https://spacewatch.global/tag/direct-to-home-dth/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Mon, 22 Nov 2021 07:00:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/direct-to-home-dth/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2021/11/ses-orders-two-large-astra-geo-satellites-from-thales/ Mon, 22 Nov 2021 07:00:12 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=37308&preview=true&preview_id=37308 SES ordered two large geostationary (GEO) Ku-band satellites for TV distribution over Europe from Thales Alenia Space, the company said. The two satellites, Astra 1P and Astra 1Q, will replace two current Astra satellites at SES’s prime orbital neighborhood of 19.2 degrees East, which serves 118 million TV households across Europe, SES said.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/05/hughes-jupiter-system-selected-to-launch-satellite-internet-service-in-philippines/ Fri, 29 May 2020 05:00:55 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=22998 Hughes Network Systems, LLC , the global leader in broadband satellite networks and services, announced on 27 May 2020 that Cignal TV Inc., the Philippines premier direct-to-home (DTH) satellite provider, has selected the Hughes JUPITER™ System to enable satellite broadband service to its two million subscribers.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/03/spacewatch-gl-op-ed-how-space-technologies-help-fight-the-coronavirus-in-china-2/ Tue, 10 Mar 2020 09:00:03 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=20353 This content is for members only. Visit the site and log in/register to read.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/03/africaxp-selects-eutelsat-for-dth-satellite-services-across-sub-saharan-africa/ Mon, 02 Mar 2020 06:00:43 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=19787 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° East and 7° East.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/01/indias-gsat-30-successfully-launched-for-south-asian-connectivity-mission/ Tue, 21 Jan 2020 06:00:31 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=18681 India’s latest communication satellite GSAT-30 was successfully launched from the Spaceport in French Guiana during the early hours of 17 January 2020.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/11/malaysias-measat-selects-arianespace-for-measat-3d-satcom-launch/ Mon, 25 Nov 2019 06:00:05 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=17213 Arianespace and MEASAT Global Berhad (MEASAT), the leading Malaysian satellite operator, has announced the signature of a launch services contract for MEASAT-3D.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/11/qatars-eshailsat-looking-to-enter-over-the-top-media-services-market/ Fri, 22 Nov 2019 06:00:58 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=17183 The Qatar Satellite Company, Es'hailSat, broadcaster of over 180 TV channels across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), is mulling expansion into the growing over-the-top (OTT) media services market, an Es'hailSat executive said in a recent interview with Qatari newspaper The Peninsula.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/11/eutelsat-announces-first-signing-of-eutelsat-cirrus-solution-on-the-african-continent-with-orao-telecom-congo/ Fri, 22 Nov 2019 06:00:38 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=17173 On the inaugural day of AfricaCom 2019, Eutelsat Communications announced a multiyear contract signature with Orao Telecom Congofor video capacity aboard one of its satellites located at 7° East, a privileged position for Africa.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/11/angola-satellite-services-company-signs-with-israels-spacecom-for-c-band-on-amos-17/ Tue, 19 Nov 2019 06:00:44 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=17069 Spacecom, operator of the AMOS satellite fleet, today announced that a leading Angolan satellite services company has signed a contract for C-Band HTS capacity on the newly launched AMOS-17 communication satellite. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/10/ethiopias-ethiosat-platform-launches-on-ses-nss-12-satellite/ Mon, 07 Oct 2019 05:00:15 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=16297 For years, Ethiopian TV viewers have had to navigate through a plethora of multinational content in a variety of foreign languages in order to locate their favourite channels. That changes today with the launch of Ethiosat – the first-ever dedicated Ethiopian TV platform to host Ethiopia’s most popular local channels. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/05/canal-algerie-broadcasting-from-arabsat-5c-with-globecast-dth-solutions/ Thu, 23 May 2019 05:00:14 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=14251 Arabsat announced on 20 May 2019 that Canal Algerie is now available on Arabsat-5C, the leading Arabic satellite platform for Direct-To-Home (DTH) services over Africa.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/05/airbus-to-build-hts-satellite-for-malaysias-measat-hosted-payload-for-south-korean-gnss/ Wed, 08 May 2019 05:00:09 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=13911 Airbus has been selected by MEASAT Global Berhad (MEASAT), the leading Malaysian operator, to build MEASAT-3D, a new multimission telecommunications satellite to replace capacity and augment its core business in Malaysia, Asia, Middle East, and Africa.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/03/spacewatchgl-column-chinese-broadcasters-overseas-a-bigger-opportunity-than-meets-the-eye/ Sun, 31 Mar 2019 08:00:17 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=13271 By Blaine Curcio and Tianyi Lan China’s recently-rising space industry has caught a huge number of headlines and generated much buzz, including several articles written for this column. For good reason, this has taken many headlines. But a different type of space-related industry has seen Chinese presence abroad for some time—that is, the satellite broadcast industry. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/03/benin-selects-ses-to-roll-out-digital-terrestrial-television/ Fri, 15 Mar 2019 06:00:59 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=13072 Viewers in the Republic of Benin are now receiving 15 new Free-to-Air (FTA) channels from satellite, thanks to a new agreement the Government of the Republic of Benin has signed with SES, the world’s leading satellite-based solutions provider.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/03/nepal-taps-thales-alenia-space-to-build-telecommunications-satellite/ Wed, 13 Mar 2019 06:00:18 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=13021 The Nepal Telecommunications Authority and Thales Alenia Space, a Joint Venture between Thales (67 %) and Leonardo (33 %), have signed today an agreement under which Thales Alenia Space will build the national satellite telecommunication system for Nepal.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/03/cabsat-2019-eutelsat-cirrus-selected-by-mondo-global-to-broadcast-new-arabic-tv-offering/ Wed, 13 Mar 2019 06:00:08 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=13034 Eutelsat Communications has secured the first customer for its recently launched Eutelsat CIRRUS delivery solution, with rapidly-growing video distributor, Mondo Globo/MCNC.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/03/uaes-yahlive-to-broadcast-rt-france-hd-in-the-middle-east/ Mon, 11 Mar 2019 06:00:58 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=12976 Global television news network RT expands its partnership with Yahlive, the Abu Dhabi-based satellite joint venture between world leading satellite operator SES and the UAE satellite company Yahsat, by introducing RT France HD to French speakers in the MENA region via Yahlive’s MENA beam.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/02/afghanistan-broadcasting-system-selects-eutelsat-to-provide-capacity-for-dth-platform/ Mon, 25 Feb 2019 06:00:29 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=12835 Eutelsat Communications and Afghanistan Broadcasting System (ABS) have signed a multi-year, multi-transponder contract for video capacity on the EUTELSAT-53A satellite.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/02/eutelsat-leases-video-capacity-on-eutelsat-8-west-b-to-ethiopian-broadcasting-corporation-and-association-of-ethiopian-broadcasters/ Fri, 22 Feb 2019 06:00:02 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=12829 Eutelsat Communications has signed simultaneous multi-year contracts with the Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation and the Association of Ethiopian Broadcasters for video capacity on its EUTELSAT-8 West B satellite. The aggregate of these contracts represents multi-transponder capacity, including incremental resources.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/12/spacewatchgl-oped-the-case-for-leosat-new-orbits-new-opportunities/ Wed, 05 Dec 2018 06:00:05 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=11631 When talking about GEO versus NGSO systems – predominantly LEO and MEO – one typically ends up in a discussion about latency and how MEO and LEO are capable of offering much lower latencies relative to the traditional GEO satellites. Alternatively one may also end up in an endless debate about satellite pricing and how it will come down by virtue of so much (NGSO) capacity flooding the market, causing many challenges for many satellite operators.]]>