Televisa, a LATAM media company and operators of a DTH satellite payTV system in Mexico, has selected ETL Systems’ RF distribution equipment for its ground segment upgrade, following a rigorous selection process. Televisa is one of Mexico’s most powerful and influential TV networks, leading provider in the pay TV market. Producing some of the most […]
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New Streaming App From SES For The Company’s German HD Media Platform
SES’s German HD media platform subscribers will now be able to access their favorite channels on their mobile devices with the launch of a new streaming app, HD+ ToGo. As an extension of SES’s premium high-definition (HD) satellite television HD+ service, the new mobile service will give users full streaming access to more than 50 […]
Maxar Contracted By SiriusXM To Build The SXM-10 Comms Satellite
Maxar Technologies (NYSE:MAXR) (TSX:MAXR) has received an order to build another geostationary communications satellite for longtime customer SiriusXM, following the SXM-9 satellite order that was announced earlier this month. The SXM-10, a high-powered digital audio radio satellite, will be built on Maxar’s proven 1300-class platform at the company’s manufacturing facility in Palo Alto, California. Maxar […]
Axelspace + JX Press Demo Fast Satellite Imagery Distribution Service For The Media
Axelspace Corporation and JX Press Corporation will jointly conduct a demonstration experiment for a next generation news service using satellite data — as the first step, Axelspace and JX Press delivered satellite images of the large-scale landslide in Japan caused by the heavy rain on July 3, 2021. Axelspace has been constructing an Earth Observation […]
Multi-Transponder Agreement For NewSpace India Limited With SES
SES has entered into a multi-transponder agreement for the company’s SES-8 satellite with NewSpace India Limited (NSIL), a Central Public Sector Enterprise (CPSE) under Department of Space (DoS) based in Bengaluru, India. The nine-transponder capacity agreement on SES-8 at 95 degrees East will be used to support India’s Direct-To-Home (DTH) market. Deepak Mathur, Executive Vice […]
SpaceX Wants FCC OK For Maritime Terminal Test + AsiaSat Renews France 24 Service Agreement
SpaceX has asked the FCC for permission to install two (normally) ground-based Starlink user terminals aboard a maritime vessel. The application says the request is “experimental” and would run September 1st until October 31st. The full request says, “[to] operate two mobile ground-based Starlink user terminals aboard a maritime vessel while embarked in US territorial […]
BILD’ing Capacity Agreement With SES Prime ASTRA @ 19.2° East
WeltN24, a subsidiary of Axel Springer, will be launching a new, free-to-air (FTA), high-definition (HD) channel — BILD – in August via SES’s prime ASTRA neighborhood at 19.2 degrees East in a new, multi-year, capacity agreement. The new agreement will continue to see SES broadcast Welt and N24 Doku, two channels that are owned by […]
AMOS Satellites From Spacecom Receive A Two Year Service Agreement From YES
Spacecom (Tel Aviv Stock Exchange: SCC) has signed a two-year extension deal with D.B.S. Satellite Services, operator of Yes DTH in Israel. The deal, worth $14 million, will continue the DTH’s operations from the AMOS-7 and satellites at Spacecom’s 4° west orbital hotspot. With this agreement, Yes’ order backlog increases to $100 million. The extension […]
HIGH VIEW Renews Contract with SES, DELUXE MUSIC Continues At ASTRA
HIGH VIEW, an independent Munich-based media company, has extended its partnership with SES in a new multi-year contract and secured long-term satellite capacity. Its DELUXE MUSIC channel, that reaches up to four million viewers a day, will continue broadcasting on SES’s satellites in SD and HD quality at its prime TV neighborhood at ASTRA 19.2 […]
A Multi-Antenna Satellite Link System Is Completed By Hiltron For German News Broadcast System
Hiltron Communications has recently completed a satellite uplink and downlink system for one of Germany’s largest television news broadcasters — this project includes six antennas and related control infrastructure that will be used to communicate with the network’s associate organizations around the world. Hiltron Antenna Control Units (ACU) are designed to control three-axis, motorized antennas. […]