“At the moment we are broadcasting test versions of three HD channels and we are going to make them available to subscribers in late March”, says Dmitry Samokhin CEO of […]
Total loss of NSS-8 satellite
SES New Skies announced the failure of the launch of NSS-8, the sixth satellite in the fleet, onboard a Zenith-3SL launch vehicle, and the resulting total loss of the satellite. […]
ONDAS Media secures Spanish licence
Satellite radio operator ONDAS Media has been officially registered as an operator by the Spanish regulatory authority CMT (Comisión del Mercado de las Telecomunicaciones). The licence will allow ONDAS to […]
Podcasting to cars from old Ku-birds
In a remarkable announcement, the satellite operator SES, European Space Agency ESA and German avionics research institute DLR have claimed there is such a thing as spent Ku-band satellites sitting […]
Eutelsat takes Abertis on board
The board at satellite operator Eutelsat Communications has today appointed four new members, following the acquisition of 32% of its share capital by Abertis Telecom. The Abertis representatives replace board […]
TV Vlaanderen claims 30,000 households
Flemish DTH operator claims 30,000 households connected since their official launch in June, 2006. “These strong results show there is a need for an independent Flemish provider for digital television, […]
Hot Bird passes 1,000 channels
Eutelsat Communications has said it has broken the barrier of 1,000 video channels in the Hotbird satellite neighbourhood, which grew by 273 channels over the past two years to over […]
Easy.tv CI module able to receive Arena
Decimus, a subsidiary of Primacom, has announced the discontinuation of its easy.TV programme package with effect from mid-March. But the move does not affect the availability of the Mascom easy.TV […]
Discovery Channel joins Orbit line-up
Discovery Channel joined the Orbit satellite platform on January 1 in an exclusive deal for the Middle East. It will be joined in a few weeks by Discovery Science, which […]