SES has posted a net profit of €120.9 million for Q1 2007, or 24% more than in the corresponding period last year.
Amos-3 finally launches
Amos-3 has been successfully launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome site in Kazakhstan.
Amos-3 launch delay
Spacecom has announced the postponement of the launch of the Amos-3 satellite.
Hellas Sat plans Greek sat platform
Hellas Sat has submitted an application to the Greek National Council for Radio and Television (NCRTV) to operate a DTH satellite platform. The OTE subsidiary says the platform will be […]
Arqiva plans international HD distribution
Arqiva has announced plans for an international high definition distribution platform. The occasional use service, launching this July, will adopt both MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 technologies and DVB-S2 modulation through ten […]
LTV strikes SES Sirius deal
The Lithuanian FTA channel LTV World has extended its coverage to cable networks in the whole of Europe via the Sirius 4 satellite (5 degrees East).
Thor 5 ready for action
Telenor Satellite Broadcasting has completed the in-orbit testing for its Thor 5 satellite. In addition to taking over traffic from Thor II, the new satellite will also provide additional capacity […]
RAI and Mediaset plan Italian freesat
Italian commercial network Mediaset has begun talks with public broadcaster RAI over plans to run a free digital satellite offer that would complement the existing DTT packages.
More Intelsat capacity for Brazil, DTH for Colombia
Intelsat has announced that its IS 10-02 satellite has been authorised for the provision of satellite capacity to Brazil. The company has also said it has won a DTH contract for […]
SES Americom declares AMC-14 a total loss
SES American has declared to insurers that its recently launched satellite, AMC-14, is now considered a total loss due to a lack of viable options to reposition the satellite to […]