Ultra HD, HD growth as profit falls
SES is growing its Ultra HD portfolio, having gone from no commercial channels to 16, including regional variations, in the year to June 30.
US cablecos test Ultra HD with SES
Several US cable operators are testing Ultra HD content across SES’s fully managed Ultra HD platform and receiving HEVC 4k IP set top boxes in preparation for trials later this […]