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Save our BBC petition launched

Feb 17 2020

Save our BBC petition launched

A petition to “save our BBC” has attracted more than 100,000 signatures in less than 24 hours after unnamed government sources threatened to “whack” the British broadcaster by scrapping the license fee and forcing it to radically scale back its services. The 38 Degrees petition is a response to a report on the front page […]

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By Expat • BBC, United Kingdom • Tags: BBC licence fee, Save our BBC petition

TRT expands to Malta

Feb 17 2020

TRT expands to Malta

TRT World has entered into a partnership with the Maltese telco company Melita. As a result, the channel is now available to Melita TV subscribers on extended and extended basic TV products. Commenting on the development, Furkan Han, TRT World’s head of global digital & satellite distribution & partnership, said: “We are pleased to announce […]

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By Expat • Malta • Tags: Melita, TRT World

ProSiebenSat.1 unveils The SevenOne Entertainment Group brand

Feb 13 2020

ProSiebenSat.1 unveils The SevenOne Entertainment Group brand

All signs point to the future. “We have long since ceased to be a mere TV company, but are consistently developing into a platform-agnostic entertainment house,” says Wolfgang Link, Co-CEO Entertainment of ProSiebenSat.1 Media SE. “And we are succeeding in this by producing more of our own content, which we can offer and exploit on […]

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By Expat • Germany • Tags: ProSiebenSat.1, SevenOne Entertainment Group

Residents in over 2,400 Spanish towns given until 11 Feb to retune antennas

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

BBC News launches programmes with Soweto TV

Feb 7 2020

BBC News launches programmes with Soweto TV

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 […]

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By Expat • South Africa • Tags: BBC News, Soweto TV

Arianespace and Starsem launch 34 OneWeb satellites to help bridge the digital divide

Feb 7 2020

Arianespace and Starsem launch 34 OneWeb satellites to help bridge the digital divide

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 […]

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By Expat • International News, Satellite Launches • Tags: Airbus Defence and Space, Arianespace, Baikonur, OneWeb

C-Band Alliance Responds to Remarks of FCC

Feb 6 2020

C-Band Alliance Responds to Remarks of FCC

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 […]

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By Expat • United States • Tags: 5G, C-Band Alliance, FCC

UK TV Licence set to rise

Feb 3 2020

UK TV Licence set to rise

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 […]

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By Expat • BBC • Tags: TV Licence

Comcast To Launch NBC Sky World

Jan 23 2020

Comcast To Launch NBC Sky World

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 […]

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By Expat • NEWS • Tags: Comcast, NBC Sky World

Nigeria allows OneWeb access

Jan 23 2020

Nigeria allows OneWeb access

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 […]

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By Expat • Africa, SATELLITES • Tags: Nigeria, OneWeb

EU to invest 200 million euros in European space industry

Jan 22 2020

EU to invest 200 million euros in European space industry

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 […]

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By Expat • Europe, SATELLITES • Tags: ArianeGroup, European Union

BBC News Arabic launches HD version with Arabsat

Jan 21 2020

BBC News Arabic launches HD version with Arabsat

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 […]

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By Expat • BBC, Middle East & North Africa • Tags: Arabsat, BBC Arabic, HD

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