Last year Eutelsat released its Sat.tv set-top box in the MENA region. The idea was to make it easy for viewers to arrange the hundreds of free-to-view channels available into simple to use menu options complete with channel logos and images. Most pay-TV operators have been doing this for years, but in the MENA market [...]
Eutelsat and its partner Facebook Connectivity are expanding the use of the Express Wi-Fi platform to offer broadband services to rural and remote end-users across new regions in Sub-Saharan Africa. The expansion will comprise of coverage over the areas of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Nigeria, Côte d’Ivoire, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Kenya, Madagascar, South [...]
In order to continue watch CN Arabic without interruption, Arabic-speaking viewers must recalibrate the frequency of their satellite TV receivers. Cartoon Network Arabic is now getting its transponder North African satellite to the satellite Eutelsat 7 West A7.3 °w. The shift, which began on March 27, will end on April 27. During this time, CN [...]
TelOne Zimbabwe signed an agreement with Eutelsat to bring high-quality satellite broadband, Konnect Africa. Eutelsat Konnect, is a new-generation High Throughput Satellite (HTS) that provides almost a complete coverage of Europe and sub-Saharan Africa with 75-gigabit per second (Gbps) of Ka-band across a network of 65 spot beams. Chipo Mtasa, Managing Director of TelOne, commented: [...]
Eutelsat has concluded an agreement with distribution partner InterSat to offer “konnect” broadband service to a network of 170 post offices in Ivory Coast. Under the multi-year contract, “La Poste” locations will be equipped with konnect Wi-Fi hotspots in white zones, which will enable the locations to provide broadband solutions to local customers. The service rollout will [...]
Satellite operator, Eutelsat has successfully, launched Sat.tv, an enhanced electronic programme guide (EPG) for free-to-air channels. The service is already operating at the 7/8° West orbital position, serving over 56 million Arabic-speaking homes across the Middle East and North Africa and is being progressively deployed at other Eutelsat video positions. All channels are automatically installed [...]
African pay-TV operator Azam TV has finalized the migration of its video platform from the Eutelsat 7B to Eutelsat 7C satellite, with a multi-year extension of the existing contract and an incremental capacity commitment. Azam TV will use the enhanced performance of Eutelsat 7C to provide 120 channels in a mix of standard and high [...]
Eutelsat Communications (Eutelsat) and Paratus have inked a multi-year distribution deal to offer high quality network connectivity to South Africa. Under the terms of the agreement, Paratus will utilize the operational flexibility and power of EUTELSAT KONNECT, the new-gen high throughput satellite to offer connectivity to remote and rural locations across South Africa. Such beneficiaries [...]
Vivendi-owned French operator Canal+ will roll out Ethiopia’s first premium DTH platform at the start of 2021. The platform is the outcome of an agreement inked between the operator and satellite operator Eutelsat. The deal is a multi-year, multi-transponder contract for Ku capacity on Eutelsat 7C. The satellite entered into service in January 2020 and [...]
A TV Tem, afiliada da TV Globo, assinou um contrato plurianual com a Eutelsat Communications para o provimento de capacidade no satélite Eutelsat 65 West A, para distribuir sua programação em sua região de concessão no estado de São Paulo. A parceria permitiu que a TV TEM migrasse seus canais da banda C tradicional (3,7 [...]