Satellites serving the UK.
Aug 12 2016
Egypt’s Nilesat reported net profits for the first-half of this year (to June 30th) were $40.05 million (€35.9m), which is down on the same period last year ($47.98 million). Earlier this week it was confirmed that Nilesat remains the dominant supplier of channels over the MENA region at least as far as Egyptian viewers are […]
Jul 29 2016
Luxembourg, 29 July 2016 – SES S.A. (Euronext Paris and Luxembourg Stock Exchange: SESG) reports financial results for the six months ended 30 June 2016. H1 2016 HIGHLIGHTS Strong business foundations excluding non-comparables in H1 2015 • Revenue of EUR 956.8 million, down 4.2% as reported (-4.8% at constant FX[1]) • EBITDA of EUR 699.8 […]
Jul 29 2016
Paris-based satellite operator Eutelsat has unveiled its full-year results, with EBITDA up 2.9 per cent at €1.164 billion, and based on revenues that were up just 0.2 per cent (at constant currency) at €1.529 billion, and thus maintaining its 76 per cent EBITDA margin. However, its contracted backlog fell back 9.5 per cent (to €5.6 […]
Jul 13 2016
Eutelsat is looking to exit from Hispasat, and sell its 33.69 per cent stake. However, it has hit a major hurdle with 57 per cent majority owner Abertis Group saying that Eutelsat’s ‘Put’ option (which requires Abertis to buy its stake) is not valid. Eutelsat has had this option in place since 2008. Paris-based Eutelsat, […]
Jun 29 2016
Martin Halliwell, SES’s CTO, says the operator plans on launching fully digitised payloads, cutting out almost all of the cabling, eliminating more than 100 frequency converters, switches and filters – and saving a huge amount in terms of launch costs. In other words, SES will use software-based switching for these ‘next-generation’ satellites, and on-board digital […]
Jun 21 2016
SES considers satellite vital to the success of the future video landscape and provides the answer to delivering high quality video, anywhere, and to any device. This solution is detailed in the new SES White Paper – Satellite Captures the Wave of Video Growth – published at its Investor Days event. The White Paper details […]
Jun 16 2016
EchoStar-18’s launch has once again been delayed after Arianespace discovered an anomaly which occurred on the giant Ariane 5 ECA launch rocket’s umbilical connection. The launch has been postponed 24-hours. This is the second delay, and follows on from a delay announced on June 8th. The plan is to now launch the satellite on June […]
Jun 7 2016
Australia-based private equity investment manager Lazard Asset Management Pacific has acquired 16.98 million shares in Eutelsat, representing a 7.30 per cent stake in the company. Lazard apparently bought its stake prior to May 24th on the open market, just days after the satellite operator’s profits warning on May 12th, and the following day’s 30 per […]
May 31 2016
Two Boeing-built satellites are being readied for launch at Cape Canaveral aboard a single SpaceX rocket. Both satellites are all-electric craft and will use on-board electric thrusters to reach orbit. Eutelsat 117 West B along with its co-passenger ABS 2A are scheduled to lift-off during daylight hours at 10.30am (EDT) on June 16 from Cape […]
May 27 2016
SpaceX has delayed the lift-off of an important satellite for Thaicom-8. The launch was scheduled for late Thursday evening (May 26th) from the Cape Canaveral site. Space X said it needed to investigate a “tiny glitch” in an upper stage engine actuator on its Falcon-9 rocket. SpaceX boss Elon Musk said it was probably nothing […]
May 27 2016
SpaceX completed the launch of Thaicom 8 for Thai satellite operator Thaicom on May 27, delivering the spacecraft to a Super Synchronous Transfer Orbit (SSTO), followed by the company’s fourth successful landing of a Falcon 9 first stage booster. Thaicom 8 separated from the launch vehicle approximately 32 minutes into the mission, following which the […]
Sep 9 2016
Eutelsat launches HDR UHD channel
Eutelsat is launching from the HOTBIRD video neighbourhood an Ultra HD channel showing HDR (High Dynamic Range) content using HLG (Hybrid Log-Gamma) technology, the new HDR standard developed by the BBC and NHK. Eutelsat has teamed up with 4EVER-2, the French collaborative project on Ultra HD, ATEME and Samsung to show the spectacular appeal of […]
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By Expat • 4K/UHD, Eutelsat • • Tags: 13° East, 4EVER-2, BT2020, HOTBIRD 4k2 HDR, Hybrid Log-Gamma