London / Paris– Manoto TV is gearing up for launch on the EUTELSAT 7B satellite. The channel has signed a capacity agreement with Eutelsat Communications (NYSE Euronext Paris: ETL) for exclusive broadcasting in HD from EUTELSAT 7B, leveraging the satellite’s high-power footprint to expand its audience in Iran and the Middle East. Broadcasting documentaries, films, series, original entertainment and news, the London-based free-to-air channel owned by Marjan Television Network has built a … [Read more...] about Manoto TV on EUTELSAT 7B
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Eutelsat and Liquid Telecom deal
Paris– Eutelsat Communications (NYSE Euronext Paris: ETL) announced a multi-year agreement with Liquid Telecom for multiple transponders on the EUTELSAT 7B satellite. Liquid Telecom will use the EUTELSAT 7B satellite in two ways: to service its new broadcast requirement for DTH services across the African continent; and to connect a growing number of enterprise customers located in areas where fibre is not available. … [Read more...] about Eutelsat and Liquid Telecom deal
Muvi TV renews satellite capacity requirements
Lusaka, Paris – Muvi TV, Zambia’s commercial broadcaster and one of Africa’s fastest-growing satellite TV platforms, is poised for a new phase of expansion. The company has renewed and expanded its satellite capacity requirements from Stellar, a German play-out centre and satellite uplink facility, that leases high-power capacity on the EUTELSAT 7B satellite operated by Eutelsat Communications (NYSE Euronext Paris: ETL) to broadcast Muvi TV to Zambia and neighbouring countries. … [Read more...] about Muvi TV renews satellite capacity requirements
Eutelsat partners with Isocel Telecom
Cotonou, Paris – On the occasion of AfricaCom 2014, Eutelsat Communications (NYSE Euronext: Paris) and Isocel Telecom, one of Benin’s Internet Service Providers, announced the conclusion of a multi-year lease for C-band capacity on the EUTELSAT 3B satellite to support the country’s tax collection system. A secure private network for Benin’s tax authorities The capacity booked on EUTELSAT 3B will support a secure private network, to go live in December that will raise … [Read more...] about Eutelsat partners with Isocel Telecom
EUTELSAT 7B satellite live broadcasts the Rosetta mission
Paris – The EUTELSAT 7B satellite of Eutelsat Communications (NYSE Euronext Paris: ETL) is part of an exceptional infrastructure put in place by ESA to share the historic landing of the Philae Lander on Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko on 12 November. ESA’s Rosetta spacecraft arrived at Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko on 6 August after a ten-year journey through the Solar System. The landing site, currently known as Site J and located on the smaller of the comet’s … [Read more...] about EUTELSAT 7B satellite live broadcasts the Rosetta mission
Eutelsat 3B satellite fully fired up at 3° East
Paris – Following its successful launch on May 26, Eutelsat Communications announced on July 6 that the Eutelsat 3B satellite is now fully fired up and providing commercial services at 3° East. Eutelsat’s newest satellite is designed to increase and diversify capacity and reach of Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Central Asia and Brazil. The first commercial satellite to assemble Ku, C and Ka payloads in a single platform, it can operate up to 51 transponders through an … [Read more...] about Eutelsat 3B satellite fully fired up at 3° East
