A strong momentum for video applications has led to a growth in revenues of 4.8% at the satellite operator Eutelsat Communications for the year ending June 30, 2007. Consolidated net […]
Eutelsat appoints three directors
Pier Francesco Guarguaglini has joined Eutelsat’s Board of Directors. He is currently the chairman and CEO of Finmeccanica, a leading Italian industrial group operating globally in the aerospace, defence and […]
Alcatel-Lucent in French DVB-SH test
Alcatel-Lucent has launched a technical test of the DVB-SH system at 2.2GHz in the S-band. The pilot is taking place in South West France using the 3G mobile infrastructure of […]
Astra 1L ready as 2C prepares to move
SES Astra has announced that the Astra 1L satellite has been successfully deployed at the prime 19.2 degrees East orbital slot. The Lockheed Martin built satellite was launched from Kourou, […]
Spacecom inks Amos-4 deal
Spacecom has signed a $365 million (€267.3 million) deal for the construction and launch of Amos-4. Due to make its debut in 2012, the satellite will be deployed between 64 […]
Kinowelt on Premiere Star
The German movie channel Kinowelt is joining the new Premiere and Hypovereinsbank backed pay-TV platform Premiere Star, scheduled to launch this autumn on the Astra satellites, using Astra’s Entavio scrambling and […]
New directors for SES
SES has appointed the business figures Bob Ross and Dr Ashok Ganguly to its board of directors. Ross has extensive executive experience in the media industry, having previously held senior […]
Eutelsat wins contract for new sub-Saharan DTH service
Eutelsat has secured a five-year contract for capacity on its W3A satellite with Gateway Broadcast Services, which is preparing to launch a new pay-TV platform for sub-Saharan Africa. Called GTV, […]
New Portuguese digital bouquet on Eurobird
Eutelsat has launched its new orbital position of 9 degrees East with the Portuguese digital bouquet TVTel. The following channels are now available on Eurobird 9: RTPN, RTP 1, RTP […]
Intelsat rocks Live Earth worldwide in HD
Intelsat and Live Earth have today announced the satellite provider will be the official satellite capacity sponsor. When the largest HD music event in history takes place on July 7, […]