Focus: Broadcasting

African Pay-TV operator Azam TV has completed migrating its video platform from the EUTELSAT 7B to EUTELSAT 7C satellite, and also signed a multi-year extension of its contract with incremental capacity commitment. Azam said in a Wednesday announcement will use EUTELSAT 7C to distribute about 120 channels in a mix of standard and high definition...

Azercosmos revealed Tuesday that it is partnering with ViewMedia, a global broadcasting company. ViewMedia broadcasts more than 150 TV and radio channels worldwide, and will provide digital satellite services to its customers in the Middle East, Europe, and Africa via the Azerspace-1 satellite. Azercosmos provides broadband and broadcast solutions to customers in Europe, Africa, Middle...

Eutelsat Communications revealed on Monday that Azam TV migrated its video platform from the EUTELSAT 7B satellite to the EUTELSAT 7C satellite, with a multi-year extension of the existing contract and an incremental capacity commitment. Azam is an African pay-TV operator, and will leverage Eutelsat 7 C to distribute about 120 channels in a mix...

SES has opened a new full-service sports and events facility in the London area to handle downlink, decoding, processing, and recording, and services to help simplify the workflow of sports production. The new SES Stockley Park facility offers content management services such as clipping and editing, subtitling, audio dubbing and titling, storing and archiving of...

Intelsat has selected Maxar Technologies to build the final satellite for its C-band transition, and has contracted with SpaceX and Arianespace to launch its new C-band satellites. The Thursday announcement marked Intelsat finalized its required contracts with satellite manufacturers and launch-vehicle providers to move forward and meet the accelerated C-band spectrum clearing timelines established by...

Eutelsat and Sky Italia have reached a deal to renew Sky’s capacity contract at Eutelsat’s HOTBIRD position. The Monday announcement was light on details, but Eutelsat said the multi-year contract represents a secured backlog of about 450 million euros ($532 million) and guarantees “broadly stable annual revenues for Eutelsat in the medium term.” It also...

Azercosmos entered into a partnership agreement with Globecast to increase capacity and coverage across Africa. As a result of this agreement, Globecast can supply its customers in Africa with increased C-band capacity on the Azerspace-1 satellite. Globecast’s platforms and customers can now receive signals from the Azerspace-1 satellite and provide general entertainment, news, sports and...

AT&T is considering selling satellite TV business DirecTV, The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday. Potential bidders include Apollo Global Management Inc. and Platinum Equity, the Journal reported.  AT&T bought DirecTV in 2015 in a deal valued at $48.5 billion. Including DirecTV’s debt, the total purchase price was about $67.1 billion. According to the Journal,...

An effort by a handful of small satellite operators to prevent their relocation from the lower 200 MHz of the C-band spectrum has been denied by the FCC in a unanimous vote. ABS Global Ltd., Empresa Argentina de Soluciones Satelitales, Hispamar Satélites S.A., and Hispasat S.A. (collectively referred to as Small Satellite Operators, SSO) filed...

Australian telco Optus made a major announcement last month when it confirmed a contract with Airbus Defence and Space for a OneSat software-defined satellite. Optus 11 will be deployed for Australia and New Zealand in 2023 at the current Optus D1 orbital location of 160 degrees East.  Ben White, Optus managing director of Wholesale, Satellite and Strategy told Via...