SES New Skies announced that the AMC-12/ASTRA 4A and AAP-1 satellites have been transferred to New Skies and have subsequently be re-named. The spacecraft will from now on be known […]
Europe by Satellite now on Sirius
SES Astra has announced that it has started to transmit the “Europe by Satellite” service, a multilingual TV news service from the European Commission. The service is available from satellites […]
Providence acquires majority of Dutch CanalDigitaal.
Providence Equity Partners is to acquire a majority stake in Dutch and Flemish DTH operators CanalDigitaal and TV Vlaanderen. Airbridge Investments, which now wholly owns both companies, will keep a […]
Thor becomes five
Telenor Satellite Broadcasting has announced the Thor II-R satellite will be known as Thor 5. The satellite is scheduled to launch from Baikonour, Kazakhstan, in October 2007 and is expected […]
SES Astra passes 2,000 channels
More than 2,000 channels can now be received from SES satellite positions over Europe. In the last year the number of broadcast channels broadcast from the 19.2 degrees East, 28.2 […]
US satellite radio’s “merger of equals”
The two US satellite radio players Sirius and XM have announced a $13 billion merger bringing together the unlikely combination of Howard Stern and Oprah Winfrey. The involvement of self-styled […]
New Skies adds to solid SES results
SES has closed the financial year with a 28.4% increase in revenues. President and CEO Romain Bausch said the company had built on its solid place within the industry and […]
Astrium to build more Ariane rockets
Arianespace, the company that markets and launches the Ariane rockets, and lead-contractor Astrium Space Transportation are increasing the Ariane 5 production rate, from five to seven a year from 2008 […]
Video growth boosts Eutelsat
Eutelsat Communications has reported a 5.2% increased in revenues as the satellite operator recorded financials in line with its full year guidance. In the six months ending December 31, 2006, […]
First live demo of Alcatel’s Unlimited Mobile TV
3GSM CONGRESS – BARCELONA – Alcatel-Lucent shows the first demo of the proposed Unlimited Mobile TV service using the new DVB-SH standard, which combines satellite broadcasts in the S-band with […]