Focus: Broadcasting

The whole world has been completely disrupted by COVID-19 in the past six months, and unfortunately, the pandemic does not seem to be ending anytime soon. For some countries and regions, however, the level of disruption has been disproportionately severe, leaving many people stranded without reliable access to critical information in this time of crisis....

Spacecom and Novelsat report they have demonstrated end-to-end video delivery over AMOS-17 High Throughput Satellite (HTS), from network core to network edge, serving user devices over a wireless network. They said this demonstration shows benefits for bandwidth efficiency, delivery cost, and end-user quality of experience, for using satellite-based video delivery to distribute high volumes of...

  “It’s completely insane to give up on video.”    A bold statement from Eutelsat CEO Rodolphe Belmer on the satellite Direct-to-Home (DTH) video market, which he calls the bread and butter of the industry at the moment. He says facts and sentiments about the video market have diverged —Yes, Over-the-Top (OTT) penetration is growing,...

Intelsat has been selected to continue distributing content for ViacomCBS Networks International (VCNI) in Central Europe, Eastern Europe and across the Asia Pacific region, the operator announced Aug. 11.  In the Central and Eastern European market, VCNI uses Intelsat’s Direct-to-Home (DTH) platform on the 1 West video neighborhood to deliver its programming, and in Southeast...

1Sat Telecomunicaçoes on Monday launched BluTv, a new Direct-to-Home (DTH) broadcast platform serving the Brazilian market. BluTv will use Eutelsat Communications‘ EUTELSAT 65 West A satellite, which is a tri-band satellite targeting broadcast markets across Latin America. BluTV’s basic offering will include more than 100 channels of film, series, sports, lifestyle, culture, and news content....

Viasat is the latest to join a long list of satellite operators reporting quarterly losses that weren’t nearly as bad as analysts expected. Again, COVID-19 is the culprit, taking a bite out of the satellite and wireless operator’s 2021 first quarter revenue of $530.49 million. Viasat posted $537.04 million in revenues during the same period...

DISH Network‘s second quarter 2020 (2Q) financial report produced mixed results — an increase in net profit, offset by subscriber losses, service disruptions in hospitality and airline markets, and a decline in quarterly revenue. DISH’s 2Q revenues dipped slightly year-over-year from $3.21 billion to $3.19 billion, but the Colorado-based satellite ISP was able to increase...

Like most of its global satellite operator peers, Intelsat faced COVID-related headwinds that challenged its business in the second quarter (2Q) of 2020. The Virginia-based company, which is currently operating under Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, generated $482 million in 2Q 2020 revenue, a net loss of $405.4 million, EBITDA loss of $18.8 million, and adjusted...

It has been a busy week for global operator SES. While the company finalized launch and manufacturing agreements with the likes of Boeing, Thales Alenia Space, ULA, and SpaceX, SES also delivered it latest set of financial results, highlighting a strong performance in its Networks business. In the first six months to June, SES generated...

On the day before most of Europe sets out on summer holiday, French satellite operator Eutelsat posted its full-year 2019-20 financial results and announced it acquired one of the continent’s largest satellite broadband distributor networks. Both Eutelsat and market analysts expected that the COVID-19 pandemic would impact its financials, but the operator exceeded expectations and...