EchoStar-owned Hughes Network Systems has reported a 3 percent fall in revenue and a loss of 30,000 broadband subscribers during the first quarter. The company now has 853,000 subscribers. However, […]
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Forrester’s Digest: CMA investigates SES-Intelsat acquisition + EU supports Airbus | Thales merger
The UK’s Competition & Markets Authority (CMA) has launched a Phase 1 investigation into SES in relation to its proposed acquisition of Intelsat. The CMA believes that the proposed acquisition […]
Forrester’s Digest: France to bail out Eutelsat?
The French state is considering a major strategic investment in Eutelsat. A report from French newspaper Le Monde — wholly unconfirmed — suggests that Eutelsat needs to find around €4 […]
Forrester’s Digest: Intelsat suffers falling revenues
Satellite giant Intelsat, in the process of being bought by SES, has reported declining revenues across many of its key divisions. Its ‘Transponder Revenues’ vertical, which accounts for video services […]
Forrester’s Digest: European satellite giants in merger talks
Airbus, Thales Alenia and Leonardo, three giants in terms of satellite manufacture, are in “preliminary talks” to merge their operations—rumors of a potential merger have been reported for some months—the […]
Forrester’s Digest: France orders Eutelsat to stop Russia channels
French audio-visual regulator Arcom has ordered Eutelsat to stop transmitting two Russian channels from its satellites—Eutelsat must cease transmissions of the channel within three days. The affected channels, STS and […]
Forrester’s Digest: Rocket Lab acquires Mynaric
Sir Peter Beck’s New Zealand-based rocket builder, Rocket Lab, is buying German-based satellite laser specialists Mynaric. Rocket Lab will pay $75 million (€68.7m) in cash and stock and there’s potential […]
Forrester’s Digest: SES may not receive $472 million insurance claim
Satellite operator SES launched the first four of its important O3b mPOWER satellites back in December of 2022—the satellites, built by Boeing, suffered problems in use, which resulted in SES […]
Forrester’s Digest: Viasat extends Starlux Airlines IFC
Starlux, based in Taipei, Taiwan, has extended its contract with Viasat and launched and enhanced service with Viasat’s high performance in-flight connectivity (IFC) solution, marking an expanded relationship for the […]
Forrester’s Digest: Eutelsat explains recent share movements
Last week, two sets of share movements were reported at satellite operator Eutelsat. The first concerned Spacetime Transformations, which, acting on behalf of clients and funds under its management, now […]