Johannesburg, Paris– Golfe TV Africa announces that it has chosen Eutelsat Communications to support its transition to high definition broadcasting. The agreement will see Golfe TV taking a three-year capacity lease on the Eutelsat 16A satellite to broadcast Sub-Saharan Africa’s first free-to-air high definition channel. The capacity booked on Eutelsat 16A also enables Golfe TV AFRICA to offer live broadcast services to other channels in the region. Michel Azibert, Commercial and … [Read more...] about Eutelsat and Golfe TV deals
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Eutelsat’s continental footprint
Paris– EUTELSAT 115 West B, the first all-electric satellite of the Eutelsat Communications (NYSE Euronext Paris: ETL) fleet has been fully powered up and is now providing services to customers across the Americas. The satellite has extended Eutelsat’s coverage of the Americas to Alaska and Canada in the North, Easter Island in the West and to Patagonia in the South, creating a truly Pan-American footprint. EUTELSAT 115 West B will be followed into orbit in early 2016 by the … [Read more...] about Eutelsat’s continental footprint
Elara signs with Eutelsat
Paris– Elara Comunicaciones, a leading provider of telecommunications and technology services in Mexico, has once again boosted its capacity on the Eutelsat Communications (NYSE Euronext Paris: ETL) fleet through a multi-year, multi-transponder and multi-satellite agreement with Eutelsat Americas that will allow Elara to provide data services in Mexico and across Latin America. The new agreement involves capacity on the next-generation all electric EUTELSAT 115 West B satellite, set to … [Read more...] about Elara signs with Eutelsat
EUTELSAT 8 West B satellite in full commercial service
Paris– Eutelsat Communications (NYSE Euronext Paris: ETL) announces that its new EUTELSAT 8 West B has been fully powered up and is already broadcasting TV channels to over 52 million homes in the Middle East and North Africa. Launched on August 20 by an Ariane 5 rocket, the new high-power satellite is co-located with a constellation of satellites operated by Eutelsat and Nilesat at the 7/8 degrees West neighbourhood. Working in close … [Read more...] about EUTELSAT 8 West B satellite in full commercial service
Eutelsat 115 West B arrives in geostationary orbit
Paris– EUTELSAT 115 West B, the first all-electric satellite of the Eutelsat Communications’ (NYSE Euronext Paris: ETL) global fleet, has completed the ascent to geostationary orbit and began in orbit tests. Eutelsat’s new satellite is scheduled to enter full commercial service in mid-October, one month ahead of schedule. EUTELSAT 115 West B is equipped with 24 C-band and 41.5 Ku-band equivalent transponders connected to beams covering Alaska, Canada, Mexico and South America, … [Read more...] about Eutelsat 115 West B arrives in geostationary orbit
SES, Eutelsat combine for Future Video Initiative
Satellite operators SES and Eutelsat, two of the leading players in the global video distribution market, have unveiled an industry-wide initiative to develop and promote next-generation video technologies, standards and formats, focusing initially on the reception of satellite services on any screen and on converged broadcast-broadband technologies. Called the Future Video Initiative, this new project will assemble representative companies in the converged video value chain to ensure that users … [Read more...] about SES, Eutelsat combine for Future Video Initiative
