Amsterdam – VIVACOM, the leading provider of telecom services in Bulgaria, announced at IBC in Amsterdam the signature of a multi-year contract with Eutelsat for C-band capacity on the EUTELSAT 8 West B satellite in order to expand its video business in Africa. VIVACOM’s ambition is to provide contribution services for international channels seeking carriage by major African pay-TV operators. The first six channels are already being uplinked to EUTELSAT 8 West B from Bulgaria, using … [Read more...] about VIVACOM picks EUTELSAT 8 West B satellite
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Cyfrowy Polsat collaborates with Eutelsat
Paris - Cyfrowy Polsat Group, Poland’s leading media and telecommunications group, signed a long-term contract with Eutelsat Communications for the lease of multiple transponders. The agreement covers the extension of existing capacity and expansion at the HOTBIRD video position. This new contract for capacity at Poland’s most popular video neighbourhood consolidates a collaboration that began in 1992 with the launch of Polsat, Poland’s first commercial channel, on a Eutelsat … [Read more...] about Cyfrowy Polsat collaborates with Eutelsat
Joyne selects Eutelsat
Joyne, a new multi-channel TV venture for Dutch viewers and the country’s recreational market, has selected the EUTELSAT 9B satellite as its platform to reach viewers in the Netherlands and across Europe. Joyne has signed a multi-year, multi-transponder contract with Eutelsat Communications and is preparing to officially launch using Eutelsat’s Paris-Rambouillet teleport for uplink services. The new platform will begin with a diverse mix of pay and free-to-air channels with a … [Read more...] about Joyne selects Eutelsat
Eutelsat 8 West B launched
Kourou, Paris – Eutelsat Communications (NYSE Euronext Paris: ETL) announced that its EUTELSAT 8 West B satellite was successfully launched into orbit by an Ariane 5 rocket. Partial deployment of the solar panels of the 5.8 tonne satellite was completed within four hours of separation. This manoeuvre will be followed in the coming five days by three firings of the satellite’s apogee motor to complete the climb to geostationary orbit, as well as full deployment of the solar panels and … [Read more...] about Eutelsat 8 West B launched
Eutelsat signs with Kyrgyz Republic
Bishkek, Moscow, Paris – Eutelsat Communications announced at this year’s CSTB Expo in Moscow, that it has signed a multi-year agreement with RPO RMTR, the public broadcaster of the Kyrgyz Republic, that will accelerate the country’s switch to a fully digital broadcasting environment. RPO RMTR is using the high-power service area of the EUTELSAT 70B satellite to broadcast a free-to-air platform of national channels to Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) towers and direct to … [Read more...] about Eutelsat signs with Kyrgyz Republic
Eutelsat broadcasts TV into 274 million homes
Paris – Eutelsat Communications revealed headline figures of research on the number of homes receiving channels broadcast by eight of its flagship television neighbourhoods serving Europe, North Africa and the Middle East. A total of 274 million homes are now either equipped for Direct-to-Home (DTH) reception or connected to a cable or IP network offering channels broadcast by a Eutelsat satellite, up from 207 million in 2010 (+32%). Seventy per cent of the 393 million TV homes in the … [Read more...] about Eutelsat broadcasts TV into 274 million homes
