Focus: Broadcasting

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...

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...

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...

Eutelsat Communications entered into a master service agreement with Strong Roots Ethiopia Broadcasting Service for Ku-band capacity on a 36 MHz transponder on Eutelsat’s EUTELSAT 8 West B satellite. The...

Azercosmos has signed a broadcasting agreement with Canada’s Prime African Media Systems, a telecommunications company providing satellite solutions and teleport services. According to the agreement announced Tuesday, Prime African Media...

Eutelsat Communications and CANAL+ signed a multi-year, multi-transponder contract for Ku-band capacity on EUTELSAT 7C to support CANAL+’s Direct-to-Home (DTH) platform launch in Ethiopia at the beginning of 2021. Leveraging...

Optus extended its partnership with Foxtel, with an extension for the provision of satellite services until 2031. Foxtel is a media company, while Optus Satellite owns and operates Australia and...

Arianespace has confirmed that it will launch its next three satellites on an expanded Ariane 5 rocket from the Guiana Space Center in Kourou at approximately 5:29 p.m. Tuesday, July...

SES launched a Free-to-Air (FTA) satellite channel delivering reliable, informative content about COVID-19. The channel – Fight COVID-19 – broadcasts content that is aimed at providing underserved and rural communities...

BBC Studios (BBCS) and its subsidiary UKTV have awarded SES a multi-year contract to manage the playout and distribution of over 50 linear channels, and associated Video on Demand (VOD)...