After several days of speculation that it was about to make an offer for Avanti Communications, Inmarsat has said it won’t be making a bid.
Eutelsat teleport achieves WTA Tier 4 certification
The World Teleport Association (WTA) has granted Eutelsat Communications Full Tier 4 Certification for its Paris-Rambouillet teleport.
ILS Proton successfully launches Intelsat 31
After a false start the ILS Proton satellite has successfully lifted Intelsat 31 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
Hogmore picks Eutelsat’s NewsSpotter for football coverage
Hogmore Media, an international sports media rights company, is using Eutelsat Broadband’s NewsSpotter satellite newsgathering service to transmit European football matches across the continent.
HD+ to show children’s TV in Ultra HD on Astra
German platform operator HD+ and Your Family Entertainment, parent company of children’s and family channels Fix&Foxi TV and RiC TV, will show animated series Heroes of the City in Ultra […]
Eutelsat and SSL test Q/V band
Eutelsat Communications and Space Systems Loral (SSL) have successfully carried out transmissions at Extremely High Frequencies (EHF).
Norbert Hölzle to head Astra Deutschland
Norbert Hölzle, senior vice president commercial Europe of satellite operator SES, is the new managing director of German branch Astra Deutschland.
German head Wolfgang Elsäßer leaves Astra
Wolfgang Elsäßer, managing director of Astra Deutschland, will terminate his 12-year career at the satellite operator on May 1, 2016.
SES has 23 Ultra HD channels
SES is now broadcasting 23 Ultra HD channels of which 15 are commercial operations.
France rules on RSCC Eutelsat receivables
The enforcement judge of the High Court of Paris has lifted the attachment from receivables owed by Eutelsat to the Russian Satellite Communications Company (RSCC) under their current contracts, obtained […]