Feb 7 2020
BBC Africa TV programmes are now available to viewers in South Africa on the popular free-to-air channel Soweto TV. The deal means viewers to Soweto TV also gain access to the BBC’s global news programme for Children produced by Angelina Jolie My World, multi-award-winning investigative series Africa Eye, weekly health, fitness and food programme Life […]
Feb 7 2020
A year after orbiting the first six OneWeb satellites, Arianespace has launched another batch – involving 34 satellites this time – to help its customer offer global Internet access to all. Arianespace will carry out 19 more Soyuz launches – along with the Ariane 62 version’s first flight – at the service of OneWeb, with […]
Feb 6 2020
C-Band Alliance Responds to Remarks of FCC Chairman Ajit Pai in C-Band Proceeding Washington, D.C. – February 6, 2019 – The C-Band Alliance (“CBA”), comprised of the leading global satellite operators Intelsat (NYSE: I), SES (Euronext Paris: SESG), and Telesat, today responded to remarks delivered by Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) Chairman Ajit Pai at an […]
Feb 3 2020
The Government has confirmed that from 1 April 2020 the cost of the annual television licence fee will increase from £154.50 to £157.50. The Government is responsible for setting the level of the licence fee and announced in 2016 it would rise in line with inflation for five years from 1 April 2017. The new […]
Jan 23 2020
Comcast is planning to tap into the news resources at NBC and its British pay-TV broadcaster Sky to launch an international television news channel that will compete with CNN International and BBC World News. NBC Sky World News will go live over the summer and NBC News chairman Andy Lack told the Financial Times that […]
Jan 23 2020
Nigeria’s Communications Commission (NCC) has granted OneWeb permission to provide satellite communications over and into the giant country. OneWeb is not alone and the NCC has granted similar access licences to Inmarsat, Eutelsat, SES, Intelsat, Avanti’s Hylas-2, and the UAE’s Yahsat. To date, the NCC has not included SpaceX’s Starlink mega-constellation for access to the […]
Jan 22 2020
The European Union will provide 200 million euros ($222 million) to support Europe’s space industry, in the form of a loan to help fund development of the Ariane 6 and investment in space startups. The European Commission and the European Investment Bank Group announced at a space policy conference in Brussels Jan. 21 that it […]
Jan 21 2020
BBC News Arabic television has signed another long-term agreement with Arabsat to launch exclusively their first Arabic news channel in high resolution via Arabsat BADR-4, which covers the entire MENA region and most of Western Europe. From 01 January, the HD free-to-air channel joins the same video neighbourhood as BBC News Arabic SD, among other […]
Jan 15 2020
ALASKA – 15 January 2020. OneWeb, the global communications company whose goal is to connect everyone everywhere, announces a new distributor partnership with Pacific Dataport Inc. (PDI), a company founded by Microcom – the leading supplier of satellite communication systems in Alaska. The collaboration will enable the delivery of OneWeb’s high speed, low latency, communications […]
Jan 7 2020
France 4 and France Ô will cease broadcasting and turn to non-linear distribution on August 9th, owner France Télévisions has confirmed. A summer break will allow the channels to wrap up their 2019-2020 TV schedule before switching to web and OTT platforms. The DTT demise of France 4, dedicated to children’s programming, had already been […]
Jan 7 2020
The licensing and regulatory regime in Brussels has been identified as the most attractive for organisations in the audiovisual sector looking to relocate to mainland Europe post-Brexit, according to a report released by Analysis Mason, a global consulting and research firm specialising in telecoms, media and digital services. According to the report TV broadcasters, catch-up […]
Feb 10 2020
Residents in over 2,400 Spanish towns given until 11 Feb to retune antennas
Spain’s industry ministry has given residents in 2,413 Spanish towns until 11 February to complete the latest DTT migration before switching off transmissions in the 694-790 MHz band. The period of simulcasting is due to end in 29 geographical areas on 03 March, starting with Ibiza, Guipuzcoa, Lugo, Mallorca, Segovia, Soria, Valladolid and parts of […]
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By Expat • Spain • • Tags: 5G, 700 MHz, DTT