https://spacewatch.global/tag/satellite-television/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Tue, 02 Jun 2020 05:00:30 +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/satellite-television/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2020/06/travel-africa-network-selects-eutelsats-hotbird-position-to-launch-first-hd-african-travel-channel/ Tue, 02 Jun 2020 05:00:30 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=23079 Eutelsat Communications’ HOTBIRD video hotspot has been selected by Travel Africa Network for the broadcast of its first High Definition African travel channel, with 100% African content dedicated to promoting tourism and hospitality in Africa.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/04/ses-secures-worldwide-satellite-distribution-of-bvn-tv/ Mon, 13 Apr 2020 05:00:59 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=21467 Public broadcaster BVN TV has signed a long-term worldwide distribution agreement with SES for the use of its satellite capacity and services]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/03/spacewatchgl-perspectives-women-in-tech-does-it-have-to-be-sole-destroying/ Mon, 16 Mar 2020 09:00:34 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=20557 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/2020/02/thaicom-migrates-customers-to-thaicom-6-after-thaicom-5-technical-problem/ Fri, 14 Feb 2020 06:00:11 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=19397 Thaicom Public Company Limited has reported progress in its ongoing efforts to migrate customers from Thaicom 5 after the satellite suffered a technical anomaly.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/02/eutelsat-7c-enters-commercial-service-for-middle-east-and-european-coverage/ Tue, 04 Feb 2020 06:00:37 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=18996 Eutelsat Communications’ EUTELSAT 7C satellite has entered full commercial service and is ready to support broadcast customers across Africa, Europe, the Middle East and Turkey.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/01/deutsche-bank-talks-up-possible-ses-and-eutelsat-merger-in-2020/ Thu, 23 Jan 2020 06:00:43 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=18776 A Deutsche Bank research note written ahead of SES's 2019 earnings report due on 26 February 2020 is raising the possibility that SES and its smaller rival Eutelsat could merge sometime in 2020, according to a 14 January 2020 report in online television industry publication Advanced Television.]]> 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/2020/01/arianespace-kicks-off-2020-with-successful-launch-of-indias-gsat-30-and-eutelsat-konnect/ Mon, 20 Jan 2020 06:00:17 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=18659 Arianespace opened its 2020 launch activity with a dual-satellite Ariane 5 mission from French Guiana that successfully placed EUTELSAT KONNECT and GSAT-30 into geostationary transfer orbit on 16 January 2020.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/01/mediengruppe-rtl-deutschland-to-continue-broadcasting-in-sd-with-ses-on-astra-19-2/ Tue, 14 Jan 2020 06:00:51 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=18574 Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland GmbH, one of the leading private broadcasters in Germany, has renewed its standard definition (SD) distribution agreement with the satellite operator SES, SES announced on 9 January 2020.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/01/azerbaijans-azercosmos-reports-40-6-million-revenues-in-2019-space-talks-with-russia-in-january-2020/ Tue, 07 Jan 2020 06:00:18 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=18321 AzerCosmos, the Azerbaijani satellite operator, reported revenues of U.S.$40.6 million for the period of January to November 2019, a 69 percent increase over the same period in 2018, when the company generated revenues of just U.S.$25.6 million.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/01/azerbaijans-azercosmos-inks-deals-with-digiturk-and-vodafone-for-satellite-services-in-turkey/ Fri, 03 Jan 2020 06:00:34 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=18307 Azercosmos, Turkey's leading digital broadcasting platform Digiturk, and mobile phone operator Vodafone signed cooperation agreements on 27 December 2019. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/01/azerbaijans-azercosmos-to-provide-dtt-services-to-tanzania-via-azam-tv/ Thu, 02 Jan 2020 06:00:18 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=18304 Azercosmos signed an agreement with the digital satellite services provider Azam TV on 24 December 2019 for the provision of Digital Terrestrial Transmission (DTT) services to the country of Tanzania.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/12/uaes-yahsat-appoints-khaled-al-qubaisi-as-new-chairman/ Fri, 20 Dec 2019 06:00:10 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=17946 Al Yah Satellite Communications Company (Yahsat) announced on 16 December 2019 the appointment of Khaled Al Qubaisi, CEO of Aerospace, Renewables & ICT at  Mubadala Investment Company (Mubadala), as its new Chairman, and the appointment of Amal Al Ameri, Senior Vice President of Platform Finance in the Aerospace, Renewables & ICT Unit in Mubadala, as a board member.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/12/spains-telefonica-signs-multi-year-capacity-contract-on-eutelsats-hotbird/ Fri, 13 Dec 2019 06:00:37 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=17711 Eutelsat has secured a multi-year capacity contract at its flagship HOTBIRD neighbourhood with Spain’s leading telecommunications operator, Telefonica.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/12/russias-rscc-and-azerbaijans-azercosmos-sign-satcom-sharing-agreement/ Thu, 12 Dec 2019 06:00:54 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=17652 Azerbaijan’s state space corporation, AzerCosmos OJSC, and the Russian Satellite Communications Company (RSCC – also known as the Russian Satellite Communications Federal State Unitary Enterprise), inked a cooperative agreement in Baku, the capital city of Azerbaijan, on 5 December 2019.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/12/egypts-nilesat-taps-thales-alenia-space-to-built-nilesat-301-comsat/ Mon, 09 Dec 2019 06:00:49 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=17568 Thales Alenia Space, a Joint Venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), announced on 4 December 2019 that it has signed a contract with the Egyptian operator Nilesat to build the Nilesat-301 geostationary communications satellite, winning the contract against an international field of competitors.]]> 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.]]>