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Orion Almost Reaches 3 Million Subscribers

by Alan Spencer

Orion, the Russian DTH platform operator, has ended the first quarter of this year with 2,978,500 subscribers, which is a 1% rise compared to the previous quarter. Revenues were $13.5 million, which is up …

Tags:Broadcast| Large Display Monitor| Russia| Satellite| Vol 24 - Issue 15

NTV-Plus Increases Coverage with Two Eutelsat Satellites

by Alan Spencer

Russia’s NTV-Plus pay-TV platform, has agreed contracts for two additional satellites with Eutelsat Communications. Following the launch of new services earlier this month, NTV-Plus now has full coverage across the Russian Federation. The expansion …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Russia| Satellite| Vol 24 - Issue 13

DirecTV Has 25 2017 Baseball Games Coming in UHD

by Bob Raikes

DirecTV will show 25 Major League Baseball in UltraHD this year, with five games in April. DirecTV will also be broadcasting a number of NBA matches in 2017 –starting with Oklahoma City at Orlando …

Eutelsat and Nilesat HD Channel Count up 50% in MENA

by Alan Spencer

Eutelsat has announced that its satellite combination at 7/8° West, which is occupied by Eutelsat and Nilesat satellites, is now offering 175 HD channels, 100 of which are exclusive. This announcement was made at …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| MEA (Middle East & Africa)| Satellite| Vol 24 - Issue 11

SES’s Global Audience Now Over One Billion

by Alan Spencer

According to Advanced Television, SES has announced that its satellites are now delivering TV entertainment and news programming to over one billion people and 325 million homes. They confirmed that this represents an 18% …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Satellite| SES| Vol 24 - Issue 11

Videocon d2h Adds Netflix App

by Alan Spencer

The Indian DTH service provider, Videocon d2h has signed a standalone deal with Netflix to allow Videocon d2h customers to access the Netflix library of TV and movie titles via a dedicated app on …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| OTT Video| Satellite| Vol 24 - Issue 09

Linear TV via Satellite Market to see Over 12K New Channel Growth in Next 10 Years

by Bob Raikes

NSR’s Linear TV via Satellite, 9th Edition, released tomorrow, shows that despite inroads OTT has made in many regions, Linear TV via satellite will remain a global growth market with over 12,200 new channels …

Tags:OTT Video| Satellite

Linear TV via Satellite Will See Over 12,000 New Channels in Next 10 Years

by Alan Spencer

A new report from NSR, Linear TV via Satellite, ninth edition, shows that linear TV via satellite will remain a global growth market with over 12,200 new channels over the next 10 years, reaching …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Satellite| Vol 24 - Issue 08

More Cable Operators Join the SES Ultra HD Trials

by Alan Spencer

SES has announced that an additional six more US cable operators have agreed to join its Ultra HD trials. (Frontier using SES for Service Delivery of Ultra HD) Currently there are over 15 cable …

Frontier using SES for Service Delivery of Ultra HD

by Alan Spencer

SES’s managed Ultra HD distribution platform is being used by Frontier Communications Corporation to test 4K Ultra HD content delivery. Frontier is using the platform to move to Ultra HD delivery for its subscribers …

Eutelsat Launches 240 HDTV Channels in 2016

by Alan Spencer

Eutelsat launched 240 HDTV channels in 2016, which equals the total launched in 2014 and 2015 added together. This month, Eutelsat reached the landmark of 1,000 HDTV channels with the launch of the news …

Tags:HDTV| Large Display Monitor| Satellite| Vol 24 - Issue 07

Fox Sports Starts UltraHD on DirecTV

by Bob Raikes

Fox Sports in the US is planning to support UltraHD sports broadcasts through DirectTV by showing the California-Stanford basketball game on the 17th Feb. The channel is available on channel 106 for subscribers (DirecTV …