Focus: Broadcasting

Eutelsat Communications has secured a multi-year contract with RCS Ghana to provide capacity for the broadcast of its Direct-to-Home (DTH) bouquet. The African broadcast TV provider plans to use Ku-Band band capacity on EUTELSAT 7B to broadcast its free-to-air DTH bouquet comprising SD and HD channels to the Ghanaian market and more than 40 other...

The FCC has taken steps to assist participants in its Rural Health Care Program as part of its work to ensure that hospitals and health care providers have the resources to respond to the coronavirus pandemic. As part of a Thursday order, the FCC has extended the RHC Program filing window through June 30; eased...

The video streaming distribution and technology partnership Viasat announced with fuboTV in February had been four years in the making, and shows Viasat’s In-Flight Connectivity (IFC) ambitions. Cristina Arango, director of strategic partnerships for fuboTV told Via Satellite that conversations started with Viasat around four years ago at CES. “There were so many things we...

Arabsat is using Atos’ satellite monitoring solution to mitigate interferences in its satellite services, the satellite operator announced Thursday. Atos SkyMon carrier monitoring system (CMS), is operational at Arabsat’s ground stations throughout the Middle East and Africa, including a main site in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The system monitors all payload signals and traffic within Arabsat’s...

Eutelsat has selected Satellite Mediaport Services (SMS Teleport) to provide back-up teleport-based broadcast satellite services for its EUTELSAT 8 West B satellite. SMS Teleport said it is providing Eutelsat with redundant teleport services from its Rugby, U.K. teleport. Connected via a diverse fiber linkup to Eutelsat’s Paris-Rambouillet teleport, which provides the principal uplink to EUTELSAT...

DISH Network Corporation reported its Fourth Quarter (Q4) 2019 revenue totaled $3.24 billion, a decrease of 2.1% from the $3.31 billion in revenue for 2018 Q4. Net income attributable to DISH Network totaled $389 million for Q4 2019, compared to $337 million in Q4 2018. The company closed the fourth quarter with 11.99 million Pay-TV...

  Channel network and content distributor AfricaXP has signed multi-year agreements with Eutelsat Communications for Ku-band capacity on two Eutelsat satellites, positioned at 16 degrees East and 7 degrees East. AfricaXP said the capacity will enable the distributor to extend the reach of its “Premium.Free” Direct-to-Home (DTH) Free-to-Air (FTA) TV platform. The platform, which is...

Thaicom has nearly finished migrating customers from Thaicom 5 after the satellite suffered a technical anomaly. The company has asked its satellite television broadcast customers to migrate their television platforms from Thaicom 5 to Thaicom 6, which will start on Fe. 15. The company said its broadcast customers’ end users must turn on the set...

While markets such as India and Philippines continue to show strong growth, there is little doubt that satellite pay-TV is facing huge challenges across Asia as Over-the-Top (OTT) competition begins to really bite. Media Partners Asia (MPA) has released its latest pay-TV report, and Vivek Couto, Executive Director, MPA spoke to Via Satellite. He said there...

Get SAT and Hellas Sat have demonstrated satcom capabilities on Hellas Sat’s network. The companies said in a Thursday announcement that their partnership offers capability enhancements on Hellas Sat 4 satellite with coverage over Europe, the Middle East, and Southern Africa. Using Get SAT’s MilliSAT-W terminal installed at Hellas Sat’s Kofinou, Cyprus Earth Station, and...